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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1929
Page
2
Fashions in Comfortable Footwear and Woollen Socks
Women embrace new comfort trends with slip on ankle boottees in rubber or leather and woollen tennis socks worn over fine stockings. The items, though not elegant, promise practicality, tested by public use. A parchment flower accessory also debuts for Christmas, crafted from aged manuscript dyed and shaped for a bloom at the wearer’s lapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemdon
Antiquaire
Madame
The Housekeeper Quick Fixes and Odd Reminders
Household hints cover treating soft linens with salt and solvent dips for stiff dressings and nuts revived in water. A sleep aid suggests deep breaths to increase oxygen and ease temporary drowsiness before insomnia passes.
Tomato Based Cooking Method In Home Kitchen
A fragment outlines home tomato recipes and casseroles. It covers frying tomatoes with skins, sweetened cream sauce, layered tomato dishes with butter and breadcrumbs, and serving in a bake dish. It notes casserole cookery rising in popularity and slow even heating for evenly cooked meals.
Soggy OCR Recipe Fragment in a Casserole Dish
A scrambled instruction fragment describes chopping an onion, frying in butter, adding bacon, carrots, and potatoes. The mixture is heated in a greased casserole dish, covered, and baked about 15 minutes, then served hot. The text is garbled with misspellings and missing measurements.
Bairns Correspondence From Malanda Child Letters
Malanda April 20 letter from Rosemary to Billie Dove describes ducklings dying except one, a pet cowry with two calves, and hopes to join the Cheerio Band. Rosemary mentions basketball teams, wishing Billie well and sending cheer and a promised badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malanda
Iitt
Cairns Post
Billie Dove
Rosemary
Silvery Wave Answers Post Reader Missive From Gordonvale
A reader in Swan Street Gordonvale on April 22 reports a dog digging a hole in a wire fence and not returning due to ample grass to graze. The message from Ruth M. Boland named Silvery Wave closes with best wishes to the Bairns and Cheerios and mentions siblings and a wallaby concern from Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Street
Gordonvale
Ruth M. Boland
Cairns Post
Wallaby
Rosemary
Weather and storms mark the wet season tale
The piece muses on seasonal weather in the north during the wet season, noting dry summers and droughts followed by violent thunderstorms, hail, and floods. It recalls thunderstorm memory, warns of gerrymandering chatter, and cites the February Eanleavour River flood as a dramatic, muddy torrent event.
Endurance of Endeavour residents after devastating flood
The writer recalls a severe flood on the Endeavour River washing away bank trees crops and fences. Water rose over seventy feet, submerged the river banks and caused landslides with loss of fruit trees bananas pawpaws and mangoes. After receding the landscape is barren with sandbanks and debris. Residents describe transport mail and access hurdles and call for council bridge repairs and support ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Dee Sac
Jensen
Wasamele
Elk River
Natalie Moya Praises Creme Char mosan Beauty Cream
Overseas actress Natalie Moya, star of Young Woodley at Sydney's Criterion Theatre, extols Charmosan as a grease free, powerful skin cream. She notes its ability to smooth, whiten, and rejuvenate ageing or freckled skin, selling at a double size jar for twenty pence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Moya
Charmosan
Cucumber Cream Preparation Step By Step
A historic home remedy describes slicing cucumbers and steaming pulp, pressing through a colander, then through a cloth. Distilled water and benzoin tincture are added to make a lotion claimed to soften skin and reduce wrinkles.
Tarzali Dance and Tennis Ball at Tarzali Hall
The Tarzali hall hosted a Saturday April 20 dance with Malanda band The Black Katz in uniform and Evan as MC. A chocolate waltz honored Miss V Smith and Mr Gouge while many guests wore elaborate frocks described in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarzali Hall
Malanda
Black Katz
Evan
V. Smith
Gouge
Codper
Allan
Allan. ‘the Frocking Was Very Dainty and Was As follows:—Miss P. Smith
E. Handen
E. Buckley
E. Weinert
Roberts
P. Buckley
Glen Ally
C. Turner
B. King
Jeanie Williams
H. Turner
B. McDermid
Chapman
Jagan
M. Casaay
Cheyadem
Una McDermid
O. McDermid
C. Sackley
Nurse Hamilton
Atherton
A. Roberts
Heorgette Jong
McKay
E. Seamark
W. Barber
Georgette W. Wallace
Ge Allyn
F. Brown
Glen Allyn
Ashton
Glen Miya
P. Clancy
Stevens
B. Weinert
Notable Mungana social notes and visiting guests
MUNGANA NOTES credit goes to Shaw at Shaw's Hotel for hosting visitors with Mrs. Shaw and menu credit to Mrs. Frank Eliart Councillor Eliot. A dance organized by Sergeant J Rutledge H Musgrave J Ahern and F Eliott drew crowds. proceeds aid Chililagee Hospital. Attendees include M B Pollard E O'Reilly Flo South G Capewell Mr Mrs McCowat and child Kenaugee Mavis Morris AL W Sk E M Schofield J O'Sullivan Miss W Martin Miss P Jordan Miss A Moynihan Miss J Moynihan Mr Hall W Sykes Miss V Wallace Miss M Clarke Miss Draney D W V Higgins Ko Carson Bertie Reginal De-Epple Sheila Doyle Lezaro Walsby Fo Marsh W H Davis A Epple Mr Mrs Egan Senator Walter L Cooper Mr and Mrs EL H Guyton MAAS Mr and Mrs HO PL Wather MLA Coorooa Mr and Mrs J J Mc Donald Nancy C Francis Vo O'Gorman E Mid VW Doyle Mo Core Atherton B A Heart Wim Atherton Bryer Con Hobiam David Lyon Mies Mr Klos Mrs Mowe AW Spread 1 Athertens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Shaw's Hotel
Frank El-iart
ElI@t
J. Rutledge
H. Musgrave
J. Ahern
F. Eliott
Chillagee Hospital
M. B. Pollard
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Cooktown
the Mail
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Jansen
Laura
Cook District
CooktowFh
Neary
J. P. Neary
Manchester
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Abbot Street
Cairns
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