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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1945
Page
4
A noisy program celebrates cinema and stage acts featuring Grace Mears, Andree Sisters, Michael Redgrave, and Harry, plus a dance showcase by Diggers Welter Club. The week’s events include a Friday night dance and a charity procession, with chefs providing food and musical numbers guiding the evening.
Advert reads everyday minor injuries heal quickly with Double D Ointment. Claims include preventing infection and promoting healing. Mentions price but lacks specific figures or context.
Mrs Ethrey and John D Arcy Inna, college figures, visited for a wedding. Tau Woomba and Teakass 74 Trereey Dhveg Kabane also attended as guests. The text mentions a honeymoon and a ceremony with several named individuals present.
Bartle Frere notes report a July 6 fundraiser for a family in need with donations reaching 46 pounds. The Seamen's Mission and Charters Towpra Hostel received fan contributions. August plans include a dance and a Memorial Hall committee formed last Friday. Attendees Gardiner and Janet Gardiner are noted. Trembath returns home from Townsville, while Master A Hartman visits. Mr Jones returns from Cooktown.
The Gordonvale and District Patriotic Fund acknowledges a series of donations toward the District Patriotic Fund. Listed are amounts and donors including Mulgrave mill stall staff, Gordonvale Railway Traffic Branch personnel, J C Kenry, Mulgrave mill cutters, and various mill employees, with totals and allocations noted through 1944, plus interest and allocations for Sunday money and employers’ contributions.
Miss Moira Knudson will depart by ANA today to resume her duties at All Hallows Convent Bris bane and was also in hospital. She would have eight year old Bolteck representing Stanley McKay's "Galition" in visiting Cairns.
Tell Fee the choir attended a four wall meeting in Club Rooms. Twenty five members contributed to the orchid display with blooms praised for consistency in bringing plants. An impromptu address was delivered praising enthusiastic members who travel for rare varieties like Alba and Den.
The Aquatic Dance Palais hosted its first function with the Tam Jenkins dance band leading six players. The novelty featured Hawaiian remakes and community singing by Chaksa, Meme Bailey, and Mr W. On Friday night the event offered light entertainment and a lively floor show.
A brief entry records the Lloyd Lamble Company in connection with art ventures and related dealings. The fragment mentions business activity and potential exhibitions or transactions tied to the firm in a historic commerce context.
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