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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
4
A long fragmentary Ottawa era entertainment page lists plays and acts at the Tropical Theatre tonight. It mentions a melodrama with Houdon and Helio trope performances, a dance program, and a midnight revue with musicians and dancers including Reed and Peters. The ad promises a full evening of variety with guest stars and a community singalong.
Fragmented OCR text shows Ingham notes on commerce and a department, with scattered phrases about farming, week events, and a Victoria reference. The readable content is unclear but hints at midweek updates, local trades, and a public or civic context. The passage is disordered and lacks a clear single event or person.
Readable notes from the Australian Naturalist on New Guinea larval crabs seen midstream in February during a river camp. They were tiny, quarter inch, migrating upstream in a rising flood, clustering over pebbles and in clear water as the river ran through rapid sections.
Fragmentary text describes a powder box and mentions youth aging and costless items. Includes references to powder and whispers with unclear context. Weak details limit concrete facts but maintain the sense of a mystery item and its effects.
An old classified item notes Charmosan face powder brand Big hoy 26 Small 1/5 Im Ravel Naturelle Peche Sun Tan sold locally. The short listing mentions product names and shade varieties in a dense ad-like fragment.
A fragment ad touts Charmosin hand lotion and hand cream as a cure for rough hands, claiming charm and care for thousands of women. The copy mentions a stays for hands and markets a beauty routine with appealing, though unclear, claims.
Fragmentary OCR recalls Townsville Brisbane Sydney links to a missing person case, with names Tessie Riedel Joy Mrs G Aird and family mentioned alongside rural households in Mareebe and Cane. Unclear dates or events but notes reference police, a mission, and local farming ties.
Lat Tuesday bridge players enjoyed an afternoon at the Mowice Club Rooms in Lake Street. Mesdames Boland and Bryde hosted. Mesdames Boniface and Mrs Shambrack to host next. Mrs Shambrack won the prize for the high score. beginners table overseen by Mrs Burcell.
The Victory Girl Contest shows large vote counts with Miss Holland nearing 1000 votes and rival Miss Empire at 28 963 while Miss America 20 306 and Miss Russia Heather Smart at 13 223. Supporters for Nancy Speed push strong campaigns as finalists near the July crown.
London reports on an annual inner hospital for airmen badly burned, led by Sir Harold Gilkes and Dr A H McIndoe. The Guinea Pig Club aids British, Canadian, Australian and Allied airmen with facial injuries, undergoing extensive surgeries and psychological care to restore appearance and confidence for civilian life.
London reports at a British Empire Medical Association meeting that new drugs, including murophonamide derivatives and penicillin, offer progress against tuberculosis and leprosy. Experts note gases from some compounds limit benefits, while safer, more effective forms may emerge. A future treatment could alter the leprosy outlook and curb its spread.
London reports ship races resume as Australian and British crews prepare for postwar sailing events. Admiralty plans and age of ocean-going ships are noted, with optimism that storied vessels Pommarn and Past overhatled may return to service next spring.
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