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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jun 30, 1942

Page

3

The Palace Theatre Stages Wild 1930s Film and Dance Night

The Palace Theatre offers a packed program featuring Columbia's The Bitter Love and a romanic drama with George Brent and Startha Boom, plus a wide slate of newsreels, stage acts, and live dances. Stars include Paul Lakes, Kay Lingeer, and Eagar Berrier. An Aquatic Dance Night and a grand parade carnival dance close the week with Reeves, Revellers, and a four piece band headlining. Weathered crowd pleasers and novelty acts fill the scene as the town enjoys cinema, music, and festive revelry.

Keven Sitventure Annaimee Gunden Brends Jove Bruce George Barbier Cinewund Meurer Senateris Acreen

Delicous Dishes From Amateur Cooked Soups and Sauces

Fragmented OCR reveals a kitchen notes style list detailing soups sauces and desserts. Items mention Meh too yelung tad and U.S. style ingredients such as tapioca salt wine sauce rice and cheese with references to cooks Irv Ace LoryrLe and Biller. The text reads like a garbled recipe montage with steps for thickened sauces and baked dishes.

Slaves of Custom in Fragmentary Verse

Fragmentary OCR text references customs, circles, and a figure named Wallan Cowper, with unclear lines about packhorse constancy and tender offerings. The readable parts hint at a dated, poetic lament or social critique amid scattered phrases and names, lacking a clear event or outcome.

Wallan

Birthday Greetings From Homa Circle

A garland of birthday wishes extends from the Homa Circle featuring names like Queen Apollos Gold Gewilsman Jack Golden Feather Joan Crawford Pippin Wood Pecker and more in a playful celebratory note for today’s anniversaries.

Gare Homa Apollos Joan Crawford Tippen Pippin

Recipe for Recife vResu Feit Cup beverage

A highly garbled cocktail recipe describes ingredients such as pineapple water and lime, with steps including simmering for 18 minutes and chilling waters before serving. It mentions decorative options like thin lemon circles and sherry or strawberry additions, framed as a party drink for summer or camp use.

Clothes rationing amid wartime shortages and policy shifts

Readable fragments describe clothing rationing under wartime rules with discussions of basic wage allowances, coupon systems, and government figures such as Lord Hobart and Lord Winbast. The text notes differences in allowances for men and women, efforts to prevent contraband redistribution, and annual ration scales, including references to smocks, stockings, and a wool emphasis amid economic controls.

Amaia Landon Winbast Hobart Rink Joseph Cooper Sorelt Gehanenan Thomas Dranbabés

Our Women at Work in wartime sewing club notes

The Red Cross sewing room reports quiet activity with limited handwork as rationing tightens supplies. Members and volunteers list gifts of yarns fabrics and garments and plan monthly meetings and a social afternoon while calling for wool soaking and sock making.

Sewartine Murs Bne Cadrow H. Steele Mra MW. Morgan G. Speed Mesdames Prichard Zanca W. H Jackson A.C Dave Wor Hiner D. Hedrick FP. Trembath T. Fitchett Kajewsti C Harman Leonard Ranson C Woodward E Svendsen Pawell J. Dean G Blessas Andrews All. Merrotsy B. Penny Councll Chambers Tunday Alvernum Preewater Hall Monsier Redlynch

Cough Clinic Offers Appointment Driven Immunity Claim

A fragmentary report describes a cough clinic in which patients may book by appointment with a doctor claiming the vaccine provides immunity from colds. The piece notes concerns about manpower hours and echoes a wartime slogan urging public participation as winter begins.

Aikabeity Honpeatt Marc Parke Tas Rau Sorc Oma Rescaltare Mini Jen

Jewels Stolen From Hotel Hindhead Led To Court Trial

A young aircraftman was sentenced to 12 months for theft of 700 pounds in jewellery and cash from the Under shaw Hotel Hindhead. The court heard the man, George Nall of Preston, and an accomplice had prior offences. Nall had a troubled background, living with his grandmother, and the judge noted a pattern of crime despite some remorse.

Jadee Tudor Rees Kingston Frm Bost Otter Nall Ihe Shaw Weena Viakine Prat Edmonne Blackpool Gare Mtr Laurence Vine Preston RAF

Succession Planting for Home Garden Vegetables

A guide on planning successive crops for edible plants with multiple plots per vegetable, spacing tips, and ongoing sowing intervals. Recommendations include rotating plantings, removing old plants, composting, and soil building especially on sandy soils to sustain continuous harvests. Also includes a preserved method for making lemon juice concentrate and canning guidance from an Agricultural Department publication.

Tidman Eablen Sirden Phare Department of Agriculture

Aloomba Notes and Family Absences Mentioned

Fragmentary local note lists names like Hanlon family and Mrs Mirana plus Mr and Mrs Bowles and Bobbie from Baye Mill. Mentions holiday absence and private matters. text is garbled with partial phrases and unclear event details.

Casitores Mart Hanlon Ana Bowles Bobbie Baye Mill Swan Ivan

Bride and driver join service in distant burial note

The report notes the burial of William James, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. James Sheri dan street, Cairns. He is said to have been buried at Barmonton, with transport by plane this morning to rejoin his unit in New South Wales. The text mentions Ms Bana Buetlar leaving for Brisbane with AWAS and references Australien after Sek.

James Friend Gol and Messrs Barris Bros Coulty M. Boden Bulagd Fe Bawer M. Diack M. Jarman AH Clarke B. Brain W Croft G MacAllan Layceck Frenen R Munro Camxs Bride-otreet William James Jamen Sheridan Cairns Barmonton New South Wales Béna Buetlar Let Brisbane AWAS Ett My Oa Lees Rae Gotnea Seka

Botanical Gardens To Be Patched In Harbour Junction

Fragmentary notes describe plans for a horticultural garden project near Harbour Junction and Barboo Creek. The text mentions municipal involvement and a government department, but the full details are unclear due to damaged source text.

Barboo Creek Jahnmane Shire Bilin Marbour Junction Bestarara Senate Esa

Grenade Training and War Tales in A Curious Publication

A fragmented OCR passage discusses grenade training and weapon use by nations including Japan and Germany, with tangents on political figures, parliamentary events, and odd questions about names, traits, and images. It mentions Prime Minister, Speaker, and Cabinet actions, plus scattered notes on Indian subjects and ceremonial roles.

Hans Germany Itsisa England Smyth Jong Singh Uere

Wpr ing Comes to the Cove

Fragmentary verse by Barbara Overton shows a solitary scene with imagery of violets floods and green growth. The jagged text evokes nature and risky resilience as a solitary figure stands amid rocks and oaks in a quiet bay.

Serine Barbara Overton

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