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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1943
Page
3
The text sketches a lively, noise filled show period with names like Arden and Picard and mentions of a Drama and comedy program. It references a variety of acts, performers, and TV items, suggesting a wrap of entertainment listings and speculative notes from a theater and broadcast page.
A wedding notice details the Flanagan Hubner ceremony with personal thanks to residents and many names. It notes a rural community setting and describes the couple’s gratitude and ceremonial arrangements in a traditional local newspaper style.
Community readers debate how to stretch butter by doubling quantities, using drippings or lard in place, and sharing practical tips for cakes and biscuits. Early shoppers report scarce supply, prompting experiments with creaming methods and substitutions while keeping family praise high.
A Cairns women’s sewing drive details weekly hits and weekly targets. Volunteers, led by Mrs G Haneam and Mrs A C Davies, craft handkerchiefs, pjs, and nets while collectors tally funds. Local branches raise money for Comforts Fund and Red Cross as guilds, guides, and churches support the effort.
Sub-Inspector J F Rosch is on leave in Brisbane while Mark Sims of the Royal Australian Navy rests with his mother Mrs R Sims Silkwood. A large turnout funded tea coffee and ale at the Catholic United Services Auxiliary rooms. volunteers and donors supported meals and magazines as servicemen and women gathered. A Sunday social followed a busy week with many on duty and numerous volunteers listed for assistance and hospitality.
The Travellers' Aid Society helped more than 10 people in the last month amid travel disruptions. About 198 trains were met by a society representative, with 68 children aided. A young girl, arriving by air, received care after a tearful separation, and Italian women traveling south to join husbands also received support. Large crowds watched a parade of Australian servicemen, air force, navy, and American personnel, with official dignitaries present. Funds from a Red Cross event supported local families and fruit-growing efforts, while residents gathered at Victoria Point to welcome the returning group.
An ornate Greek wedding rite details a godfather being named to a child of Rawle Seung hemo Sitar and Martz Marsellos kin near Randwick. Archit Pictied presided as incense burned and a private Greek ceremony honored Stavroula-Lala with family, clergy, and celebrants present.
The Austratian Sugar Journal Juve issue analyzes cane growers and sugar refining, with Prime Minister's reply, manpower development, fertiliser and production figures by Queensland valleys, and final sugar prices. It notes Rural Reconstruction Commission moves, cane industry conditions, and remarks from E R Knox of Columust Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.
A merger proposal states Cornu Starr Bowkett Ruling Investment Society Group 4 plans an equity issuance to members of Bowkett groups 4 and 7. It outlines 2300 total shares worth 23500 and zero interest loans to cover mortgages, with applications lodged and a first ballot planned at a stated price.
Mrs John Ashe longtime resident of Brisbane, died June 17 after a prolonged illness. She served as a guard on the Coney Sea railway for many years and was described as a devoted wife and mother. Survived by her husband and family, her passing marks the end of a lengthy community service.
Unclear OCR text mentions HOUER FLIES ax MOSQUITOES ud and Qelex Insect Destroyer. Several garbled phrases reference a house and unease, with stray hints of arms and dinners. Readable named facts are minimal. the intended item seems to be a device for mosquito control.
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