Entertainments Page Brims With Reviews and Notes
In a jumble of misread lines the page presents scattered entertainment items. Names like Eugene Palleste and references to theatre sections hint at reviews and show details.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
3
In a jumble of misread lines the page presents scattered entertainment items. Names like Eugene Palleste and references to theatre sections hint at reviews and show details.
Fragmentary notes indicate a City Council gathering set for July 11 to discuss a brewer related issue and a possible public hearing at the Commons. The record references a "Commonwegitn Mourne Commacier" and a Baschwi place, with unclear details and attendees.
Somes sees potential in grafted varieties and large-scale vegetable farming. A commission drafts recommendations for preservation and reports an enormous rise in production to be tabled with the Minister for Commerce.
Canberra reports seasonal meat price changes with Professor Copland announcing adjustments to beef weight ranges and current sag prices. He notes mutton will be affected and pork and bacon decisions will follow tomorrow, with impacts felt in Queensland.
Canberra June 1. Awards to 18 members of the AMF for gallantry in Wen Gwnea from October to February were announced. The honours include the MC to Liew RA. Melnnes Brisbane and acting sergeant Thoene Brisbane, corporal A HL Franklin Dalby, private Hit Commons, Rocky Creek Milmerran and Pr Meyer Landsborough.
The notice reports a new arrival connected to Mrs M Harpe and Mr Tepaas Mapes, plus details of family movements involving Sergeant Pilot Lloyd Buckie RAAT and Winifred Batt on leave with parents Mr and Mrs A Barr of Allan Street Cairns.
A social event organized by the Bechange Hotel in Mareeba featured Miss He Ludtner and private Bob Thomas as guests. The gathering at Mr C Murray's residence included toasts, wine, and a buffer supper, ending with well wishes from attendees.
Bridge and euchre were played at Mogica's Club rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Prize winners included Mrs Miron for bridge and Mrs Alley and Mrs Braysher for euchre. Organizers listed numerous attendees and donors like Mrs Cruthers and Mrs Shambrook as president H Purcell MC Cameron and other members.
The government will place calls for establishing the aluminium industry in the Commonwealth before Parliament. The bill to create the industry will be submitted in the next session. A survey shows alternative plants exist in Britain and the USA with an estimated cost of 183 million.
In Gordonvale the CCS holds a Friday meeting at the Presbytery. The secretary notes strong attendance and ongoing CUSA activities now in operation for a fortnight. Donations and furnishings arrive from local ladies amid cheerful use of the writing room and facilities proofs.
Guidance urges careful use of butter by rationed households and explains making dripping from beef or mixed mutton and beef fat. It covers clarifying dripping, storage, uses for pastries and frying, and suggests combining fats to stretch butter rations.
A church ceremony at Our Lady of Gael united Als Fvelem and Deoman Creigntrn Dena with Rev Father Meagher officiating. The bride entered with her uncle Mr Carden Jotnenn. bridesmaids wore light hats and carried sweet roses while flowers came from Mrs Atkinson’s garden. After the service about 20 guests attended a reception at the church center before the couple began their married life.
Jessie Gloria Reid Irvinebank weds Private Jona ponte ATE at Gordonvale RC Church in April 1943. Rev Father Wallace officiates as brides sister Mrs M Men Mebon acts matron of honor. Attendants include Gloria Ruddell, and Mabel Spow sings Ave Maria. Couple depart for Brisbane after reception. bride wore ivory satin gown with pearl trim.
A reader letter extols Australian women for world war efforts across charities and Red Cross work. Volunteers raise funds locally, mend books, collect waste, wash dishes, and support prisoners of war letters, ambulance services, and comfort provisions. The piece links women’s sacrifices to civil rights and broader liberation.
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