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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
8
Under supervision of Mavron Barclay and Sia, private nurse attended to indoor and outdoor patients at Herberton. services available on application. Phone 42.
A colorful island meet on Prince of Wales Island features a slow bush-track course, local-bred horses, and a lively crowd of visitors. Officials include Mr. F L Me-Vaol, Mr. To Farquhar, and Mr. Gallogly. results show Flying Handicap and Wyben Handicap winners, with prize money noted and attendance by northern sportsmen.
A fragment covers horse racing results with winners and weights, plus a lengthy Cairns Aquatic Club meeting summary. It cites Silver and Redrick in races, then shifts to club business: secretary report, January 26 celebration, regatta plans, condolences to Swan River Sailing Club, payments of 2574, new members, forthcoming race on Sunday, annual social scheduled for October 29, and church notices including Theosophical Society and Methodist services.
At the Palace Vivian Martin and George Walsh star in An Innocent Adventuress with humor and suspense as a double of an heir is pursued by crooks. Mabel Normand stars at Cairns Theatre in Joan of Arc spirit with spies and valor. Stewart Rome and Voulet Hopson headline The Gentleman Rider with a taut tale and vivid race scenes. The Prince in Australia and Mathe's Weekly Pictorial are noted as good value.
The Fox film program features stars Khiner Fair and Albert Ray in Love is Love following Married on Haste. Critics praised their pairing with strong press notices across the South. A Bray comedy about exotics and a candy prank adds humor, and a Paramount Gazette short completes the bill.
The new British production The Great Game tours the country drawing crowds as it blends racing stories with a broader appeal. It follows adventures of a busy character as he travels, promises excitement, and is advertised to districts with dates in local columns.
To the ladies generally we have bust the most fashionable and up to date ladies and girls trimmed hats at prices from 15 shillings up to two pounds. Also a splendid assortment of ladies dresses skirts and blouses at a value. Our gentlemen's department is well stocked and our boots and shoes are incomparable. Our figures speak of good values.
A fragmented promotion notes Carmie Shoriey Mason and Theal of Venan Marten in Latt Comrade The photoplay adapted from The Two Benjamins promises a delightful romantic mood. Fatty Arbuckle stars in A Desert Here with gold dust and desert wanderings while The Ghost of Slumber Mountain is billed as a clicky fantasy.
An old advertisement touts Rexona Soap as pure and soothing for babies. It claims Rexona soap improves infant skin and encourages mothers to give Rexona baths to calm and refresh their children.
The readable fragments describe a cosmetic theme about freckles and skin tone, mentioning fair and clear skin, brown tan, and the idea of teaching Derma care. It reads like a stray ad or instructional note with names and generic terms but lacks coherent, attributive details or a clear event.
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