25 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
1
Colonial shipping ad lists steamer lines and routes to Port Douglas Cooktown Innisfail and Townsville with passenger and freight services and special booking terms. Also real estate notices in Cairns advertise allotments in McLeod and Sheridan Streets with houses for sale and leasehold properties with prices and weekly payments.
Shipping notice from KNLEY & CO LTD agents Cairns lists routes from Melbourne and Sydney to Manila China and Japan via Lealand and Port Darwin with fares and sailing details to be supplied. Describes booking contact for Malbourne and Sydney clients.
The Palace Theatre on Thursday September 25 1919 features a Monster Show with a Big Paramount Super Feature and multiple acts. Highlights include Elsie Ferguson in The Rise of Jennie Cushing, Marie Doko in The Lash, Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Geeley in The Road to France, plus shorts on Pearl pirates and a beauty parlor story.
Auction notice lists a sale at a motel on September 6 1919 at 10 am. Items include 25 springing heifers aged eight months to three years, two steer cattle, and various furniture and minor goods. Proceeds from the auction benefit McManus and associates.
Grigg and Seal Auctioneers acting under authority of Os kin Peberdy will auction the entire household furniture and effects at the residence in Tuowenlin on the garth inst at 1 am. Items include beddings, wardrobes, washstands, chests, tables, chairs, clocks, radios, safe, kitchenware, bed linens, a Grafanola, spare piano parts, a double barrel gun, and various dressers and chests as listed with many other domestic items.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a farm sale listing for Babinda area with quantities and balances. Further readable details reference a staff or crew and a second balance line, but specifics remain unclear in the damaged text.
Specials from 86 to ay percent on mens trousers and shirts from 4d each. Boys trousers 3/6 pair. Ladies blouses gowns and skirts in black and white silk georgettes crepe and china from 25/ to 32/6. John Dan the tailor Babinda River Club marred, with discounts on accessories and hose. Handicap races named with distances and nomination close for Cairns Jordonvale Mareeba clubs on Tuesday September 6th.
Cairns announces train schedules for Saturday events as part of race day logistics. Public transport details include times to popular venues and crowd management notes.
An upcoming public auction at Lare Street and Spence Street lists a large inventory: wooden and marble top furniture, bedstead, wardrobes, furniture, a piano, an Estey Organ, medicine chests, linen, curtains, china, tools, and garden items. Items span chairs, desks, lamps, pictures, kitchenware, and more native to a household. The sale, supervised by Alden Esq, includes miscellaneous gear, crafts, and domestic fittings with terms and prices announced on event day.
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