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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
2
Bairns Circle Birthday Wishes and Hints of Home Cooking
The Bairns Circle sends birthday greetings to several members with mottos and well wishes. The page includes recipes for oat cookies and mixed baked goods with step by step instructions and measurements, highlighting oats sugar butter and spices, plus coconut rice bubbles flour and coffee essence dessert ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Livingstone
Marriage Postponed Over Birth Record Mix Up
Mlle Marcelle Barbier, 24, of Lyons, delayed her nuptials after seeking two copies of her birth certificate and learning the registry listed her as a man. The error caused delays and a correction process to verify her identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlle
Marcelle Barbier
Lyons
Mothers and sons how they view each other in schooldays
A London Daily Telegraph essay argues schoolboys favor a practical tolerant mother rather than a glamour queen. It notes boys dislike public kisses and praise a mother who understands games, food, and home routine while opposing overbearing sports talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Ingram
London
Daily Telegraph
Ellow
Beng
Wilson
Hollow
Home remedy for tightened skin from The Australian Journal
In January advice attributed to Madelon describes a facial treatment using beaten egg white applied to the skin for about twenty minutes then rinsed with cold cream. It recommends washing with soap, using oatmeal in water, and finishing with rice powder before a dance to keep skin feeling firm all evening.
London Dress Shows Preview Modes For Autumn Season
Fashion writers rush to Paris in August to preview designs for the coming season. English buyers weed out foreign overreaches, selecting London salon favorites. Rich fabrics and bold colors dominate while the Cossack silhouette returns, and cocktail and dinner dresses adapt to evening wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Allo
Healthful clothing limits in early fashion
A physician warns against tight corsets collars and garters describing health risks and urges proper corset use for support while outdoor life and light garters reduce circulation. Tight shoes hats and high collars worsen circulation headaches baldness and blood pressure, while open neck styles prove healthier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Seralas
Household tips for felt care and cleaning agents
A historical guide outlines methods to keep light colored felt from shrinking and to clean carpets and leather. It includes recipes using ammonia, water, washing soda, and soap, plus step by step techniques to remove marks, mildew, rust, and chewing gum, with caution on drying and sealing beans for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Swagman recollections of wartime and wanderings in Australia
A first person reminiscence traces a life from pineapple plantations in Queensland to enlisting in 1914 with the ALF, four years in the trenches, returning to Australia in 1920, and a postwar drift through droving, rabbiting, and opal digging before turning to writing. He chronicles bush life, fence work on the Number One Rabbit Fence, and early published volumes spawned from camel cart and tent labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Augusta
Pine’ Creek
Queensland
ALF
Alton
Enp
Jewhiles
Bath
Australia
Bush
W.A
Cie
From Swag Man to Best Seller in Australian Tales
A sanitized historical extract notes a shift from rugged swag men to celebrated Australian authors. highlights Arthur Upfield as a leading figure whose works The Beach of Atonement and others sold across the Commonwealth. The piece discusses Upfield's background from Gosport to Australia and his early years of wandering as a bounder turned writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Upheld
Commonwealth
Upfield
Gosport
England
Australia
Burie
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