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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
3
The text lists a chaotic lineup of performers, dancers, and acts including names like Peter Coke, Davd Burns, and Marion Tenline, with mentions of a dance palace, aquatic dames, and a social program. It hints at a planned community evening with music, dance, and entertainment but is garbled.
Lucy Ann Combe of Charters Towers died at Innisfail General Hospital aged 86 after illness. Born in Liverpool England she lived in Charters Towers most of her life and came to Innisfail about a year ago to be with her son Sid. She leaves several sons and a stepdaughter. Funeral conducted by Rev C Sherman at the Presbyterian Church graveside.
A schedule notice shows the Cairns Trades and Labour Council annual meeting to be held in Shields Street rooms. The secretaries office on Shields Street will host the event next Sunday with details for members and deposits. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure is advertised for coughs and colds.
A jumble of OCR text from a historic page notes Mrs E Henderson traveling to Brisbane by train, Mr Davis taking a Clermont trip, Iliams leaving for Sydney, and a White family cremation notice. It includes a religious meditation on laying up treasure and a Bible verse about the pure in heart seeing God.
A UK transcript discusses Japan's foreign office, army influence, and expansionist aims, arguing that Japan seeks wealth and power through aggression. It traces Japan's diplomacy from Manchuria to Shantung, noting Washington Conference alignments and Britain and America hoping to curb aggression while Japan presses forward.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes historical voting practices with references to ostracism and homogeneity terms, mentions the Order of the Garter and kings, plus notes on anatomy and medical curiosities. It ends with a tease that answers are on the last page.
An article recounts a Greenock romance begun aboard a sunken ship at sea, tracing the couple’s eight year arc to marriage. It also surveys wartime diplomacy, criticizing Japanese expansionism, the Washington and Nine Power treaties, and calls for moral restraint amid rising imperialism.
A damaged recipe card outlines Mock Butterscotch Custard with ingredients and steps. It lists 1 cup brown sugar, 2 cups milk, 3 eggs separated, 1 teaspoon vanilla, plus mixing and cooking times though text is garbled. Instructions mention whisking, cooking briefly, tempering yolks, returning to batters, then finishing with vanilla.
A lively afternoon card gathering at the St Mower club in Ross Inder featured euchre and bridge. Mrs ahi mis Jipery and Mesdam FC McGrath led the events with dainty refreshments. many attendees listed including Mes James A Boculace and M Carmen.
The article details the wedding of Y Dixon at a church in Flemingen in 1880, describing the gown a veil and bouquet, attendance by Miss Abbatt and other friends, the gown in mauve taffeta with fine sleeves, and the bride’s train and bouquet. A reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home with modest refreshments and a blue and white wedding color scheme. The couple departed for their honeymoon on the Blue Mountains in a blue woolen carriage.
An obscure, fragmentary note references Eden's Garden lore, the Tree of Life, and a relation to Eritrea and Jebel Kessala. It cites R A Hodgkin and LH Brown and hints at debates over the Garden location and the biblical apple lore.
An advertisement touts a new fly spray with added Derris to boost potency and include a fragrance. It claims to overcome odor with a pleasant scent and positions the product as modern, effective, and best in Australia, urging readers to ask for Quick Insect Destroyer.
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