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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1942
Page
3
locals invite at the Trocadero for a midweek dance with Sonya number and competitions. Afternoon tea to be served and Revellere’s band to entertain, with Mares Pander arranging the programme and old-time swing.
A historical piece discusses how British women entered organized industry during wartime, noting wage adjustments, probation, and training. It highlights union gains, equal pay in some sectors, and the shift from improvised labor to structured national service under government guidance. The article cites large-scale mobilization, factory welfare coordination, and centralization of welfare efforts as evidence of lasting changes in women’s employment.
The text is garbled OCR with unclear entities and no coherent event. It mentions a battle or fight in rough terms and references items like blood, boss, and a server. No identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations are readable.
A Herbertown farewell marked the departure of RSZALLA Merberton sub branch president and Mrs. Holdcraft for active service. Patrons included Mrs. W. Tigeatt and Mrs. G. Thomas, with gifts from Women's Auxiliary and Younger Set. Adcock thanked the town, and musical tributes closed the event with prayers, songs, and a supper.
Mrs A Wood and daughter return to Mareeba after a visit to the Stain at Mareeba District Hospital. They spend arrival leave as guests of Mr and Mrs J O Driscoll. Private P T Newton returns to rejoin his unit after leave with his parents. Mrs Tyler from St Mary's High School Herberton spends midwinter vacation in Mareeba with Mrs Puetling.
The Home Circle extends greetings to members with birthdays today including Herric and Lady Geraldine, noting celebrants among the group. The notice conveys warm wishes and social acknowledgment within the community.
A dated recipe mixes butter and flour with ground almonds and spices to form crescent shapes. The method combines sugar eggs and milk, then adds baking powder and nutmeg before shaping and brushing for bakeware.
A fragmented Q and A style list asks about nuts and taxa, asking if pecan resembles peanut or almond and listing options. It touches misnamed places and disease names, then questions natural foods nearest perfection with several foods named symbolically.
A Daily Herald report describes three women workers in a large South London jail works retort house. They shovel white hot coke from ovens as coal dust swirls and their faces shine with sweat and soot. The piece calls this a strenuous violent job not previously done by women and notes the looming wartime demand and civilian risk nearby.
A highly mangled passage mentions mainland birth, mountain furrows, a rainbow shadow and faces in high stakes. It references Sivas len, the Rayserry, Suety-miler, and a frail inlet cotn, but the text is obscured and lacks coherent events or identities.
The death of William McCarthy occurred in Brisbane on Saturday night. A long-time resident of Catrag and district, he was born in London and once ran a Cairns hotel. earlier he worked as a sugar grower in Vale and Alcombi districts. His wife predeceased him. He leaves three sons Chas McCarthy Babindi McCarthy Mareeba and J C McCarthy of the Police Department and three daughters Mrs C Dodd Bris bane Mrs C L Salter White Rock and Mrs M O’Neill Inniston. The body shipped to Cairns last night. A Requiem Mass will be at St Monica’s Cathedral at 8.90 am today. The funeral will leave the Cathedral at 12 noon.
Walter John Wainwright died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital Gordonvale aged 13. He was a longtime worker at Kamma for more than 20 years. Survived by a widow and daughter, Mrs AC M Hussey of Kammal and son WS Wainwright of Brisbane. Funeral from St Saints Church England Gordonvale at 2:30 pm in ten days.
London reports the death of Sir Wilber Windham, who in 1908 conceived air mail schemes and urged a French pilot to cross the Channel. He later founded Britain’s first airmail service between Hendon and Windsor and awarded a gold striped Bleriot prize for channel crossing.
Edmonton notes report the Red Cross branch meeting at Reid's hall on June 30 presided by Mrs. C Franklin. It records financial gains, memberships, donations to prisoners of war adoption scheme, quilting and hospital requisites, and election of officers led by Chairman G. Page with Mrs. Franklin as vice president.
Local items detail movement and assignments of several named individuals. Mrs E M Boden departs today for Winton. Jomisson’s dates to Stier foe reveal operetta plans. Kevin Davies enlists for the south. Mr Ho N Whitaker and others prepare to depart with Mulgrave Central Mill.
Mt Mulligan July 4 The Sports Club plans a picnic at 1 with a usual Sporty programme and expected good attendance. Light shins, chilly weather, and coal truck activity near the railway yards were noted. An enjoyable dance was held last Saturday. Winners of the novelty game were Mrs Wienert and I Tudshope.
The obituary notes Alberton and his bride Miss Eleanor May McK before marriage around 1907. He lived in Maryborough and Kingaroy, worked in timber for years, then took up dairy farming at Kulare Wing about 13 months ago. Survived by three daughters, one sister, three sons, and five grandchildren. Date context references Atherton and a death about five years prior.
Fragmented lines describe a shoreline scene with wind, footprints, and a figure named Ethel Barnett de Vite. The text evokes movement from a high area toward the sea, with scattered imagery of waves, paths, and a landscape altered by the tide.
The readable fragments describe a dated page with garbled names and phrases. It mentions efforts, esteem, and strove attempts, but concrete events, persons, places, or dates are not recoverable. The item appears as a damaged text snippet from a newspaper page with unclear context.
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