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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Nov 02, 1942

Page

3

Tropical Theatre Beipha Announces Paramount Show

Entertainment brief notes a new Paramount starring event at Tropical Theatre. unclear text mentions dates and ticketing details with partial names and crowd interest in the film lineup.

Dance Night Promises Summer Revel of 300 Guests

A late 19th century notice describes a midsummer revel planned for Thursday evening with 300 attendees. The event features performances, dancing, and a promenade setup arranged by Bender, with Marionenka Soper listed as a participant. The public is invited, with tickets and arrangements highlighted for patrons.

Marines Nizi Marionenka Aentior Frrees Poplar Shenitine Bey Ponaier

Nightingale Sings in London Square Reverie Review

The reader recalls a nightingale song in a London square as a young unknown singer debuts amid crowd, taxi lights, and memory driven by poetry. The piece reflects on art’s power to arrest time, linking past beloveds to present performance and offering a portrait of theatre life and urban atmosphere.

London Jeweley Ric London Square Vince Rane Westingale Bereedes Square Anavba Yale Lontion Hedda Gabler Mthae Dane Matthew Amols Sir Walter Raleigh Theats Thomas Hood Harold Monrowid Swinburne Berkeley Square Mit Fim Saul Joan Anne Jong Harold Hobson

Fragmented historical notes on hydrogen lifting and early container design

A scrambled extract mentioning hydrogen as a lifting gas and helium advantages, plus oblique references to airship design, historical figures, and wartime needs. Includes stray mentions of Pope Carlyle Shaw and inventors like Durand, with a prompt about answers on the last page.

International Tenterhoks Turkey Waslexander Pope Samuel Johnsson Thomas Carlyle GB Shaw James Simpson Lord Widdell James Ross Peter Durand Max

Thoughts for Today and Franklin’s Guiding Words

Fragmentary OCR yields a mixed card with Benjamin Franklin quote about industry and frugality and a brief religious note about triumph and God. The readable bits mention two words industry and frugality and reference to victory and faith, though specifics are unclear.

Benjamin Franklin

Birthday greetings from Home Circle extend warm wishes

A fragmentary birthday note from the Home Circle conveys warm greetings to several unnamed individuals such as Jegachiset at Fishery Folie June Quen Jacke Star Owl Sweet Myrtie and others. The message encourages cheerful perseverance and bold thoughts as the motto.

Jeanette Myrtie

Austerity Recipe Incomplete Instructions

Recipe fragment mentions pumpkin pieces and boiling water with milk. Indicates a simple cooking method possibly with butter and herbs. Text is garbled with several misspellings and unclear steps, suggesting an unfinished recipe portion.

The Drive of Ideals by Rev Renoaia Kirby

A compact meditation on how driving ideas shape history from Christianity to modern democracy. It traces humanity's evolution through concepts of personality, society, equality, and freedom, noting the rise of science, church-state separation, and democratic movements as core forces behind social change.

Renoaia Kirby Paul of Tarsus West England France Labour Party

Rethinking and the Call to Intellectual Renewal

In this piece the author argues that thinking requires discipline and sustained effort, warning that many speak without thinking. It urges continuous mental renewal, critiques complacency, and calls for rethinking in philosophy, science, and social justice, citing Plutarch and Jesus Christ to underscore the imperative.

Ali Plutarch Jesus Christ Hus

Unclear historic bidding note on Melbourne customs and permits

Fragmentary OCR describes bids in Melbourne about a Taslosis Toulaedt case, mentions permits and unclaimed wood, trade terms, and possible government action. It references valves, goods values, and percent margins, with many garbled names and phrases making specifics uncertain.

Melbourne Hilluck

War welfare work by Queensland guides in 1918 report

A detailed update from the Bribba weekly gossip describes the state interwar efforts led by Lady Wilton and Macartney, noting Guiding movements, prisoners of war aid, and a new Good Turn Care fund. It highlights 184 girls in the Brownies, training, sewing, and welfare programs across centers, including Ruth Adamson as the new Queen and assistant commissioner coordinating services for nurses and VADs. The piece underscores expanding centers and ongoing recruitment for war relief activities.

Drar S.i.a Wilnon Gutsides Wil- Sr Wera Macartney Naocistian Ad Hecate Ruth Adamson W.w.ca Queensland AWAS Misa Adamace Kiwaki Tunte Akeirt Mim Adamson

Town and Country Visitors Return Home to Anganton

Mrs. Stewart and two children arrived from Mackay and will settle in Anganton. Mr C G Marrason, a bank official of the Bank of New South Wales in Queensland, is on an office tour of Table Island and coastal branches.

Stewart Mackay Will Agnanton CG Marrason Vitor Queensland Bank of Few South Wales Table Ind Bank

Trocedero Swing Nights At Palais Dance Hall

Monday learners night featured swing and old time dancing from 8 to midnight with 80 to 90 couples. Winners included Miss Allange and Mr envy for the Monte Carlo, plus Miss Davis and partner for the novelty. Thursday and Saturday promoted charity dances with strong crowds, a six‑piece Trocedero Swing Band, and prize winners named throughout the week.

Monte Carlo Kelly Arnner Miss Allange Wr ‘Envy Davis Micn Brennan George Saturdry Greece Sergeant Bennett Mice Peiiller Mills Ben Pendler Ihr Aguas Paror Lie Paurates Batueaay Wigan Nimi Marien Fenhara Rmite Fotinwine Ana Ma Tank Hare Northawe Romneen

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