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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1929
Page
11
Instructions describe the step by step order for placing place settings starting outside inward. It covers knife and fork positions, spoon placement, glassware, bread plate, dessert utensils, and napkins to ensure proper service.
The article urges sunshine and fresh air for health, warns against harsh stimulants like brandy, and emphasizes home sanitation. It advocates avoiding strong alcohols or coffee in excess and stresses cleanliness and order as essential for family well being.
A brief guidance on proper place settings suggests using mats under cloth and noting careful arrangement. It emphasizes a neat table and organized service involving a trolley to collect items efficiently.
A vivid fragment describes Christmas scenes from Bethlehem to Canadian and European traditions. It recalls pilgrims in the cave under the old church and shared holiday games, lanterns, prayers, and children’s carols amid a festive, international tableau.
The piece portrays Christmas celebrations in diverse climates from the Gilbert Islands to Eskimo land. It notes joy in Florida and Fiji alike, with cocoa nut bowls in the Pacific and open air feasts, despite snowless days and different seasonal traditions.
Mason St MAREEBA letters describe a cheerful visit to the river for play and swimming with friends. The writing speaks warmly of Rosemary and a note about beauty and a water drop after showers.
The Bairns Circle sends warm birthday wishes to Rosemary and Tom Tit with mottos pledged: Honour First and Onward and Upward. Messages express affectionate, old fashioned greetings and best wishes for the day and year ahead.
A city merchant employed two workers at 4200 per year. He offered a rise of either 5 per six months or 20 per year. Worker A chose the six monthly rise and Worker B chose the yearly rise. Determine who gains most and show calculations.
A short verse describes two small brown birds chirping at each other and dreaming of a bath as the day ends. They imagine a playful splash and becoming bigger as they glide toward a glowing sunset.
Step by step home cookery describes thick cream consistency and batter methods for pikelets and choco late custard cups. Instructions cover making batter, frying pikelets, preparing chocolate filling in a water bath, then cream filling and piping decorations for custards.
A fragmented humor piece with sparse dialogue about a child s remarks on birth a builder s foreman and a lady s comments on singing and conversation. The text mixes quirky exchanges and musings on wealth and social chatter with stray phrases and incomplete sentences.
The narrator recalls calling a girl Jessi who did not answer during a storm. After the weather broke, the group searched Biboola for her and later found her dripping wet around nine o'clock. They conclude she had joined the wrong group at the sister's picnic and returned later.
A verse notes the garden sowers are fresh and gay and open daily for sunlight. Children enjoy their fragrant scent as Peg observes them from a distance and they spread wide in the sun.
A brief, step by step description outlines a loop and threading technique to create a tight ring. The method involves placing a thread under the target area and pulling it toward the hand, then wrapping the long end tightly to secure the ring.
A brief excerpt presents three gates of truth for speech: Is it true, is it needful, is it kind. It urges careful consideration before telling a tale, emphasizing restraint and moral responsibility in speech. The piece frames dialogue as a test of speech before sharing the story.
A reader recalls Cairns Post mentioning Dear Steadfast The Barron as a favourite picnic spot. The note expresses concern for a frightened dog during a storm and relief that the owner and dog returned home safely, with affectionate tone.
A fragment lists mango chutney with sultanas salt pepper and whole spices to taste. The note mentions a two and a half hour preparation or cooking time.
An advertisement notes wealthy women in Sydney and Melbourne enjoying outdoors activities like golf and tennis while praising a skin cream named as ideal for sun protection and makeup longevity. It claims the product smooths and brightens skin, holding powder for long wear. Immense sale price listed as 2 shillings 4 pence per large jar.
Instructions describe washing lemons boiling to soft pulp, mixing with suet currants candied peel and spices, adding sugar and lemon mincemeat paste. Method includes baking oven timing and a batter with flour sugar egg bicarbonate cream of tartar salt and milk.
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