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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1939
Page
6
A Courier Mail needlework pattern shows a Scottie motif for a quilt and other items. Pattern No 1517 includes instructions, yardage, block layout, and diagrams for arranging patches on a 94 inch block or matching pillows and a dressing-table runner. Send requests to The Courier Mail Needlecraft Service Box 1308 GPO Brisbane.
Toowoomba area notices cover upcoming wedding of Miss J O Flynn with Mr Rott at St Marys Church on Saturday morning. Local residents travel plans include Mrs Lildate and others attending. Brisbane to Mackay travellers, Fairleigh Mull and Freda Winter, head for Queensland. End August plans include Hamilton leaving for Ballarat with a branch meeting noted.
Fashion pages discuss August festivities with a vice regal garden party and Parliament opening near. New colour schemes and dress materials draw attention in show windows. Spring hues mix greens ambers and violets with embossed fabrics and metallics. Blue remains a favorite, with soft shades and prints for day and evening wear.
A list of visitors and residents at Southport holiday spots includes MR and Mrs Megier at Rhondds Esplanade awaiting 8 holiday guests, families at the Pacific Hotel, Geelong and Sydney visitors at Bayside Main Beach, and other townsfolk lodging at the Pacific Hotel and Surfers Paradise. Notable names include Mr and Mrs W.R. Anderson, Miss Power, Mix G, Wickens, Trevor Lahey, and Mrs Milne among others.
Alcoves in City Hall auditorium and limited annex space are filling for the Journalists Ball next Friday. A full ball report will be issued at midnight with plans for a top social season and proceeds benefiting the Australian Journalists Association benevolent fund.
A garden party at the home of Mr att Mien Ll hosted by a garden guild of Mary’s Church Fruland on Saturday featured a jumble mini rally run by Misses Ag enteck and W. Fang with Mrs Go McLean among organizers. Fourteen debutantes and numerous guests attended. the event included drinks and a reception, with several attendees listed among the helpers and hosts.
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