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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1939
Page
5
The illustrations promote vivid outfits with short skirts and rubber flower trims on necklines and turbans. Emphasis is on matching colors across frocks hats bags shoes and accessories, with open versus closed toes sparking debate. Beachwear and bathing suits are highlighted for the coming season.
Wool spinners push to fulfill Army orders as shortages bite. Demand for socks and knitted goods escalates while government limits trade and Australian imports influence supply. Local efforts by the Personal Service League and others focus on boosting production and meeting civilian needs.
Lawrence Bernard, a musical director with no fixed address, was jailed after obtaining 25 dollars from Miss Margaret Isobel Furley and 30 pounds from Mrs Edit Radfirth by false pretenses. He claimed to arrange concerts and a non existent pavilion at Jaywick Sands. Police said he edited and reedited spontaneous love letters to feign affection before swindling more victims.
A 14 year old Dorothy Hall runs Wynnesay School in West Hartlepool to educate evacuee children aged five to ten. Assisted by Beryl Rowan and Enid Winner House, the young headmistress oversees lessons in arithmetic reading spelling and nature study using limited supplies in a garden classroom with an air raid shelter. More than five pupils joined within a week, and the project draws from two closed elementary schools.
A terse notice reports Hotel Barber 7 unveils a new idea at Erie and Marylebone, with mention of Sonat and pennieS. The fragment hints at a development or proposal but lacks clear details or dates.
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