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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
2
Rosemary writes affectionately about greeting Ida in the Home Circle, praising the flood view of the creek from the station and inviting continued correspondence with the pen name Dainty Betty.
A reflective poem attributed to John Oxenham on how words spoken or written may take years to bear fruit. It urges preachers and teachers to sow seeds of virtue, noting hearers’ reactions are often unseen and outcomes return with joy or pain.
A clipped list of home care tips covers washing brass trays with warm water and lemon juice for stains, recycling old soap with honey, and making a clear soap wash. It advises lemon rinse to prevent stickiness, glycerine for laundry softness, and adding glycerine to woollens to retain color.
A collage of letters from schoolchildren in El Arish Cairns Babinda and surrounding areas dated January 1929 recounts holiday notes gifts prizes and hometown events. The entries mention a prize platinum pen a badge and a poetry piece while describing Christmas memories school terms and local scenery including Babinda Creek and train disruptions.
A funny exchange has an inspector asking a child what he would need to become a carpenter and the boy replies a character. Another child complains the teacher forgets his name and the mother is teased by a nickname.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday greetings to Michael mas Daisy Eileen Alannah Date Flower Rosemary and Red Spider. Each note includes a motto or personal phrase reflecting the group’s caring tradition and good wishes.
North Queensland scene celebrates insects and native animals with notes on kangaroos wallabies bandicoots and vivid butterflies. It warns pests like the cane beetle and describes a simple light trap to destroy them while urging balance between beauty and harm. By Yvonne Bavington age nine Cairns
The Scienttic Jade notes vendable nine year old Mr Edmond Jarvis praises observations on butterflies and cane-heetles. The little girl appears wise for her age with a noted nature. Essays are published alphabetically not by merit, Rosema.
A brief collection of light riddles and wordplay presented as a table tea items. The jokes hinge on puns about the bar and letter E, with answers implying everyday objects and situations.
Under a gray sky a fairy kitchen hums as Enin-cooke and helpers bake fairy bread and cakes. A crier proclaims tea time while waitresses carry pearly petals as caps and cobweb aprons. Elves mingle with soft laughter and a tuneful breeze carries their song across the trees.
A fragmented verse laments memory and scandal in a broad warning against recalling a painful tale. It hints at a hidden skeleton and public shame, suggesting secrecy as a remedy to ease sorrow and protect reputations.
Sydney report states Che Ghier secretary OMe AL Benn HOD announced the minister has been ill for some time and was ordered to absolute rest and quiet after a recent episode. The notice emphasizes health as the priority and urges no public appearances until further notice.
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