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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 27, 1952
Page
4
A garbled printed draft satirizes Parliament including the Cabinet, with a talking dog mockingly critiquing Conservatives and fascinations with appearance. It envisions a future of aging, frostbitten women, polar bears on coastlines, and blooming signs of spring, mixing mock interviews and whimsical dialogue.
The WP Primo Hicks welcomed the officer and residents to an evening of music and discussion about a grand Scout gathering. Receipts total £1341 4s 1d with expenditures £104 2s 7d, leaving a credit balance. Two fires occurred in the month one a house owned by Uteshire Council occupied by Mr D Thomas the other a railway track loaded with lime. The band voted to buy 41 electrical devices from Mecipalling Fire Brigade. The secretary was instructed a budget and insurance costs were debated with council concerns over Branaig costs and improved facilities.
A fragmented page lists radio programs and times across genres. Entries reference News and Services, Music, Sacred Music, Daily Devotional, School Broadcasts, and various talk and sermon slots with irregular figures and program titles. The jumbled text preserves a snapshot of a mid-century station’s schedule.
The minutes note Mayor Be ies Maen, Wellington and Mrs Garland involvement, a charity raffle for a Velox car, and a church-branch meeting deciding on fundraising cake sales. Handicrafts classes will start next month with Mrs H C Mott organizing and Andy Parker as demonstrator, inviting many subjects and cotton garment collections for revenue. The group plans to open meeting space and welcome state deputy president Mrs Berry for an April visit.
A report from Columis University highlights a spelling bee where Australian student Tevon cormeciy laa Teves and Brazilian competitor Albert Bramen excelled. John Bremees, a Md student, was noted as the only participant to spell all the academic words correctly, with the American major team praised for accuracy.
Film slate includes Convicted at Palace Theatre with Jimmy Stewart and Debra Paget plus Train to Alcatraz and Reverend Arrow. Be present for Technicolor Westerns and outlaw tales featuring Audie Murphy Debra Paget and Gale Storm. Also shows Blond Bandit and Kid Prom at Bee Theatre.
A lively Tu Che Social Spotlight night at the Trocadero featured talent competitors Valerie Pedetton Mrs Mary Scandurra and the Tropo Trou badors with Mr J Sewell and other performers. Novelty dance winners were Miss Eileen Kavanagh and Mr Ho Atkinson. Airlines serves Cairns with ANA planes carrying numerous named passengers to Brisbane and Rockhampton including Mr W Lawson and Mrs Humphries among others.
A detailed account of a dignified wedding ceremony featuring the bride in a brocaded white gown with lace and a long train, mauve flowers, and white silk decor. Guests include Maids La, Misa Ann Teakinuris, and Miss Angin, with celebratory music, tea, and a grand birthday cake. The reception honors the king and a royal procession precedes the couple’s later trip.
Royal coronation plans are delayed with speculation the Queen may crown her husband as King Consort. Sources note no date set yet while discussions occur with Commonwealth governments. If patterns hold, coronation could fall between May and August 1953.
Locust New Jersey recalls a mother of four who jumped into a 10 foot well to rescue her child. She calmly recited rhymes to keep her frightened son afloat as water eight feet deep rose in the bore. She promised no spanking and kept faith until help arrived.
A British press item notes a closed appeal to South Wales miners urging Saturday work. The brief mentions a total of 69 mines in the area connected to this effort, with references to Sue, Belial, and other unclear phrases.
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