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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
7
Seventeen Mrs Rose Villalpen and others attend Mirriwinni orchid society events. Mentions of families visiting Cairns, hospital stays, and locals at the May gathering. The May meeting features speakers and a plant display with prizes and show plans for September.
New York May 31. The four day Memorial Day holiday saw accidental deaths rise as vacationers returned. Road crashes caused 390 fatalities while 82 were drowned and 125 perished in miscellaneous mishaps. National safety officials cited high speed driving and indifference as turning the holiday deadly.
Ingham notes report cane transfer hearings before the Central Cane Prices Board with farmer opposition centered in Tukslon Toobanns area and a Townsville hearing set for July 5. Victoria growers anticipate final season payments totaling about £244.60, while Halifax storekeeping firm sale and local death of Frederick Job Heard are noted alongside regional public affairs and a long municipal service record.
Mees Joyce and Janiky Gorton along with Ming Jesus Templeton sail on the Mancora tonight. Rev Canon 1. 18. Butserworth and Sir James chair the Adelaide Stramenip Company directors with Mr Pack tard as general manager. G Davahtrey will arrive Brisbane to join the Queenland Teachery Union in June.
Mist Bridie Rose arrived in Coen last week by air to stay for four weeks with her father Mr Waller Rowe, the local postmaster. Mrs Wilson, a long-time resident, is seriously ill but improving. Mr Rowe received a registered package from Melbourne showing medals and ribbons awarded to Late Pilot Officer Walter H Rowe DFC, including the clash of service and defence medals.
A list of travelers left Cairns for Brisbane and Sydney aboard ANA and TAA flights, detailing names such as J. Garter and Mrs. Lind, Captain Thompson, and Mr. Unwin, with arrivals overnight from Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane including Mr. Burra, Mrs. Gaffney, and Miss Curran.
Hard rock miners at Butte Montana enjoyed singing but disliked air drills that were to be used for turning the century. The piece notes Cornish workers arriving in America around 800 and a Wylaen band performing with diverse songs and parodies reflecting Irish and folk influences.
Therese Conti, born in Austria and wife of Tony Conti, told her parents through their solicitor she will stay in hiding to keep her two sons from her American husband. The statement said she and the children will never return to America. Justice Coppell granted limited visiting rights for her husband in Victoria, where Conti and their sons have been in care since 1944 after custody hearings. Police aid and court proceedings were noted but details remain unsettled.
The article summarizes findings from Reader's Digest and Chevran Herald expert Sondern on the dangers of skipping breakfast. It reports that missing the morning meal leads to tiredness irritability and hidden hunger, and notes that a strong breakfast improves mood energy and behavior. It recommends starting the day with fruit juice whole grains and a milk beverage.
Readings from the Bible and broadcast mornings feature a 6.07 music segment and a 9.30 kindergarten program. The schedule includes Sacred Music, Daily De Yeosional, Women’s Music at 10.30, School Broadcasts at 12.00, The Country Hour at 1.00, and a Violin Recital by Alfredo Campoli at 10.00 with Joe Dyer’s Country Store and News Review segments interwoven.
Hollywood May 90. Child star Coogan recalls earning millions by age four in Chaplin era films and later suing his mother and stepfather for accounting. He notes the loss of control and changes in show business as new media rise, including radio and television, with lingering frustration at stale ideas.
A Sunday theatre event featured Mr J A Cutforth of the Watchtower Society delivering a Bible lecture titled Do we need to be shackled or behind bars. He argued liberty comes through divine power freeing people from politics commerce religion and death. The speech framed faith as the path to liberation for captives on earth and in heaven.
An official from the national statistics bureau states the divorce rate now stands at about 40 percent of all marriages in the United States, signaling a significant shift in household trends.
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