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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1936
Page
12
Fragmentary letters from The Cairns Post readers mix poetry Bible verses weather notes and farm life. The clippings reference Rome Circles 4 Tap fed Reunite Teanettee Aree Nike and Isa Newmas with casual chats about goats horses cows aprons and pen pals.
Fragmented birthday message with phrases from The Bairne's Circle The Raiths' Circle and other groups. Messages wish many happy returns and convey friendly duty and well wishing. Details are garbled but revolve around birthday greetings and personal regards.
Letters from Cairns children to Jeanette and Sunny Girl discuss gardening shows frost damage pumpkins tomatoes and roses. They ask for song lyrics poetry contest rules and weekly letters while sharing pride in badges and school circle activities.
The letter from Thelma Down in Cairns Post’s Home Circle laments missing sister Rosemary’s birthday greetings, notes an exam ranking eighth in class, and mentions curiosity about winter, color luck, and personal fortunes as the pair exchange friendly signoffs.
Raven shuttle area reports the First Communion of six children at Ravenshoe with Mass. Father Kelly presided and praised the preparation by Miss Mina Glover. A large breakfast followed with cakes, meats, salads, and jellies. A social committee was formed to fundraise for reopening the church, with Mrs Dunne and Mrs Rayment as officers.
A reflective meditation compares happiness to a shattered sphere with countless fragments. Each person finds fragments of beauty, wealth, honor, love, or health, yet none gathers all. The speaker urges gratitude for every piece found and shared, as the whole remains elusive.
The Yungaburra notes record a July monthly gathering held in the Tivoli Theatre supper room with officials and hostesses named. Several residents and visitors are listed, including Mr. McFarlane who injured his ankle, Mr. Nutting of Bachara Sawmills attending a Cairns meeting, and tourists and locals such as Mr. Rolph, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Lawry, Brother Britton, and others visiting from Cairns, Mareeba, and Atherton.
London reports from Paris that next season will see taller hats fade as skirts widen a slim straight silhouette dominates. Milliner notes flat hats suit slim figures while Persian urban styles with swathed crowns and rainbow colorings rise. Feathers, twine, owls and savants’ plumes adorn brims. bold colors like purple, wine, grey, and muted tones appear in woollens and coats.
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