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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1950
Page
6
Atherton marks opening night for a new pavilion named Meretland in Tin Kelly hall. A large crowd enjoyed a safe, well organized event with music by the Atherton District Model Band and a display of lights and dance performances.
A long article outlines the opening of the Merriland Pavilion funded by local funds and a National Bank advance, with the Queen Carnival in Atherton. The Minster for Callings opened the hall, praise for community effort, and plans for recreation space. A wedding and reception follow, with brides and guests, and the couple to reside in Edmonton.
A fragment from a local column recalls a Thursday July 2 gathering for a community project. It mentions Mr WG Rs, a repeat memory, and a 17 percent figure tied to Geary. The record shows a prize or award and a show of local pride, but details are incomplete.
July social column lists attendees from Edmonton and Brisbane including Mrs Dean Mrs Hart and Mrs Hart as prize winners. Railway workers and St Johns Womens Guild hosted a bridge afternoon on Lake Street with prizes for highest score and hidden number.
The Rotheia Hockey Club hosted an aquatic dance Monday with Nite) ites providing music and several novelty prizes awarded to winners including Mise Matheson and Mr J Y Flaherty. Saturday featured an old-time dance with prizes to Marc L Murray and Mr Ko Malcolm. a door prize went to ADs: 3 Winioney community.
The Cairns airport lists ANA passengers departing for Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Townsville and Mackay on the morning and afternoon runs. Names include Mr. N Morgan, Mr. C Lam, Mrs. Williams, Miss Bow and many others, with arrivals from Brisbane and Townsville noted and international photographers touring Australia.
In a rapidly ascending balloon two men ride as one watches the earth recede while the other steadies and moves higher toward the sky. The scene captures a tense ascent with each man focusing on different aspects of the rising craft.
Fragmentary OCR listing regional radio programs and times. Mentions include Cricket and Hockey Carnival items, various music blocks, news review, and a long string of program titles and numbers without coherent narrative or dates. The readable items show station Adelaide and multiple program names such as Music, Serial, News Review, and Dance Music in a collage of scheduling notes.
A dense list of radio programs and times outlines a July 14 broadcast schedule. Entries include music blocks, religious talks, news segments, weather, sports summaries, talk shows, and variety pieces with numerous times and program titles across a wide range of genres. The list emphasizes music hours, religious readings, public affairs, and sports broadcasts within a single day’s lineup.
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