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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
4
A dense, fragmentary description of an 1845 Cairns Post listing events at the Australian Dance Palais. It mentions a fete, fencing, performances, novelty dances, a Rex Theatre appearance, and various named participants and organizers. The text enumerates program items, seating, and admission details amid garbled OCR. The piece reads as a social events column with multiple acts and entertainment notices.
Housewives urged to buy Danesi macaroni varieties described as made from semolina with added vitamins and protein, promoted as a meat substitute and healthful for hard work. Instructions hint at cooking, serving with cheese or in soups and puddings. Sold broadly across Queensland.
Publication notes an effort by Sydney Flora Taylor and ER Orta to present a volume on home building and architectural practice. It highlights contemporary and traditional styles, color schemes, and plans for homes including examples from Washington. The work aims to attract readers with detailed chapters on house design and materials.
Fragmented report describes a claim that the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Dr. Morris Fishbein led an organized boycott against Sister Kenny’s treatment. She asserts opposition aimed to block her methods from being used in hospitals and seeks legislation to advance her approach for reducing child suffering worldwide.
Atherton Hospitals Board met to discuss extending the Drewtia quarters, adding private wards, maternity facilities, and air conditioning. The plan includes joining the pioneer block, diverting verandah areas, and securing a x-ray unit while awaiting reports from Weston and the technician for ongoing upgrades.
The article notes Farrer's wheat breeding impact yielding up to six bushels an acre more than old varieties and his role in extending Australia's wheat belt and export potential. It also reports confusion in Queensland Fisheries Service fish listings, with various species named ambiguously and calls for correct identification, plus a Cairns meeting and a note on Aboriginal tribal names in Queensland.
A numeric jumble of names and places notes Maurice Huey winning RCA seunremers to tie Pacl Peteek Peter cot Steg coms HS Sullivan as Harbour Master at SearneecaTe with staff from Howerd Smith Ltd leaving to train and spend leave in the south. Several residents including Mrs Geary and Mr WP Edweres, Rutland Plains, Normanton, visit Cairns while O Landers, a well known passenger, travels to join Cairns and Townsville meetings.
April 71 Deeral Red Cross branch held dances and novelties won by local residents. Exhibitions included toe and trip dancing by Betty and Audrey Burnell. Friday encore featured Messrs Giddons Pyne and others. CWA served supper after plays. First quarter rainfall totaled 74 inches with 190 inches? listed. Visitors from Cairns and Brisbane attended as guests of local families.
Members of St Peter's Women's Guild met last Friday at St Peter's Church Hall. Rev Norton led the meeting as teachers attended. A lengthy discussion planned a call show. The Guild presented four dozen hymn books to St Peter's Sunday observance.
The St John’s Women's Guild held its May meeting led by Mrs D Thompson with Rev H M Norton opening. A minute of silence honored President Roosevelt and Mrs Martin. A bridge afternoon for the Red Cross appeal was planned for next month with St Peter’s asked to cooperate. hostesses will be Mrs A Martin, Mrs W Palmer, and Mrs J V Rake.
Australian soldiers on leave in Melbourne described noncombat hardships in the jungle theater. They endure loneliness heat and moisture while facing a manmade jungle wall near the front line with stalls operating up to 600 yards from the Japanese. Mr Len J Jones deputy commander YMCA official noted YMCA help eases burdens during two years in the Middle East and nine division service.
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