Thought for Today Best Are the Brightest Motto
A brief clipping reflects on thinking at the best tide of each moment. The quip suggests that savoring the best of now is worth more than wealth, emphasizing prudence and self discipline.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
2
Birthday greetings from the Bairns Circle
The Bairns Circle sends multiple birthday wishes to members including Red May Heather Bell Snow Song Cream Rose Valentine Sunrise Miss Mulligan Violet Rosabel and others. Each message carries a personal mottos or sentiments from Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Bairns
Heather Bell
PCRS
Mulligan
Els
Rosabel
Fashions in Paris Fabrics and Tints This Season
The Paris fashion scene favors smooth fabrics and rich tinting with standout materials for summer. Furs and trims appear in chiffon coats and summer fox, beige, goer caracal, and finfox accents. Taffeta grows thicker, resembling velvet, with stiff, glossy effects.
Children Circle Letters From Redlynch and Cairns
Fragmentary letters from Redlynch dated February 1920 and February 1929 describe warm holiday greetings, hospital stays, and family news. Subjects include school life, illness of English Jasmine’s companion Evening Chimes, visits to Kuranda and to aunts in Brisbane, and affectionate notes between Rosemary, Isabel Peterson, and other correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlynch
Februar
Black
Tam
Bains
Cairns
Barron River
Catone
Rosemary
Kuranda
Degras
Mrs Green
Brisbane
Jasmine
Peterson
Nature Competition Views of the Bairns
A reader excerpt profiles North Queensland birds and insects with notes on long tailed tits. It describes their light bodies aiding flight, twig-foraging, nest construction of moss and spider silk, eggs white with red specks, and both parents feeding chicks until independence. Written by Edna M. O'Brien aged 11, from Golden Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna M. O'Brien
Rosemary
Dove Star Billie Dove Fans Pay Top Fee
Miss Billie Dove, renowned First National film star, reportedly earns £78,000 yearly and receives a vast audience of admirers daily. An advertisement praises Creme Charmosan as the beauty solution, claiming greaseless, skin-lightening effects and a youthful appearance. Sold widely, price 26 per large jar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Dove
Miss Dove
Clever Catch Divides Nineteen Horses Among Three Sons
A riddle from Mab’s heirs states the father leaves one half to the first son one quarter to the second and one fifth to the third. The sons cannot kill any horse. A mutual friend suggests a solution and carries out the division, prompting readers to explain how he did it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Mab
Blithe canary echoes in a mortal longing for peace
A verse passage contrasts wealth and arrogance with simple joys. It ponders what mortals truly own beyond God's blue sky and warm skin, leaning on nature and love as the richer riches. The poem laments material excess and celebrates humble fellowship and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ares
Ravenshoe Ambulance Club fixes dance and meetings
The Ravenshoe Ambulance Centre held its February monthly meeting. Plans include a dance with novelty items on the 15th, music by Bearer O'Brien, and MC F Edwards. Also set are coin-slot scales, balloon tyres quotes, and a sports meeting on May 6. January attendances and local incidents noted, plus butter factory output and visitor list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. King
J. Mason
E. Edwards
W. Glover
Leonard
F. Edwards
Bearer O'Brien
Mason
Atherton
Ravenshoe
M.C
Mr. King
O'Brien
G. Pearson
Reid
Atherton Centre
Browning
Lucky hospital receives two generous radiun gifts
London reports two anonymous donors, unknown to each other, gave one grate of radium each along with 24 pounds to a city hospital. One donor had given 700 pounds previously, and the other, who gave 30,000 pounds three years ago, added 13,000 pounds for the radium laboratory maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hi Wits
Heth
Oie
Irvinebank Notes Highlight Mining Activity and Weather
The Irvinebank notes describe wet ground hampering mining, rising tin prices, and early operations by Whitworth Mining Co in Governor Norman. Mines like Bluff, Rebound, and Southern show ongoing dewatering and ore extraction efforts. Local workers seek more machinery, while townsfolk welcome newcomers as mining activity intensifies and prosperity is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerally
Whitworth Miniing Coy
Norman
Uns
Robinson Bros
Brown
Kirkman Bros
Jones
Stevens
Burns
Wishart
Evans
Bendoo
de Whitworth
Black Snake Scares Inhabitant After Storm Deluge
The occupant of the State Treat in We Cleary found a large black snake in the house but it escaped unharmed. A recent storm brought heavy rainfall totaling 201 inches, among the region’s strongest such events in years, with widespread flooding and high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Cleary
Recreation Reserve Shed Defect Cited By Rates Payers
A reader complains the recreation reserve shed provides poor shelter likening it to a shower bath. The writer urges commissions to repair the roof before asking the public to shelter there, noting the shed offers little protection in wet weather.
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