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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1931
Page
2
The excerpt frames happiness as the king's end and aim, describing it as the joy of fulfilling the work God gave us, specifically fishing the tasks we were made to perform. It presents a devotional tone on duty and blessing.
A Cairns Post reader recounts a birthday party for Tottie with twelve friends at tea in the garden under mango trees. The table decor is pink and white with roses, a pink fringe edge, and a central lace piece. The cake, iced pink and white with eleven candles, was made by Tottie herself, with coconut cakes and rainbow cake recipes promised for another day. Rosemary signs off with affection.
A reader asks if a private letter can be written and if the address format remains the same. The note records a Thursday pick of a secretary chairwoman for a domestic science group and mentions a sister needing a tooth extraction and an aunt in Milla Baien.
The Bairns Circle offers birthday wishes with mottos about contentment, memory, and happiness. The notes feature garbled phrases and nonstandard spellings but convey well wishing and personal mottos for Dolly Deneies and others.
A collection of fragmented private notes from Mareeba including thanks for a badge, family greetings, and plans for a local fairies event. The letters mention butcher birds, a child entering a competition, and a Boy Scout urging enjoyment of talks and safety messages.
The Bairns report member Edna Forde nicknamed Sweet Mermaid has met with an accident but is progressing well and is hoped to make a speedy recovery.
A jumble of humor questions and punchlines appears with playful word games. Some items hinge on letter sounds and familiar phrases, including a line about a horse drawing a cart and a pun on ginger nut biscuits.
An advertisement features Gwyneth Graham praising Creme Charmosan as a safe, greaseless skin cream that keeps skin looking younger and more beautiful. It claims the product removes faults and convinces readers to buy the large double size jar priced at 246.
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