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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
2
fragmented OCR text notes various small motifs and patterns for house decor and craft projects. It mentions fabric and textile motifs, warm materials, and potential uses for gifts among friends, with scattered references to colors, tools, and possible decorative applications.
A garden party fundraising event organized by the War Auxiliary featured tea, music, and refreshments to support wartime efforts. Attendees included community members and local officials with speeches noting the late Mr Trezenr and the Queensline Service Sage anniversary.
The Victoria League runs clubs in Malet Street London and Princes Street Edinburgh to provide a home away from home for Australian and New Zealand servicemen. A Canadian mother’s suggestion that the men might be guests of their own families has been adopted, reflecting wartime hospitality initiatives for Dominions forces.
A fragmentary notice describes a social gathering at Kelvin Grove with dance and refreshments. The Younger Set and Pentestent Lobes are mentioned along with a forthcoming event at Wernher on September 27. The text references Father Booteliters of Austinity and a fundraising plan for a bridge, amid scattered names and dates.
Fragmentary readers diary entry references a warden party travel for an Austrian commission and telecom dated September. Incomplete readable text mentions a conflict or veto during October with unclear details and names.
Two boys aged about 12 and 17 drowned when a capsized canoe overturned near Lake Cureltico as their guardian Gordor Heath collapsed. The incident occurred two days after the event, with authorities recovering the bodies in a sequence starting soon after.
Mr Cecil F Mallett, secretary of the Northern Collieries Association, died at the weekend in Sydney aged 53. A well known advocate, he had been connected with the coal mining industry most of his life and held senior posts in related bodies.
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