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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 11, 1936
Page
2
A scrambled Hollywood fragment discusses film industry mood and box office trends. It mentions rising weekly attendances, a current figure around several millions, and notes about audience eagerness for cinema.
The Hollywood industry regroups amid renewed spending and contract renewals with independent attitudes shaping negotiations. Majors push high cost productions like Magioncent Obsession and The Mupuy in the Bounty while classic titles such as A Tale of Two Cities and Lives of a Bengal Lancer post profits globally. Producers anticipate a shifting cycle from revival to new forms as talent improves and cinema expands beyond old patterns.
Australian Associated Press reports from London that Queen Mary will take up residence at Marlborough House within months. Interior alterations by the Office of Works will be supervised by Queen Mary’s private secretary. The royal family has not occupied the house since Queen Alexandra’s death.
A Brisbane February summary of a Bank of New South Wales circular on birth and death rates shows birth rate decline while death rate also falls. It argues population growth relies on balancing natural increase with migration, noting the need for careful social consent to support an eight million population under current trends.
Nadine Red presents a pithy quote on patience under pressure. In the presence of great teams and enduring laws, a man stays patient when the world ignores him and remains calm when praised.
A vintage guide extols beautiful eyes as mirrors of the soul and links eye health to diet, digestion, and regular exercise. It advises tonic rinses, eyelid exercises, careful grooming of lashes and brows, and periodic professional shaping to maintain sparkling, clear eyes.
The Bairns Circle sends Stony McCabe best wishes on his birthday with the motto Always think what you say but not say what you think. Blue Exes also receive greetings, citing the motto Experience is a cruel but a wiser schoolmaster.
Circles including The Bairns and The Barts send birthday wishes to Maxyy Pickford and Briar Rose. Each card carries a motto about sunshine after shadows or dark clouds with hopeful lines about effort and perseverance.
The article notes Chaplin’s fondness for playing Napoleon if given a distinct character, and his preference against color films. It also mentions discussions at the Royal Society about approaching government on nutrition issues and public conscience, plus grants and research aims tied to health and welfare.
Fifteen Nauruan boy scouts aged 12 to 22 sail to Geelong by steamer and arrive Tuesday night or Wednesday. They will experience sheep and cow exposure for the first time while undergoing a scouts training course under Geelong scout command led by Commissioner HE Hurst for six weeks.
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