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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1943
Page
3
A dense listing describes Seeren Stesinoere and Brive theatre entertainment with newsreels, music, and variety acts. It names performers such as Moran and Knox, notes rehearsals and forthcoming shows, and mentions venues like St John’s Club with the schedule and ticket cues.
An aged and infirm group at Melbourne Benevolent Home, guided by Superintendent Mr Brown, undertakes salvage work sorting and reusing salvaged string for war efforts. Workers, including many ill or unable to sort, still contribute, praised by Commonwealth Salvage Commission chair Mr P L Coleman as an exemplary, far reaching effort showing age does not bar service.
Battered OCR depicts British pigeons used for military messaging. The piece highlights training by native trainers across India and the Signal Corps role in wartime communications. It notes pigeons carrying messages, their perceived value to Army and Navy operations, and the pride of handlers in this carrier pigeon program.
A visiting optometrist will provide professional eye care services this coming weekend. Readers in the area can visit the facility on the upcoming Saturday in November and continue on Sunday for exams and related services.
A lengthy discourse critiques state library funding and library offerings, noting a bias toward fiction while valuable technical and scientific works are scarce. The Brisbane and Sydney botany report describes plant introductions, botanic specimens, and pests, detailing bottlebrush cultivation, Chinese Latchee traits, and the spread of silvan species across Queensland and New South Wales.
An eccentric diary-like piece recounts a stubborn alarm clock that misbehaves by jumping hours and shifting time. The narrator explains methods to count backward by fives and tolerate the clock’s fickle humor, including its unpredictable five hour ahead alarms and ongoing attempts to keep time in check.
Plans discussed to reabsorb Australia’s disabled fighting personnel into civilian industry after war ends. Survey programs by Henry Ford era managers sought how many in communities could work, with estimates of up to ten percent of disabled workers in plants, aiming humane, productive employment aligned with abilities.
An incomplete, noisy OCR fragment presents a poetic line about a boy and a tense exchange. The readable bits show phrases like “Behind the fer” and “whispered” with stray words, making the overall meaning unclear and difficult to reconstruct.
A fragmented local column notes E Hayward of the AW AS preparing to travel by morning train to Toweeemibe AC. Ernest Carroll and family meet before departure for navigation training. Maurice Huey on leave visits with W Huey family, returning south by Tuesday’s train. brief mentions of Crawford and Stapley Mossman visiting Cairns and Mi irtawfurd.
Fragmentary notice lists a deceased or honored individual named Jack with wartime service. Mentions prior role as promoter or printer and service in BASF unit. Details are unreadable, but confirms long football representation and enlistment.
Wartime home jam making relies on sugar and pectin from fruit pulp. The article explains pectin as the plant cement, notes apples and other fruits as sources, and stresses selecting ripe fruit, proper sugar ratios, and weather-related pectin variation to achieve clear preserves.
The text presents broken lines and enigmatic phrases about youth, happiness, and romance. It mentions Charon, powder, and a shifting sense of identity, with strange imagery and partial quotes suggesting a poetic or lyrical fragment.
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