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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1940
Page
6
Fragmented text outlines a chaotic wartime political scene with references to the Avetranian, Belgian supplies, and a central government struggle. It mentions figures like Premier and Dunstan, parliamentary tensions, and looming elections. The piece reads as a garbled, era-specific political sketch with scattered names and policy hints.
The Malanda Show Committee met on February 23 and elected new leaders. J M Brady and W K Barpejanrahan chosen as vice presidents while P Kidd was elected president. W B Cottell resigns as secretary but agrees to continue temporarily. no nominations received for secretary and duties to be advertised.
The President noted the death of ex secretary Duncan Brown. Members observed a minute's silence and voted sympathy. A memorial proposed as entrance gates to the Malanda Showground. Dates for the 1940 show tentatively set as September 18 and 19. Accounts totaling £12 11s 4d passed. A.R. Fredericks resigns from the committee after eight years. Bir W. HB. Cottell to join.
Figures from the Economist indicate Canada’s export values climbed sharply from 1938 to 1939, with a 247 percent rise in December 1939 to 101,021,322 dollars. For the four months since the war began domestic exports totaled 370,076,730 dollars, up 17 percent from the same period in 1938. Agricultural production reached a record high, and federal revenue grew. Prospecting and development work intensified in search of metals and ores vital to war industries, including molybdenite, manganese, mercury, and tungsten. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes new output records for many minerals and new wells in Alberta, boosting Canada’s capacity for wartime production.
Canada’s mineral production totalled 470 179 000 dollars in 1939, an all time high, up from 1938 by a significant margin and above the 1917 record. Metals rose about five percent while non fuel categories climbed several percent, with arsenic, bismuth and other metals included in the “other metals” group. Additional notes list manganese ore, mercury, tungsten ore and iron ore as part of 1939 data.
A vivid scene at an exhibit on the rice harvest portrays Negro workers in a temple of light and dust. Women and men move in practiced rhythm as husked rice, woven baskets, and wooden implements pass through hands, while chants rise in spiritual cadence and glow of amber sunset.
The article recalls Mme Gripenberg and her extensive relief efforts from ambulance driving in France during the war to hospital work for the Austrian Red Cross in Albania. It notes her travels to Spain and other regions and mentions her meeting with her husband, MM. Georg Gripenberg, the Finnish Minister.
Our Prime Minister's wife Mrs Chamberlain spends much of her day reading and replying to letters from people who may never meet her, yet who seek understanding and help from the prominent political hostess. The article notes her growing engagement with public correspondence and duties.
The article notes 1940 debutantes face high costs for coming out as the war alters plans. Courts may not be held, and social leaders fear loss of the London season. Dress makers, jewelers, florists and photographers expect business as campaigns shift to wartime needs.
Local notes show prolife crops scarce as trees are denuded. Mr J Lynch begins duty as assistant teacher replacing Mr Thomson on holiday. Mr F Conack on leave from ALF. Mrs D Reif visiting her mother Mrs K Bauld for sister Daphne's redding. Arthur Mayers and Miss Rose Prandolini are visiting acquaintances.
Paris suggests fashions featuring printed crepe scarves to match dresses, rimmed straw hats, and twisting jersey into evening turbans. Waistcoats use striped jerseys for a woven striped effect and decorative braids on reversible items.
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