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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
2
A brief report records a Home Circle gathering mentioning Caires Past and an invitation. Reads as a short social item with minimal details about attendees or actions taken.
A 1928 Cairns Post page features intimate letters from children and correspondents. Rosemary Kamma writes of Cheerio circles and pen names, Gladys Saul greets a new member, Palm Gilre shares birthday and holiday plans, and Rosemary Mareera recounts a pink party with friends and a motto to “Do My Best.”
A lively evening at the Oddfellows Hall in Tureday featured games music and dancing with a large attendance. Refreshments were provided by the committee and Mrs Spooner. A humorous teacup fortune segment and a mannequin parade entertained guests while songs were performed by Mrs Terris Mise Diehm and Mr Len Cleall with Mr Wilfred Hamwood+Mr Murphy coordinating the hour.
The event lists boys and girls entries with categories such as Hat Trimming and Buttonhole making. Winners include Mr. Bob Dunn and Mr. Jamieson for boys competitions and Miss E Chverland with Mr. McCalham for the wedding party.
A community notice invites children to write their names on a paper at home or on the way to Rose Rosemary in Anzac Park from four to five pm to help speed a forthcoming activity. Rosemary will collect names of younger children unable to write. Visiting children should leave the park when Rosemary a member arrives. Badges to be worn. weather may cancel a visiting day.
A new competition offers live shillings to the author of the best letter on Kindness to Animals. Send signed letters under Rosemary Cairns Poet, age stated, with 50 word minimum and up to 200 words. Publications in the Post and Herald, closes September 30.
Daily lines urge small gifts and kind words to brighten life. A smile, a spoken word, a thoughtful act each day spread cheer, comfort, and unity, fostering humane bonds and a brighter year.
The article outlines low cost kitchen storage improvements. It recommends intelligent shelves by windows, flap tables, and curtains to hide contents. It advises near stove placement of a cooktable, zinc-topped draw tables, and a tiled kitchen table with cemented tile surface for easy cleaning.
A lyrical fragment imagines a giant key to unlock smiles kept in a bow and scatter them across lands. The speaker details gathering every frown from misery and trees, folding them to form a monster key, and hiring a giant to drag the freed smiles to the depths of the sea.
A short motivational verse urges excellence in any role comparing a pine tree to a trail and a star to a sun. It is signed by Palm Girl Nelle Fourro and encourages effort over size or position.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday wishes to Snow veer Casey and Eddie Polo with mottos like Do Your Best Shine for All and Keep on Smiling. Rosemary signs off, hoping for sunny days and loving regards to each honoree.
Rosemary Dear Rosem ary's letters feature Captain Cook pen name from REG WALKER aged six, in Middle Second Class, eager for schooling and home circle. He signs from F McLeod Street Cairns dated July 26 1928.
A fragmented notice mentions visiting day at Bairns Cheerios with unclear policy changes. The readable portion indicates restrictions or guidance on who may visit and when, prompting readers to await clarified rules. The text shows lingering references to visitors and a pending policy update.
Myrtle tells Ethel that Craig's Pharmacy drew a large crowd for a new cinema in windows opposite the Post Office. Police halted the program due to traffic blockage while staff prepare the weekly local happenings film from Melbourne. The show is expected to resume when the film returns, likely by weekend.
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