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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1929
Page
2
Dear Clover Blossom notes interest in the puzzle and encourages careful year end study. Cairns reports a lively phase with a fine wave of activity and mentions the scene looking pretty in full.
A garlanded guide to home dining decor featuring simple bound arrangements with narrow rims and pale jade leaves. Includes suggestions for homely rooms and a French festive touch amid jade tones and flower accents.
Rosemary expresses regret in a brief handwritten notice dated February 9 from Peeramon about a child circle event and its attendance.
A school letter from Rosemary and one from Wash express family notes and hopes about Rosemary’s Second Class, school life, and letters to Tairns. They mention birthdays, chickens, gifts like a pencil case, and wished good times at school and with friends.
A letter from Clover Blossom in Dimbulah explains a puzzle about twenty horses shared among a man and four boys with fractional parts and a final personal horse, then shifts to the writer’s plan to take the December scholarship exam. The note mentions heavy rain and a high river nearby and signs as an unseen friend.
A prince living beside a pink grotto on a mountain uses a magic flute to summon cattle and outwit a thief. After the thief confronts him, the prince recovers the herd and returns the gift of a magic shell, then contemplates further adventures and gifts.
The elf uses a magic wand to separate two angry snakes. They wind around the wand, but the Frince emits a flute tune that petrifies the serpents, leaving them fixed on the wand.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday wishes to Pink Rose Silver Sea Garden EN Lois Rainbow Sky and others with short mottos of duty love hope and kindness.
A column of lighthearted exchanges and wry observations about daily life. Jests and small talk frame a jog through wit and misadventure as villagers, judges, motorists, and parish life intersect in playful snippets.
In this nature competition entry from Joyce White of Cairns a 13 year old observer describes the ant family. She notes the ants direction sense, food gathering, leaf bending, and waterproof seams. A green head ant is described marching in long files with coordinated signals. The scientific adjudicator notes noncompliance with conditions.
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