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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1929
Page
2
A reflective note presents Ruskin's idea that the best use of time starts with the day, urging purposeful morning action and mindful beginnings to shape daily outcomes. The fragment emphasizes proactive, purposeful conduct as a form of prayer in daily life.
In fashion notes pastel shading dominates frocks and tennis socks. Laces and delicate trims gain favor as shop windows show creams and soft hues competing for attention among shoppers.
In Cairns Post a reader named Betty Wallis writes to Home Circle about school thoughts and a pet called Spot. The letter asks friends to send messages for a sick bairn and to share about daily life with numerous children in the community.
An old puzzle tells of an Arab who left nineteen horses to his three sons a half to the first, a quarter to the second, and a fifth to the third. A friend helps them by adding a horse temporarily to make division clean, then removing it to satisfy the fractions and fair shares. The riddle asks how the division was achieved.
A 10 year old shepherd George on Carpathian slopes sees an express danger and frantically waves his hat to stop the train. His lone effort halts the peril as shouting voices and hands react to avert disaster.
A fragmented account describes animals and children in a nature contest. It mentions hundreds of cattle and calves seeking water, grass scarcity, bush cutting to feed livestock, cattle collapsing by creek sides, and horses with foals needing maternal aid. A garden scene references work and honey, with distant mentions of locusts and insect wings.
The nursery search ends as the family heads to a picnic. Phil is not in the cot or orchard, and the verse notes a cheerful chase. Daddy and Mummy call, and eight dressed children hurry to join the outing.
A child describes how wind sun rain frost and snow influence outdoor play. The voice notes preference for sunny west winds and indoor play during rain and cold, ending with joy at clear blue skies and warm weather. The verse reads as a simple seasonal weather meditation.
An old advertisement extols Rexona Soap as a quick hair beautifier. It claims rapid results in under ten minutes and promotes a single shampoo as doubling hair beauty and attractiveness. The copy is cluttered with garbled OCR text and pricing noted as 1/- per tablet.
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