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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
7
The Cairns Post lists local social events and personal notices from Atherton including upcoming Christmas gatherings, family visits, and holiday travel plans. It notes attendees at lifestyle parties, church activities, and the season’s gifts, with numerous names from Malanda Cooktown and surrounding regions.
The text notes wedding gift customs and the exchange of presents among donors, mentioning invitations and the couple’s behavior. It emphasizes that participation is not compulsory for every person and hints at customary practices without detailing names, dates, or places.
Fragmentary OCR shows program blocks and times like 600 645 700, sports and music segments, and features including New Australians and a half hour block. Content is garbled but indicates a national radio schedule with various shows and segments.
Sunday December 11 offers a light orchestral program with a 7.30 start. Prices listed £43 and £45 and a 123K seating designation appear in the ad style listing. Read for details on the venue and performance components.
The records show Bartle Frere and family hosting Tara and Murray Prior and infant Tom Reve Peluford, with Fred Atkinson taking up duties during the week. Mr and Mrs Fest and son from Frelyn vacation nearby, while Mr and Mrs Pirmenuk host guests and a Christmas party features. The piece also mentions a Tanis BA visit, a Wearestar trip, and various informal gatherings with neighbors and teaching friends.
A garbled historical fragment mentions a figure named Joseph and a moment of peace. The text is incomplete, with distorted phrases about a likeness, flesh, and a desh terest, yielding no clear event, date, or location.
Fragment reads as a religious reflection on the name Jesus. It discusses divine ordering of the name, its meaning as savior, and its personal, everlasting identity in Christian belief, noting variations and scriptural references about Jesus as deliverer.
A damaged OCR item reports a chaotic holiday gathering at the Shell club hall with Father Christmas delivering gifts to guests. Names and details are garbled but reference to Christina party, Merchant Seamen's Hall, and travel plans for January are mentioned amid unclear local notes.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions terms like lemon mer tom and Matic Rest of Aumralace chamems with unclear references to a forcer of Spears apg Lake. It also contains a stray line about a "cystemic force" and a term VESSETUERIAR, yielding no clear person, place, or event.
A fragment listing film titles and showings across Edmonton and Gordonvale venues. Entries include Alec Guinness and Catherine Moore titles, matinee times, and mentions of Rachel and the Strange Fortune, with stray letters signaling unreadable OCR.
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