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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
2
Fragmentary text from THE CAIRNS POST HOME CIRCLE quotes Tennyson and muses on music and expression. The garbled OCR includes phrases about becoming a father and unspecified verses, showing era newspaper texture without clear event.
A reader exchanges greetings with the Cairns Post in a series of childlike letters. Topics include holidays, trees, pets, and birthdays, with requests for a pen friend and notes on family members and a kitten.
An OCR fragment shows a Bairns Circle with many happy returns and various mottos such as Cease not your singing and an emphasis on duty and virtue. The jumbled text lists several circle wishes and motto lines attributed to different Bairns Circle entries and phrases like Moon boat Queen and White Dove.
An unruly disturbance at Colombo jail sparked a crackdown as guards restrained inmates and authorities moved to restore order. Officials reported no injuries but pledged a full review of procedures and security.
An old style ad extols Charmpsan skin cream promising youthful, clear skin for Ann and others. It touts hours of effect, rose petal scent, and a price of 2/6 per large jar, claiming the product smooths age signs and sun damage and is sold everywhere.
The Cairns club notes a championship outcome won by Dunstan’s team and future matches. Arrangements for the next two tommy games will be made later. The Patron’s Trophy is four replicas and the event includes numerous players and attendees with mixed attendance.
Fragmentary list of players and scores from Tuesday's games. Names include Da Corts Grimley Beaton Reker Montgomens Haron Batlle Wesdames Innes Bebankt Kelly Sing Toekey Betbly Millett Thompson Mendamnes Speed and others, with scattered numbers.
The Malanda Country Women’s Association meeting discussed rest room use for the branch, rent payments, and a donation to headquarters. Apologies were received from members, and a plan to provide jam to the external order was approved. Officials noted a severe frost with morning temperatures down to nine to ten inches? The record mentions complications from old readings and a recent deep frost.
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