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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
6
A vintage ad lists ladies wear and home goods with discounted prices. Sunshades, silk jumpers, cream pleated skirts, tailored coats, white lace knits, crepe fabrics, fadeless redella cloth, pillow slips, and twill sheeting are offered at reduced rates with Usual and Special prices for each item.
Men’s Borsalino felt hats arrive in latest shades at 35.00. Sport coats in all-wool tweed cut in greys fawns and browns, special price 38 6. Grey flannel sports trousers with features at 17 6. Silk and cotton athletic vests 2 11, knee pants 3 6. Fancy silk hose 2 11 and 4 6. Pajamas 10 6 and 11 6. Fuji silk golf shirts 3 to 19 in various stripes and sports shirts.
Glassware and crockery sale lists English white and gold cups and saucers, glassware items with varied prices per dozen or piece. Includes glass sugar basins, batter basins, nappies, tumblers, salad dishes, water jugs, canister sets, tea sets, fancy jugs, salad sets, pickle jars, breakfast crocks, children's sets, jardinières, and vases in several designs with assorted price ranges.
Our Lay-By System lets customers buy items with a small deposit and pay the balance later. With Christmas approaching, shoppers are urged to consider this flexible payment option for tree decorations, gifts, and related committee planning.
A guidance piece urges readers to craft heartfelt Christmas greetings as personal notes and send them early this season. It emphasizes sincere messages, timely delivery, and thoughtful wording to brighten friends and relatives before the holidays.
Allan Wilkie and several performers are listed in a campus entertainment roundup. The piece notes university events across music and theater, mentioning venues, dates, and participants with limited readable details. The listing highlights an upcoming presentation and related performances, reflecting a cultural calendar for the theater and music departments.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to be a musical society souvenir program with garbled lines. It mentions names and possible titles in a period-tinged tone, but most text is unreadable or distorted, offering only scattered clues about participants and duties.
A fragmented OCR style item notes a tale or transmission about Trelawney of the Wells. It references stage settings and transfers at a Wells related venue and mentions names such as Lienne Gaver and others in a muted antiquated newspaper voice.
The text presents a garbled, OCR like fragment mentioning war era duties, various names, places, and phrases. It reads as a scrambled record with references to Watney, North, Austeatia, Waetine tunis, and multiple unclear figures, lacking a coherent story.
A fragmented report describes stage lighting and production issues at a theater. It mentions performers, technical crew, and lighting cues, with references to changes in set and sound along with audience reactions and stage management concerns. The text reflects chaotic backstage details and the challenge of coordinating complex lighting effects.
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at Chaplin and G F Percival with mentions of Arment We month and Hew Mu OFF. The piece references meetings, fight class tall and Hollywand-Chusytin in 87H Dol tm Hoalawass, with unclear names Muna Suerk and Quenuteyan.
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