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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
2
Fashions Notes and Notices on Winter Accessories
The column describes winter fashion tips including advises on frocks, necklines, and jewelry. It highlights accessories such as necklaces, chokers, hats, and belts, with color pairings like red, green, navy, and beige. Specific outfits feature beaded chokers, wool embellishments, and coordinated shoes, scarves, and handbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Konts
Sears
The Art of Goal-Getting in Hockey Continues
The article discusses the beauty of scoring in hockey with various techniques. It explains how players execute different goals such as the stoop, left in, and wrist shots, noting the thrill of successful plays and the proper way a penalty corner is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard Shegeta
Hinderd
Se Grould
Ane Towers
Loane
Right hand play and coaching notes on keeping the ball open
A rough, stream of consciousness guide discusses turning, penalties, and spares in a ball game. It mentions aiming for the best passes, keeping the circle open, and varied tips for attackers to control play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edie Jatadien
Uae
Dear Rosemary and Friends from Bairne Circle Letters
A batch of readable letters from Cairns families during December recount Christmas plans and holiday visits. The messages express home life, schooling notes, and seasonal greetings between children and (adult) correspondents.
Birthday Greetings and Congratulatory Message
A local club extends birthday wishes and congratulations to a named recipient in a garbled note. The readable lines reference celebrating a person with warm wishes and hints at a formal or personal greeting from a social circle.
Christmas Gifts and Parcels Sent to Children
Readable fragments show a Christmas gift theme with parcels and cards. The text praises children and expresses thanks for their contributions, though many words are garbled. The item reads like a year end holiday message from a community paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
Giant of the Peaks and the Lost Ball Tale
A fragmented folktale recounts Hetty, a girl in the Peak District, chasing a ball that falls into the realm of a giant. After sleep and a wish, a fairy named Kadry Pinebell offers passage to Fairyland. Hetty receives magical gifts and encounters Tinkerbell in a dreamlike journey with Weathers and Witherbells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thie
Peak
Kitty
Nial
Katty Baal
Weil
Kadry ‘Pincorbell
Reyil
Hetty
Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe From An Autumn Cookery Page
A recipe for a large Christmas fruit cake detailing mixing method and ingredients including apples, currants, raisins, almonds, citron, lemon peel, spices, cider, and royal icing. Steps describe creaming butter and sugar, folding in flour and fruit, baking in a moderate oven for two to three hours, cooling, and finishing with almond paste and royal icing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Plum Pudding Recipe Writings From The Past
A historical recipe text details making plum pudding with suet, flour, baking powder, and sugar. It covers mixing methods, steam cooking for several hours, and finishing with whipped egg white to form a smooth glaze. References to equipment, measurements, and casual kitchen notes appear in a period voice.
Selected Verses of a Fragmented Garden
The text presents a garbled poem with mangled words and missing lines. It references forests, warblers, summers, beauty, and purpose. It hints at order and design behind events, though many phrases are unreadable.
Governor Jol Visit in Cairns Sparking Letters to Editor
The Cairns paper invites readers to send letters on Sir Jolns visit to Cairns and its health message for children. Contest offers prizes of seven shillings and one shilling, with authors required to sign real names and addresses. Letters must be 400 words or less and arrive before the closing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Jol
Cairns
Ias
Mnyou
Wear John
Rosemary
Julia
Jolon
Up to the Minute All the Time in Modern Business Women
An advertisement-style piece extols the busy business woman balancing service and style. It highlights the need for vitality and notes women seek to maintain natural gray hair using a safe topical concentrate claimed to restore color without stickiness or grease.
The Most Beautiful Dance Star in Aneries
A garbled excerpt mentions Miss Dillie Dove as the lovely first national film star of Aneries. The piece references a beauty dance and a price of 2/60 per varge dandle sive jar, with scattered phrases about work, years, and dairy themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillie Dove
Aneries
Craig's Chemists Receives Wide Range of Presents
Myrtle and K recount a shopping trip to Craig's Chemists opposite Moat Office. They praise the store's affordable prices, fresh stock, and varied perfume lines including Houbigant, Yardley, and Bourjois. They note new brass goods, glassware, and elegant dressing sets with obliging service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eto
Aias
Lighemi
Myrtle
Brisbane
Sydney
Craig
Lerys
Coty
Houbigant
Yardley
Bourjois
Taterlain
Craig's
Moat Orfier
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