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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Apr 30, 1947

Page

5

Anzac Day Observances Across Atherton Districts

Atherton and Babinda held dawn services and public gatherings marking Anzac Day with marches, wreaths, and addresses. Scores of ex servicemen, nurses, and Scouts attended ceremonies at cenotaphs, cemeteries, and Shire Hall, followed by community lunches and a public meeting at the Roxy Theatre recounting Gallipoli and wartime sacrifice with local officials and clergy leading the tributes.

Babinda Women's Auxiliary Babinda Mirriwinni Bartle Frere Deerai C.W.A R.aob W. M. Simmonds Women's Auxiliary Alf Evans W. C. Griffin Red Cross League J. A. Martin Nery Merchant Navy A C. Waddell Toepinssea Mr. Williams Mesars W. Brown G. Liewlyn Mesdames Simmonds Blake, Ward and Mackney J. Gormiey Grifin J. A. Martini Citizens Service

Anzac Day Ceremony Commemorates Fallen Heroes

A Herberton gathering honors Australia and New Zealand servicemen with a dawn march from the Herbertton Hotel to the monument near the post office. Wreaths are laid as residents, including children from Mary’s Boarding School, pledge loyalty to the Empire and memory of the dead. Speakers urge peace and remembrance, noting Britain’s hardships and the need to keep faith with veterans and their families.

Sir Ravenahoe Herberton Hotel Balte Gall Donoghue Citisens Cirkoe-sirest House Hant C Stenhouse Mary's Tis Ening Aebivaan Se Stern Gy P. Kenny Bre, Laycock Empire Cta Dnl Commonwealth of Nations U.S.A United of United Kingdom Errth Ansar Dey Kemp Harberton State High School BO. Balfe J. Newell CWA Women’s Auxiliary The Red Cross C.W.A Kenny Pation Johnstone Shire RSL Twan George the Sixth

Ansac Day ceremonies mark Gallipoli anniversary in Innisfail

A public meeting in the Shire Hall led by W Richardson of the Innisfail Sub-Branch RESALLA concluded Ansac Day ceremonies. He praised Gallipoli fallen and urged remembrance of their sacrifices while reflecting on liberty under conquest and the impact on relatives and nation.

W. L. Poustir Innisfail Canegrowers Execuive Shire Hall Resalla W. Richardson Mr. Richardson Gallipoli

Toatani for Coughs Great Peppermint Cure

A brief ad item promotes Toatani as a remedy for coughs and colds, touting Woods as the producer and framing the peppermint cure as effective. The text emphasizes relief and health benefits in a period advertising voice.

Woods

Times We Live In Strains and Energy Wears Thin

A fragmented reflection notes how rising costs strikes and shortages burden daily life. It references nervous strain and public unease while urging action to restore energy and ease for weary residents.

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