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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
3
A Manchester department store advertises clearance on high class linoleums at cut prices. The ad emphasizes under cost pricing to clear stock and attract customers.
Fragments describe men's department items including pyjama suits and belts with sizes such as 12/6 and 10/6. Text mentions heavy twiat and cross pockets, roominess, veal block designs, and double-hed throughout.
Children patent sandals and men s tan military boots are listed in the footwear department. The ad mentions Lanree black patent items and price notes but the details are incomplete and obscured by OCR errors.
The piece recalls Armistice Day and the Cenotaph service with 10 000 spectators pausing for two minutes. It notes the Poppy Day fundraising success and a Japanese Emperor Day festival at the Royal Sydney Golf Club with a grand, worldly reception. It also mentions cinema moguls embracing talkies and a civic welcome for English cricket and tennis teams, plus a distant whale sighting offshore.
The narrative notes a great monster retreating after an attack by killers, while seaside resorts reopen. It highlights fashionable bathing suits this season with fanciful colors and a new knee length surf-coat of figured chints replacing the cape, and a matching sunshade. Yours Sydnia.
The inaugural meeting to form the Inigo Jones Seasonal Weather Forecasting Trust was chaired by Deputy Mayor A A Watson in Brisbane City Hall. Attendees endorsed the constitution, appointed a provisional committee, and discussed funding to dedicate Jones full time to developing weather forecasting methods and training an assistant.
Notice from the Department of Trade and Customs outlines regulations for importing cine film to Great Britain. It specifies prohibitions on sending foreign films by post from the Channel Islands and only allows parcel post with Postmaster General consent for small consignments. It requires proper labeling and adherence to office regulations for customs clearance.
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