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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
14
Fragmentary lines mention Ivy Nature and Eo return with rewards and beatings. References to peace, happiness, and the city of Lubbock appear amid garbled phrases about life, death, and religious imagery.
A fragmented 1920s style fashion note discusses shaping the jawline with hair and makeup tricks. It references Constance Bennett and the Duchess of Windsor and offers guidance on parting, hairline lines, and cheek emphasis to create a more angular or oval look.
A quirky birthday notice notes greetings to a person named Sree Marie and others in a festive, slightly garbled style. It references celebrations, lines, paths, and a sense of community, with playful wording and a focus on the central figure.
The garbled text blends references from a highway robber named Andrew Black, medieval eras called the Dark Ages, a fossil collector and a history of roads. It mentions people from a Europe and Australia, a guitarist and a famous golfer, with scattered names and vague events.
Irvinebank State School held a concert in Arte Hall with family audiences. Mrs Crampton coordinated the program featuring juvenile entertainers, piano solos, vocal items, and a full cantata as the finale. Students performed with enthusiasm, delivering a lively program that showcased local talent and community support.
Readable fragments show a Christmas recipe mix including suet apples fruit currants lemon juice candied peel citron and lemon with spices sugar and salt. Instructions indicate chopping mixing soaking and drying steps for storage until use.
The guide explains contouring with rouge for square and long faces, recommending low cheek contour near the nose for length and avoiding chin rouge except on long faces. It advises softer, horizontal hat lines and avoiding tall hats, plus flattered brows, light curls, and avoiding long earrings to preserve facial balance.
A pasted nursing guidance piece from the Maternal and Child Welfare Service outlines 21 rules for maternal care and appearance, plus breastfeeding guidance. It emphasizes central parts, hair framing, and eye makeup while detailing infant feeding schedules, starting with frequent feeds after birth and transitioning to regular intervals as milk establishes, concluding with resources from the local welfare center.
Over 60 guests attended a pre wedding tea at the local hall of honour for Daphne Chyens and her fiancés, Mr. W. Pl Fox as chairman proposed the toast of honour and Mr. Scholl responded. Speeches and toasts followed, with dancing and community singing provided by Evelyn McIntosh, A Sharpe, W Barber and B Jacobs and company. Mrs Pat Moss and Miss Hazel Koppen sang, with Mr and Mrs Jacobs also performing. A novelty prize was awarded to Mr A Lamon and Mrs Jacobs who presented the prize to the guest of honour.
A local contest invites entries titled These Wishes with rules on neat ink handwriting, one side per page, and signatures by a parent or teacher. Entries must be under 600 words, include name and age, and are divided into two age classes with prizes of 5 shillings, 2 shillings sixpence, and a certificate. Closing date is Wednesday December 20.
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