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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1947
Page
6
A jumble of foreign news and trivia asks about a 3 year old reader, Sir Ronnie’s weight gain from wartime eating, Eileen Joyce’s film double, a Griek Concerto reference, a chalky riddle of a single-colour picture, and the Seychelles colony’s status among nearby nations.
Warnes Joe presents the new drama To Have and Have Not at Tropita Theatre. Humphrey Bogart leads a strong cast including Tauren, Moran and Moran’s fellow stars in a roaring love story set among peril and passion on a perilous Caribbean backdrop.
A fragmented list presents seven new fat terms with hints on pronunciation and origin. It includes words like Progenitors and Hoodman blind, with multiple-choice pairings and clues, ending with a note that answers appear on Page 3.
The Miss Queensland Quest organized by the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women reports 30 candidates named with expectations of exceeding the 100 girl target. Forty centres from Cairns to the southern border are represented and strong backing comes from Mayors, Councillors, MPs and prominent public and business figures.
A garbled item mentions Rex Theatre with Lea Montez Robert Paige and Babu in a travel romance themed production. From fragmentary text it hints at an action packed performance with exotic settings from Tangier to Spain and a cast including Sabu.
A fragment notes a Wednesday dance event at Aguate Dance Palais with unclear details about program, time, and attendees. The readable portion suggests a planned social dance session and possible refreshments or performances, but specifics are missing.
A compact fragment cites a proverb about talkers lacking business, hinting at local discourse on propriety and reputation with terse wording and period style.
Miss June Maingay of St Becier holidayed with relatives in Tasmania and returned to Mareebs. Conquest plans to return to town after visiting a friend at Batherton. Passengers traveled to Brisbane and Melbourne on ALN and ANA services. The AU State Working meeting at Gordonvale discussed Empire Ball preparations and an afternoon at Aniac Club with prizes and hostesses.
At the Aguas Dance Palais, on Monday night winners were Mrs Todd and Mrs E Christensen for monte carlo, and Petersen and Springalt for the novelty. Lucky spot went to Miss Amos and Mr Kells. Wednesday night monte carlo went to Mrs Mills and A J Brown, novelty to Miss Taylor and Mr G Imerio. lucky spot to Mrs Downey and Mr S Butcher. other novelty dances to Mrs Mulling and Mr Lynch. Miss Wallace, Mr Suhle, Miss Parer, and Mad ME Brooks noted. Saturday night crowd set records with Fri Peck's five piece band. monte carlo winners Miss Lander and Bill Kohlmann. novelty Miss J Green and Mr G Sub. tuck dance to Miss Plant and Mr J Colman.
A March 20 wedding at Conrad Methodist Church united Betty Marken of Cairns and Keith Clarke of Cairns, with Rev Bowley officiating. The ceremony featured a blue frock and a veil, gifts and family attendance, while political notices and campaign events for the Queensland elections were announced for Malanda Cairns and Cook, including speeches by MPs and party candidates in coming days.
A Cairns notice invites boys aged 8 to 21 for a Wednesday April 16 meeting at 6 30 pm at the corner of Lake and Wharf streets to form a Wolf Cub Pack attached to the 7th Cairns Sea Scouts. Senior Scoutmaster seeks 15 year olds for advanced sea training at the See Scout Yarze on the Alligator Week.
Fragmentary OCR summary of a National Radio page with scattered program titles and times. Mentions air date April 15 and various items including weather, interviews, and station segments. Names and places are unclear due to garbled text but imply a schedule overview rather than a specific story.
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