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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1931
Page
6
The article notes a plan involving a UETOTNE ent and another hall project, with a cost around 3,000,000 pounds. It mentions qualified individuals and a South Wales context, detailing the expected outcomes and roles of involved parties.
This afternoon at 2.30 and tonight at 8.00 Palace Theatre presents The Case of Sergeant Grischa, a radio all talking war special adapted from Arnold Awemg. It screens with Simba the Fox Movietone African animal picture to follow after 4.30 for schoolchildren.
The screening of This Mad World runs today at 2 00 pm and tonight at 8 00 pm The film presents a realistic military atmosphere shot from a stage viewpoint with action spanning from 4 00 pm to 1 00 am Kay Johnson leads a capable cast in delivering the picture's impact.
The performance features Rathbone as 1c Spy and Louwe Dressler as his mother with Veda Buckland as a child and Lentsi eaux as a co conspirator. The show titled This Mad World from the French Terré Inhantaine has proved a tremendous draw wherever staged. Supporting acts include Colortone Revue The Erates a two part comedy sketch The Copy Mickey the Mouse in Cactus Kid Pathe Sound News and Gazettes. Plans are at Owen Whit tick's and the theatre phone 162.
Maurice Gordem's company brings Journey's End to Hibernian Hall at 8 o'clock tonight direct from a record tour in Australia Critics praise the modern war drama with passages by Reginald Newson as Captain Stanhope and a cast including Guy Hastings and Brett Randall Patrons are asked to be seated by curtain time as the theatre goes dark immediately after the start Box plans available at Pittard ated Diacks
Allan Wilkie's New Comedy Company opens a run tomorrow morning with Bird in Hand at Pittard and Diacks' theater and Hayover by Noel Coward on May 5. The program features John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand described as a fresh dramatic approach with a note on its departure from his past works.
A review praises the scintillating comedy Bird in Hand with a memorable Mr. Blanquet traveller character. The second act set in an inn bedroom adds standout humor as audiences are invited to an evening of euchre and jazz at Aquatic Hall with prizes and novelties. Julien Bres fin's orchestra will play under MC Jim Herries.
Hockey fans urged to attend tonight as Gordonvale Ladies' Hockey Club hosts a dance promising a big chime and a performance by Har vey's Harmonisers who will attend.
A Basra to Bombay betrothal involving Najia Noeric Bel Shiraz and David Sassoon Ezekiel ends in separation. The court ruled the betrothal had no binding marriage effect under Jewish law as the nuptials were not performed and the proxy ceremony did not bind the parties. The girl, 16, sought divorce claiming misrepresentation and age, with a week to execute the decree.
The piece argues that many women bear hard labor in and out of the home leading to illness, blaming inactive kidneys. It promotes Dr Sheldon’s Pills as a remedy to restore kidney function and ease backache, headaches, low mood, and other complaints. Sold in sealed glass containers at 1/9 and 2/9 and obtainable broadly.
Greek actress Madame Cotopouli stars in Elektra at the New Yorker Theatre, with critics praising her intense delivery, barefooted staging, and fiery portrayal. Gilbert Gabriel and Charles Darnton laud the performance as a revelatory, authentic rendering of Greek tragedy.
Mr R N F Quinn Under Secretary for Works has been visiting Cairns since Thursday and staying at the Strand Hotel with Cairns district officials. Mr P W Shannon a Land Court member and Mr A A Bolton arrived from Brisbane and will hold sittings at Mossman Mareeba Atherton Herberton Millaa Millaa Cairns and Innisfail before returning to Brisbane on May 20.
Mrs. E J Hogan wife of Victoria's Premier visits Cairns with her husband on a holiday seeing the island reef and Kuranda admired for tropical scenery and climate The interview notes her youthfulness and fourteen year old twins her interest in tropical fashion and local children and expresses hope to return for a longer stay
A meeting of cyclists and supporters will be held at the Golden Vale on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The event invites members and those interested in cycling to attend and discuss club activities.
Brisbane April 24 Henry Leeper a 27 year old clerk appeared in Police Court charged with falsely claiming to negotiate a 700 pound loan for Joseph Morris Acacia Creek NSW. He allegedly induced Henry Aspinall to pay 700 pounds for a dairy farm mortgage to secure repayment. Remanded till May 1.
Messrs A P Greenfield Northern Ltd optometrists and spectacle makers will professionally visit Cairns and Mossman on the dates advertised elsewhere in this issue, with S J Keans representing them in Townsville Grisbane.
An emperor penguin can jump from water onto a three foot high ice ledge. In England women drivers are involved in only 21 percent of fatal accidents.
A critic praises the modern transcription of the Sophocles tragedy Electra. The performance blends fire with ritual, comparing it to earlier Electra portrayals and noting the out-of-doors origins of Greek tragedy versus modern indoor staging.
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