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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1939
Page
9
A gossiping note on locket style and rich fabrics for evening wear. It highlights book-shaped lockets, onyx panels, and pearl sprays, plus velvet and brocade materials in new tones like violet and Lorenzo green. Mention of travel-scent containers and Australian gifts.
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Mr and Mrs J R Nock will leave by the Kyngle rail for Sydney tomorrow where they will join the Awatea for New Zealand. They will tour the Dominion for two weeks, then pass through the Panama Canal to England and the Continent before returning to Australia via America. Several Brisbane residents and visitors are noted in transit and holiday activities across Toowoomba, Warwick, and Nambour with social events at Hotels Canberra and Carlton.
The Southern Division of the Queensland Country Women's Association in Toowoomba discussed Granite Belt farmers facing a harsh season. They proposed the government forego relief tax and later withdrew a motion urging removal of a four tax in the Granite Belt. Mrs G Baldock was elected provisional president of the Southern Division with other officers and district vice presidents named. Discussions included emigration opportunities for British subjects and attracting young people to farming, with members stressing the need for government action to support land settlement and migration.
An electrical display hosted at Memorial Hall Wynnum Central progressed from yesterday and continued today and tomorrow. Miss Chandlers Pty Ltd and the Electricity Department organized the event at the Wynnum branch of the United Housekeepers League to benefit wind for school children. Mrs I Matnamel opened the display as president of the Wynnum League received requests and Mrs WL Dart declared it open.
A report from the Arts and Crafts Society describes handicraft teaching for crippled children. The display at the royal National Association Shovy shows public ideas of the work. Details are in the report to be presented at the society meeting on March 14.
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