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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 15, 1946
Page
4
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A reader in the Southern State worries about her youngest daughter marrying an actor and grapples with family pressure. Replies advise maturity, support, and avoiding public clashes, urging respect for the daughter's choice and suggesting firm but constructive guidance.
Alison Payne responds to a crowded public question about a decades long engagement to a woman of superior type. He notes social pressure and the river of favors from others, but asserts the fiancée would not accept gifts from other men. He emphasizes sincerity and fidelity amid rumors.
The Courier-Mail announces free Cookery Booklets with over 10 000 letter requests in ten days. Fill a printed form, supply name and address, and send a stamped envelope to The Courier-Mail Cookery Exchange. Do not call offices for copies. Forms must fit the supplied style and measure two by inches.
Miss A M Schauer welcomes the Courier Mail Free Cookery Book noting its helpful recipes for home cooks across town and country. She praises the inclusion of seafood recipes and recalls her long career as a leading Queensland cook and head of the domestic science program at Brisbane’s Central Technical College. Her cookery and preserving books are widely treasured.
Winners announced for pumpkin balls egg dish and macaroni rissole entries with names and addresses. Prizes include £1 for Mrs D Blair of Margate and others. Next week prize categories include a dessert with coffee and a citrus recipe, entries due to the Women's Department Cookery Office.
Tailored in an extremely feminine manner this two piece outfit suits office college or social wear. The blouse is shirt waist style and the skirt features a wide girdle belt with a graceful swing. Available in sizes 16 18 and 20 with busts 34 36 38 inches until May 10. Request from The Courier Mail Dress Pattern Service Box 858L GPO Brisbane with a written note or stamps to value 1/ pattern number size name and postal address.
A collection of reader tips covers removing brand print from flour bags by greasing and washing, leather coat maintenance with polish, flowers by post using raw potato slices to keep stems moist, and handling eggs that crack when boiled by wrapping them in greaseproof paper.
From Helen Lubell, the article describes the dire conditions facing European workers. Families scrape for food, rely on skimpy savings, and endure high prices with widespread black market activity. Shoes, furniture, and basic goods are scarce, rationing is uneven, and many households share quarters or sleep in a single bed.
London May 4 Special British housewives will soon order cooked meals from grocers by phone. Frozen Frood will be warmed ready for table. It is not served to passengers on British South American airways. Caterers say rationing kept Frood from nationwide sale.
London May 4 Special reports Britain will continue utility clothing after the war but with price hikes. Women's utility dresses move from 110 to about 130/. underwear rises from 4/ to roughly 12/ with lace and embroidery. Shirts for men and women up about 50 percent.
Current coupons TEA and sugar expire June 2. Special G coupon also valid to June 2. Butter price cut to 31 percent through June 2. Red and green items 97-00 valid to June 2. Clothing coupons 1-36 and 57-112 valid to December.
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