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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1927
Page
2
Cairns Post continues its home circle coverage, delivering local community news, events, and notices to residents. The paper highlights neighborhood updates, upcoming activities, and local personalities shaping the region.
A brief note describes choosing now due to new information. Rosemary is mentioned as a key name amid casual, personal wording about letters and the airns setting and those addressed as bairns.
Fragmented letter from Doreen O Neill outlines an Invitation Competition and certificates for letters over fifty percent. Mentions the Cairns Post and the Ambulance Brigade hymn. Includes snippets about Rosemary Mareeba and school circle exchanges with pen names and pet anecdotes.
Bairns in New Guinea invites entries for a writing contest titled My New Guinea Home. The prize of 10/1 has been donated by Ir.oabnore. The competition is open to all New Guinea bairns under 14, with entries signed with real or pen names and ages and addresses. Essays must be on one side of the sheet and will be printed in the Cairns Post and Northern Herald. Entries must be sent to Rosemary, c/o Post and Herald Cairns North Queensland, by October 31.
A July 14 note from Sadhp Street shows children recounting a Sunday Serial Venice outing on June 6. Fun turned to injury as a man broke his arm and others required ambulance transport to a hospital. all are reported to be well now.
A collage of letters from readers in Cairns Post and Home Circle excerpts. Dorothy Rolley writes of pen name White Lilac and garden life, Rose Ari Arish and others praise schools, teachers, and tennis. A cane growing, cricket match, and farm life color the exchanges.
The Bairns Circle of readers sends greetings to Cupid Sawar Candy Monte Blur and Mam ie with wishes for happiness. Each message carries a motto such as Keep on Trying or Honour First and expresses heartfelt birthday wishes.
A discussion on choosing colors for different complexions and occasions. It praises black velvet as unmatched, notes suitability of bright oranges and greens for darker skin, and warns against bare arms by recommending sleeve options. It observes period styling in stage costumes and advises against color extremes and unsupported contrasts.
The text outlines summer dress trends focusing on coordinated outfits with hat feathers and scarves, two or three fownced skirts, and plain bodices. It emphasizes printed chiffons, white patterns, and beaded effects, plus color harmonies such as black with pewter stockings and beige gowns with beige hosiery for varied complex tones.
Readable home kitchen guide details making meat pies and pasties with short crust. Includes mutton pie layered with onion and potato, Cornish pasties with steak and potato dice, shepherds pie with meat and mash, and bacon pie with eggs baked gently in a water bath. Provides steps for dough, filling, assembling, crimping, and baking temperatures and times. Names, measurements, and cooking terms grounding the historic recipe tone.
A quirky exchange shows pupils and a teacher debating odd prompts about Santa, a dog, money, and a shipwrecked Christmas Eve. The dialogue hints at literacy play and social quirks in a classroom setting.
A mother and child argue about stinginess during a Christmas scene. The child pleads, denying intent, while kinship and playful tone pull the moment toward warmth. The text references Mother Goose as a literary anchor.
The article notes preparations for a trans Pacific flight led by Captain Lindbergh stressing commercial aviation, with Australian flyers Kingsford Smith and Keith Anderson arriving in San Francisco. It outlines fuel and oil supply logistics from Vacuum Oil and Mobiloil, depots in Samoa Noumea and Suva, and staging points toward Brisbane, Phoenix Islands, and other Pacific sites as Australia eyes the progress.
Fragmented ad copy praises a product named Charmasan Creme. It claims skin benefits and a youthful look, mentioning a price and availability while describing texture and appeal. The text is garbled but centers on cosmetic claims and promotional language.
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