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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
4
Thoughtful excerpt presents biblical guidance from Saint Paul and Philippians emphasizing truth honesty justice virtue and praise. The card urges worthy conduct in keeping with the gospel and invites reflection on virtuous traits.
The annual Legacy Ball drew over 800 dancers last Friday night at Teocadere. The event featured a burning torch surrounded by club emblem leaves and palm decor, highlighting the night’s festive ambiance.
A lengthy account describes a women’s event series staged by the Fader Fosti Union featuring contestants from Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand. Highlights include apparel observations, multiple participants, and a weeklong focus on charity work and demonstrations to engage the public, with social hosts and notable attendees shaping the event's tone.
Recipe for potato pie using six potatoes boiled, sugar, grated lemon peel, flour, honey, butter, and egg. Mix mashed potatoes with sugar lemon peel and flour, blend with honey and eggs, form dough, roll thin, shape, place in greased tin with chopped crust, bake in a hot oven.
A fragmented report notes standard roses making an effective appearance at the official alcove. The provernor was reserved on arrival by Sir Mex Meldror aided by Mrs Meldurm. Her draped frock of slagk taffetas was Frehed on rhe sadier with damente cip.
Reports detail evenings hosted by Dr. Neville Sutton and Mrs. Sutton at Belle Vue with Mrs Sutton in a snow drift feather and Grecian line frock, plus dinners at New Farm, National Hotel, and Rowe's Banquet Hall. Governor and Lady Wilson attend Toowoomba events, with debutantes presented and festive decor described, as Veronica signs off.
Practical hints describe keeping a spare lemon in water to stay fresh and juicy, heating lemon for more juice, and using a fork to extract small quantities. It covers cleaning copper, removing acid from surfaces, polishing piano keys, and preventing fruit from browning with lemon juice in canning, desserts, and pastry.
Mrs W G Facuhar wife of the vice president attends Fashion events and the Legacy Club ball. Eleven debutantes were presented at Wynnum by Mrs J W ineene. Medical procession at Home referenced alongside a casual remark on a Postersd site course and wax cele.
The reader quizzes cover a baboon species, an Australian detail, a London street, a kitchen utensil for stirring, and a yearly interval. A garbled line mentions Pope and a wine or liquid imagery, suggesting a riddle or wordplay with partial phrases and misencoded text.
A sermon on the parable of the Good Samaritan calls for universal neighborliness beyond religion or nationality. It emphasizes personal, practical aid over distant charity and urges seeing others as fellow humans on every road of life. The speaker praises anonymous benefactors and warns against judgment by labels while urging action and mercy.
A quirky, fragmentary quiz-like piece lists odd hypothetical scenarios and social gaffes ranging from hotel managers to clever phrases. It juxtaposes misheard lines, playful wordplay, and dated slang in a stream of cryptic clues and partial instructions.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday greetings to numerous names such as Tales Queen Etheringe Daisy Acacia Queen of the Angelas Judy Garland Topaz Fairy Rising Star May Blossom Lucy Locket Pink Poppy and Gotten Rain with mottos about sunshine, opportunity, and charity.
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