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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1932
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR yields a dated devotional snippet from July with biblical quotations and poetic musings. The legible lines reference patience and mortality as waves and time advance, set within a home circle page format.
A sermon on believers' attitude toward Christ's return urges vigilance and patient hope. It stresses not dwelling on daily affairs but preparing hearts, living with expectancy, and aligning actions with the coming of the Lord. It warns against indifference and urges exemplary living as the true watchfulness for the dawn of a new day.
A Cairns children’s group letter column details visits to Rosemary, toothache, missing dog, and Anzac Day wreaths. It notes a long parade with a monument wreath from the Bairns’ Circle and ends with affectionate sign offs from Coyce Pyne and “Bud of Nursery Rhymes.”
The Bairns Circle issues varied birthday wishes and mottos for members including Pore ee aeny, Scrub Elly, Sea Nymph, Evening Stack, The Giant's Cave, Heary Toot, and Silver Tree. Each greeting accompanies a stated personal or communal motto emphasizing kindness, friendship, and industrious virtue.
A detailed account of a charity ball in aid of the Mater Children’s Hospital features Mrs Windsor and Mrs Windsor as ball organizers. Debutantes and guests, including Sir Lewie Gee Wie and Mrs Aitkin of Innisfail, are highlighted with descriptions of gowns, hats, and reception moments. Monitored by the medical society and city dignitaries, the event marks a notable social gathering in the community.
Practical tips on testing canned goods freshness by water, toasting bread after warming in a moderate oven, saving fruit desserts with a pinch of soda during stews, removing tar stains with oil and eucalyptus, and preventing rancid butter by refreshing butter with heat and soda to restore texture.
A fragmentary calendar verse notes each month with weather and seasonal imagery. January brings snow and fate. February rain and frost. March breezes. April primrose. May lambs and roses. June and July warmth. August showers. September fruit. October shoots. November mast. December sleet and fires.
A man admits stealing food driven by severe hunger. Police report he faced chronic food insecurity and lacked funds, prompting the theft as a desperate act. Legal proceedings continue with prosecutors weighing motive in sentencing considerations.
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