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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 23, 1943
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment from a historical page contains scattered words and names. readable items include references to a dance band and possible place names or initials. Overall content is unclear with no coherent event or report to determine a clear main fact.
Violet Janet Coof er Woolley, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs, wed in Cairns on January 1. The ceremony featured her father giving away the bride, a blue and cream dress, and a three tiered cake. Breakfast followed with 30 telegrams of congratulations read aloud as guests praised the couple.
A brief readable fragment notes a quiet setting at St. Andrew's Church on March 3 involving a welding activity. No further details are clearly legible, but the mention indicates a minor event or maintenance work captured in the page segment.
A fragmented record lists many women and men associated with a club or meeting. Mentions include Mrs B Preston Mrs Roche Miss Wales Mr J McIntod, Mins Roche Syhtr shince and umes Horne Capt Crown D Firbes and several others with scattered initials and titles. The text reads like a roster or attendance list with multiple unreadable fragments.
March meeting notes list workers and attendees including Mestames A Grace J Dean Biceas SJ lt Andrews W Hunter C Woodward J Merrow Harts P G Close A Punenard E Teembath 8 Funnel A J Maren Mim Thomson Cairns Timber Ltd and others. Prisons War Adop 4CA Women’s Club AWU staff. Street collections £38. Mention of Cairns Post Lad Pederson rindi and Tad.
Danese held St Freshwater and Stratford on March 1 and 30 respectively. over 20 were cleared on both events. A dance at Freshwater Ball will be held on Friday next, March 28, weather permitting and will be advertised.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions author Samuel Alen and a work titled Tabasland Agencees with unclear context and readable fragments. No further verifiable details present.
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