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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1929
Page
2
A garbled 1929 community letter page shows birthday wishes from Rosemary and the Bairns Circle to several youths. Messages reference God and guidance, pen names, schooling, and family details, with signatures from Elaine Daley and others.
A child’s tale follows a Morning Glory seedling cast by the wind. It struggles after landing among trees and rocks, hiding under leaves, enduring rain and cold, and finally clinging to a bush it cannot support. The small vine weakens and stops growing.
A small Morning Glory flees its vine mother to explore a sturdy tree. The tree warns against climbing higher, fearing leaf damage, and confines the vine to the trunk. The vine promises obedience yet longs for blossoms and freedom, learning to warn its own blossoms about the fickle breeze and the danger of wandering away.
A mutual friend solves a puzzle where three brothers divide horses by half a quarter and a fifth without killing any. The riddle hinges on a clever counting trick that makes equal shares possible. The text ends with an unfinished question.
A child recalls watching dragon flies feed on tiny insects along a creek near Worth. She notes their hunting in the open and explains a farmer’s view that horse flies are pests. The report mentions collecting chrysalises and a dragon fly emerging, with hopes for more.
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