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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
4
A hazy obituary for J W Cox profiles a London area sportsman known as Bod. It notes his schooling, farming ties, military service with the AIF, and his varied athletic involvement from football to cricket. He died after a wartime accident and leaves a surviving son.
A fragmentary notice describes an evening program at the Rex Theatre featuring The Salvation Army entertainment and a mixed program of vocal and instrumental items. It mentions a 50-50 dance, special appeal, and an aquatic dance Palais with various acts and audience participation.
The Aquatic Dance Palais hosted a week of social dances with Monte Carlo games awarding prizes to many service members and guests. Notable winners included Miss Ursula Gnate and Mr Mack Wells on Monday, and Miss D Pearsill with Mr J Hughes as the lucky door prizes.
Dance programmes at the Trocadero Dance Palais drew large crowds last week with 50 30 class sessions and 50 30 raring evenings from 4 until midnight. Swing and old time dances featured most nights, an ergelien programme was presented by the Ambulance on Thursday, and a royal scene titled A Night in Fairy Land drew a substantial attendance. Queen of the Fairies was crowned by Miss Rollsway. Ben Pescher organized the dance schedule. novelty winners included Miss Calle and T Leon, Mr Murdock, Elmer, Miss Parsons and Pie, Thorburn, Miss Peterson and Pie.
A brief note highlights choosing a career path with Rubee guidance from Friday to Saturday, focusing on career planning tips and voice support for decision making. The item emphasizes practical steps and resource pointers for job exploration and skill development.
Fragmented OCR style notice listing numbers and codes for a Golden Casket event with multiple entries and unclear items. Names, places, and exact actions are obscured by garbled text but reference prize amounts and codes appear throughout. The readable portions show monetary figures like $3501 and $2009 amid scattered numeric sequences and partial names.
Ma Janda of Atherton Tableland Agencies will auction 300 head of beef cattle by public sale at Clarke's dip yard Tlan bulle on Friday June 1962 at 11 am. Gerry Reifers and Siers handle the arrangements.
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