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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1930
Page
2
Hours 1 to 4 on Saturdays 10 to 12 MR and Mrs L Gordon advertise as importers of French herbs and medical dried substances at 220 Queen Street Brisbane.
A concise aphorism attributed to Frances Willard urges that the best way to make time known is to make it known. The line reflects a practical philosophy on awareness and action.
The Spectator piece argues the housewife is the nation’s main consumer and should receive formal education in household technique, economics, and related arts. It calls for trained experts, a full staff, and widespread lectures to empower wives and aides, improve efficiency, and raise social status.
A Victorian style home recipe outlines lamb stew with peas and veal bacon rolls plus a leg of lamb roasted with vegetables. It details browning meat, simmering in stock, and finishing with a puff pastry crust, plus a butter beans and nutmeg sauce for vegetables.
A pair of handwritten letters from Rosemary Watsonville and Rosemary Brewer discuss daily life, weather, schooling, birthdays, and family news. The notes mention rain, missing outings, school staff transfers, and hopes for better health, with affectionate closes and reminders to send verses and badges.
Thelma Dempsey presents a toy engine on rails for sick children. The item brings great pleasure to little girls and boys receiving care in the hospital.
Fragmentary verse from Veronica Motte in Mother's Messenger Gor notes a child asking if God sees wrongdoing and will judge. The dialogue affirms God's constant watch, forgiveness only for truth spoken, and promises of praise in heaven, reflecting simple faith and instruction.
A dated June 9 1930 message from Mareeba sends a playful poem titled Dear Rosemary. It urges kindness patience and cheer to ensure a happy day and is signed by Waratah.
A brief fragment of a domestic verse detailing weekly chores from Monday to Sunday. The speaker describes washing on Monday, ironing Tuesday, mending Wednesday, sewing Thursday, and absent plans Friday and Saturday, with a line about going to church with Mother on Sunday attributed to Lady Barrie.
Readers send playful birthday wishes with quirky mottoes and heartfelt sign offs. Rosemary and various circles extend warm hopes, offering phrases like Be earnest Be faithful Be independent and Be jolly amid a collage of misread names and affectionate notes.
A rhythmic children story recounts Anthony Earthworm meeting Susanna Snail who narrates a wild tale of escaping a thrush. The worm comments on the bird and the unusual events, teaching kids not to dismiss things unseen as absurd.
St Marys Church of England High School Herberton held a June 24 fancy dress hall to end term two. The new school hall hosted bright purple and green decorations for house teams and a lively judging panel with prizes for many costumes. A dainty supper followed in the Refectory as friends and staff attended.
A fragmentary OCR note references Irene Bottura and Rosemaly with unclear details about names and places. The text is garbled and contains likely misread names and phrases, yielding no coherent event or actionable notice.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a humorous note about a teacher and a person named Te Vedbatin or velie tie Pie ed owt, with garbled lines mentioning chewing and months. The readable portion hints at a comic or quirky school scene but lacks clear events or identities.
The text presents fragmented questions about birds and objects with odd phrasing. It resembles a puzzle or OCR fragment asking why a bird sits on a fewer and whether a cliff can resemble a fish, ending with a garbled line about widening reading and adding RE to become readable.
A mid century guide explains silk care using potato water to avoid a washed out look. It also suggests jaspan silk washes and easy ironing. Ammonia in wash water is optional to speed plant care. It offers rough-hand care tips and shoe care using soap and whiting with a flannel application.
A newspaper ad touts Sheldon’s New Discovery as a remedy for severe colds this winter. It claims widespread relief, urging readers to try the product at 1/9 per bottle with a large size option.
The United Staties of Americ leads with an enormous total of 89,000 in potions, per European bank statistics. Great Britain is valued at £22.5 million, and Germany at £1.3 billion.
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