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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1939
Page
7
A Scottish report warns of lax precautions around whisky stocks at the Windygates distillery area in Fife as authorities discuss evacuations and safety. The note mentions a large unguarded cache and fears of theft amid wider wartime measures and civilian defense plans.
The Times reports that 20,000 civilian deaths are confirmed in Warsaw's defense. Experts say rebuilding to normal standards may take up to twenty years due to extensive destruction.
The Bishop of North Queensland Rev. J. Feetham spoke at St Marys School Herberton during the Christmas break ceremony. He urged more women to enter religious orders while noting limitations on priesthood and urging vocations for nun or sister life. He cited past constraints and called for broader church and social work by women.
Prize list shows prize recipients across forms from grade one to form fa. Alison Clark and Patricia Lacey head read, with Joan Kirke, Bonnie Sinclair, Joan Hollingsworth, Shirley Gommow, Beth Firth, Olive Gielis among others. Ruth Cleminson presides as head of school Catherine Nimmo listed.
Senior Catherine Nima and Tamsie Ross feature in divinity. Intermediate Tamsie Ross and Enid Gielis accompany Ailsa Wallace. Junior Olive Gielis and Shirley Gummow with Ioan Hollingsworth noted. Various prizes include Nimmo, Anzac, and Dawn magazine honors for Tamsie Ross.
The report lists preparatory, practical, theory and speech results for candidates including Emily Holland Shir ley Gummow Olive Gielia Yvonne McConnell Joan Hollingsworth Bonnie Sinclair Mary Nash Lillias Nash Nancy Gummow Marcelle McConnell Jane Malthy Margaret Baker Dorothy Waller Tamsie Rose Tamsie Ross Joyce Redman and others with passes credits and honours across piano violin theory and elocution exams.
Roster shows instructors Diana Dawson June Maltby Tamsie Ross Minter Nimmo and Bernie Plaik for shorthand and elementary Marines Harris Ailes Wallace Glen Forlong. Typewriting speed targets 50 wpm and stages include Stage 1 Primary Junior Intermediate and Senior with names Olive Gielis Nancy Gum mow Irene Slater Marcelle McConnell Lillias Nash Mary Nash Dora Nash Ruth Cleminson Catherine Nimmo.
Patricia Stobo Jame Matthy Margaret Baker Dorothy Waller Bernie Blaik Minter Nimmo Joyce Redman Yvonne McConnell Ena Burton Ruth Cleminson Catherine Nimmo listed for certificates. Public Betsy Edwards Joan Fox Junior Public Dora Nash Lynnette Bostock. Sports Pins Senior Rosemary Mansfield junior Daphne Atkinson. Physical Culture Weston House Athletic Cup Weston House netball. Weston House Patrol Challenge Cup Waratah Wattle house trophy. Patteson House old girl's prize heat all round girl Catherine Nimmo.
In a storm yesterday 70 points of rain fell as maize rowers resume planting. Hot, oppressive conditions threaten further downpours. Local injuries include Baby Ginn burning feet, L McBarron wrist fracture, J Hugg rib fracture, Fitzgerald finger wound, Phil Godfrey arm puncture, J Hubbard foot laceration. Ambulance statistics: 7 accidents, 6 transports, 19 casualties, 466 miles. College lecture tours by Mr Browning. Atherton CPS November receipts 1152/3/1 with detailed disposals.
In Canberra on December 7 Sir Earle Page urged the Government to supply monthly appropriations rather than present a full set of estimates. He criticized wartime finance policy, noting figures are tentative and suggesting a wartime practice used in the last conflict be followed again.
A compact listing in a newspaper item presents four entries: a country reference Hungary, a juvenile offender treatment method, the name Forrest, and the year MCMXXNIX with Noel Coward. The fragment appears as a miscellany or reader response section.
A test in England examined tyre pressures and petrol use on a 1 hp car. Recommended pressures were 26 pounds front and 3 in the rear, but 24 pounds per square inch was used first. With wind and gradient favorable, fuel use was 445 miles per gallon in one direction and 30 mpg in the other. Lowering pressure to 17 and a half psi raised petrol consumption by about 10 percent, with top gear and an average 27 mph.
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