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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
12
A vintage pattern notice offers 36 inch bust pattern material four yards and fabric width details. It lists measurements including hem width and side lengths and notes limited stock. Readers must mail their exact size and full caster address with payment to obtain the pattern.
Fragmentary note from The Courier Mail in Brisbane references a missive to The Kern Service on Queen Street. The readable portion hints at guidance on proper usage and related emotions, but specifics are unclear.
In a bustling colonial page, readers share wedding etiquette notes, crochet tips, bread from stale loaves, a savory butter spread, and jam mould hints. A reader seeks oven guidance, carbon-mark removal, and table etiquette advice while recipes for mock cream and savoury biscuits appear alongside community chatter and year-end well wishes.
A prize of 10 is awarded for the best Household Secret this week to Miss M Caffery for a ham luncheon or breakfast recipe. The method notes simmering a boiled ham with water, then baking in a dish with apples cinnamon brown sugar and butter, creating a varied serving idea.
A Brisbane writer recalls Christmas holiday scenes at Redcliffe and the sea, noting tented camps, drifting clouds, and a rainy turn that hampers campers. The piece muses on mind over matter, will power, and the hope of a kinder, steadier year ahead as the new year approaches.
Overseas fashion shows reveal high necklines in front and plunging backs, with inventive strapwork forming sashes and bustle effects. Rich fabrics like white satin and lattice weaving appear, sequin and paillettes add ballroom sparkle, and fairy queen style gowns with off shoulder corsages lead the season.
The text describes steeping apples in boiling water before peeling, pouring boiling water over tomatoes in a colander, and boiling almonds then cooling. It also covers ironing table napkins with water and drying between layers, and guidance to renovate tinsel lace by dusting, applying magnesia or cream of tartar, brushing, and polishing with a soft brush and blue tissue.
Sally Horner recalls a bustling Christmas season with gifts, seaside jaunts, and melons while sharing a Norse myth about Baldur, the mistletoe cure, and the Druids Yule rite. The piece ties festive cheer to legend, noting lovers kiss beneath the plant and mistletoe’s protective lore.
Archery match featured three players with six arrows each. The bull’s-eye scored 40, followed by rings 38 24 23 17 and 16 from the centre outwards, as shown in the accompanying diagram. The result highlights Jim’s performance.
In a 1934 Courier-Mail puzzle, Talbot scored 120, Reggie 110, Jack 100. Every arrow counted, bull’s eye hit once. Determine the exact six hits per competitor. Submissions due January 10, 1934. Prizes offered for first and second correct answers. Send to Sally Horner, The Courier-Mail Office, Queen Street, with envelope labeled Archery Competition.
The first prize goes to Billy Purdon of Elimbah NC Line for an effective planting method, with his W answer opened first. Second prize awarded to B Orde of Fourth Avenue Sandgate. The diagram illustrates the best planting approach and notes space efficiency in the field.
An illustrated magic trick explains how to convert a £10 note in a two-compartment envelope into a £1 note unseen. Using a prepared envelope with a hidden compartment, the performer asks a spectator to place a ten pound note inside, then seals the fake envelope and, after a few movements, reveals a £1 note as if the bill transformed. The method relies on a split envelope and concealed pocketing to fool observers.
A Brisbane area notices a string of birthday celebrations among club members and associated names. Busy Bee of Boston turns 10 on Christmas Eve, Laurel Villa Mulda 12, Pink Cactus Chinchilla 13, Jolly Roger Bald Hills 10 on Christmas Day, with others—Silverfern South Brisbane 15, Redfeather Kelvin Grove 17, Hefty Northgate 16, Joan M Lauchlan Villeneuve 13, Betty Lowth Taringa 0—on December 26. Additional birthdays for The Pied Piper Coorparoo 16, Moonmoth Albion 17, Black Grehid Capella 15. Bubs Orde Manly 14, John Wyatt East Brisbane 5, Littl Ragged Blossom Windsor 16 today. Ray Kington Clayfield, Yvonne Meissner Eumundi, Norma Robinson Alderley will be 13, 10. Shirley Hamilton and Katherine Bruce Ascot 2 and Winkles Coorparoo 16 tomorrow.
A playful verse asks for a New Year token of love a resolve that cannot be broken. It presents a wish for durable gifts a ball that won t burst a doll that won t break and a book that won t tear as family friendly wishes for lasting strength and affection.
Sally Horner sends a New Year message wishing health wealth and joy for the year ahead free from shadow and alloy, a hopeful personal greeting in verse form.
A fragmentary humorous verse questions why animals differ in traits and comfort. It plays on punning language about a horse puss cow dog and chair, noting puns on mane whey coat and seasonal humor. The lines resemble playful cataloging of animal quirks.
The text discusses how to distinguish right spellings from similar forms such as wright and rite, stressing that correct writing is judged by standard usage. It emphasizes avoiding incorrect spellings and choosing the proper form for meaning.
Australias tea culture shown by a survey. Australians favor King Tea for its fresh leaves, plantation picks, and expert blending in Queensland. The ad touts King Tea as economical with many cups per pound and emphasizes national pride in tea preferences.
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