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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1937
Page
17
Elinor Ward outlines a practical budget plan for furnishing a home. She advises listing essential items room by room, allocating fixed percentages for furniture, carpets, curtains, lighting, and ornaments, and using a safety margin to cover forgotten costs. The guidance targets avoiding overbuying and maintaining discipline to protect the bank balance.
More than ten guests attended a social by the Coarparon Ladies Bowling Club with representatives from metropolitan clubs and the Queensland Ladies Bowling Association. The Auch enflower and Windsor clubs hosted NZ and Victorian bowlers, with trophies awarded in several events and a program featuring many officials and contributors.
Brisbane Amateur Theatres presented its twelfth private production with three one act plays in Room 6. The Murder Brain by Mikhail Akrom was produced by Edith Rowett featuring Ester Hart Coraline Nowlan Rev Blark Rorre Bauer and J Young. Women at War by Edward Percy with Estelle Thompson as Mrs Neve Also in cast Mayers Betty Ross Marie Navel Falon Dempsey Piomena We Peter Bell and Melle Crompton. He Sure Your Sex Will Find You Gat produced by Noel Chandler starred Coleen Rodiper Gwen Bergman Berenice Montgomery Margaret Alien Joyce Armstrong and Bery Rickard. A musical interlude between plays was arranged by John Ellis and staged by J Young with supper conveyed by Estee Thompson.
The Lady Mayoress presided at a City Hall meeting to arrange a ball at the Trocadero on September 13. Organised by the Limbless Soldiers Association and TB Soldiers' Association, most proceeds go to the King George Memorial Home with the rest to distress funds. Officers elected include President Mrs Jones and treasurer Mrs J C Trotter. The Lieutenant-Governor was expected to attend.
A Melbourne party including Mr and Mrs J McDougall arrive by the Duntroon and plan a Brisbane stay then Southport for winter. Sydney guests at Hotel Canberra include Mr and Mrs CW Witty and others. Miss Alipen Moroney marries Mr AO Redway at St Stephens Cathedral. Salvation Army territorial commander and companions depart Brisbane for headqu arters. other names and movements noted among Cairns and Sydney passengers.
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