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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
10
A devotional fragment notes glory in tribulation and cites patience as the result. It references tribulation worketh patience and includes archaic spiritual phrasing. The text centers on religious reflection and personal endurance.
A fragmentary letter from a reader named Robinson Crusoe writes to Jeanette about news, birthday greetings, a trip to Millan Millan, a horse’s leg, and a school garden observed during passes by the Cairns Post.
A child writes to Jeanette from INNISFAIL Home Circle asking for a pen friend about ten years old. She mentions a cat named Peter, recent cold mornings, visits to the talkies, and a tennis court being built at school. Signed by Delma Dolan as Fairy Princess Rose.
A pair of letters describe cold mornings and talk of the war, with mentions of Millaa Millaa and Meerawa schools. Jeanette writes to Stella Moody in Mareeba about tennis, cinema, and a pen friend. another note from Jeanette talks about classes, pets Spot and Comet, a teacher Mr. Hagen, and weather.
A set of five quirky prompts testing memory and knowledge. Topics include a December birthday, Isaac Disraeli facts, a shopkeeper with curiosities of accessories, theatrical jargon in melodrama, and the centenary of a Naughty Nineties novelty such as a music hall or related item.
The article explains how the Women’s Royal Naval Service functions within the Navy, their naval-style uniforms, and discipline adaptations. It notes Wrens support for active ships by freeing male manpower, cites wartime expansion, and lists about 4000 officers and ratings across nearly 100 establishments, with limits on service ages and postings.
The Kuranda branch of the C W A held its first meeting and social event in the CW A Hall with Sherrin as president and Mr Apps as secretary. The evening included euchre, music by Mrs I Wilesmith, and Mr W Horseman as MC. Net proceeds went to the Patriotic Society. A June 10 trustees and committee election formed the Kuranda Patriotic Society, with W J Horseman and others named for roles. Local residents and visitors were noted, including Roy Chapman on leave from the AIF and several couples visiting or staying in Kuranda. May weather shows seven wet days totaling 238 points, vs seven wet days 148 last year. Alan Veivers sustained injuries in a creek incident and was hospitalised.
The piece highlights the nationwide Clean-Up and Paint-Up Campaigns, praising civic effort led by publishers like Clark. It notes 7000 communities participate, children march in parades, and towns such as Lubbock and Amarillo in Texas showcase strong engagement and trophy history in a contest promoting cleaner, brighter neighborhoods.
Officers are appointed from the ranks with grades third second first and chief. A Superintendent W R N 5 sits on the Staff of the in Chief of each of the four principal Naval Home Commands. Vera Laughton Matthews, daughter of Sir John Laughton, is noted as one of the pinnear officers of the Wrns in the last war. Her deputy is Miss E M Good enough, formerly Chief Woman Officer at the Admiralty. Wrns duties span typists, bookkeepers, clerks, accountants, and filing. Some serve as signalers, wireless telegraphists and cooks on shore as stewards.
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