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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
6
An advertisement lists cotton lawn fabrics and children's apparel including Siray cotton wools 38 inches wide and priced per yard, child bloomers in several styles with waist and knee elastic, cotton vests with and without sleeves, toddlers Rompers in crepe and Zephyr designs, and crepe pajamas with multiple color options and sizes.
Readable text presents children’s white Tanama hats with back supports trimmed ribbon finished bow or pleated style. Available colours include V Rose Heliog Green Saxe Azure and price noted as 8/11.
Readable notes report Premier McCormack refusing Palmerstone land settlement plans under federal Development and Immigration measures. Mentions broader schemes in Danaon and Hurnett Valleys and floods, earthquakes, and atmospheric scenes. Includes local road works, telecommunication upgrades, ambulance calls, and multiple injuries in Millaa Millaa area. Madrid population surge noted.
NERBERTON Sept 17 Great Northern Sill crushings record ore yields and cash returns from multiple mines in the Herbertton field. Totals show hundreds of tons crushed across this period with returns totaling several thousand pounds and stream tin sales adding to revenue. Names of mines include Boundary Froghole Extended Rainbow Cornishman Perseverance Mill London Mill and St Patrick among others.
Bartle Frere notes recount a seismic tremor felt in Passi and Babinda, with residents alarmed as crockery toppled. Reports discuss a solar sunspot cycle, its possible weather influence, and a farm in Stratford breaking cane yield records. Local life updates include a returning Mrs Zammit and school paddock work.
Chicago reports Crawford and Hopman reaching the final after defeating Varney and Mangin 1 6 8 6 7 5. Lott and Henneasey win two singles and a doubles in inter sectional matches. Crawford and Hopman lose and win, with matches extending to twenty two games. New York notes Karl Koreith defeats Vincent Richards 6 4 6 4 4 6.
Tilden places third or seventh in world standings after close five set wins over Borotra and a solid record, noting Wim Hieden matches and a four set win against Munter. Separate Canadian French exhibition shows Cochet and Landry winning key bouts as Canada hosts France.
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