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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1928
Page
2
A concise meditation on aspiration compares a tree seeking height with finding the right atmosphere to grow. The note suggests progress comes from aligning effort with favorable conditions and patience in development.
A portrait of the Southern city newsboy as a keen observer of people and a budding financier. The piece praises his prescience and persistence, noting his bold cries and tactic of selecting buyers while reading faces. It paints the newsboy as a future factor in the Commonwealth’s business life.
Readers share personal notes from November 1928. Rosemary writes from Cairns about school promotions a shield and a poetry contest titled Flowers. She lists pets and studies and wishes Robin Hood holidays and success in poetry.
Edrovund Jarvis of the Evtomo rial Station in Meringas offers a prize of half-a-guinea for the best essay on Animals and Insects of North Queensland. Essays must be children’s own observations, under 300 words, signed with real and pen names plus birthdate, and sent in an envelope marked Animal and Insect Competition to Rosemary care VSEWS Pont by December 15.
A call for entries in a Cairns competition inviting original poetry on scenery or life in Queensland. Prize donated by Victor Kennedy for two ya' tes nd second-to be woot y the two Bairaa or Cheerios. Entries must be originals, two lines max, signed with name and pen name, age and address, submitted on one side of paper. Ends last day of November.
Fragmented letter page from the Cairns Post recounts Rosemary and family notes from Port, praising rain showers, peaches ripe on trees, and illness in the area. Aimed at Rosemary with greetings, planned meetings at the Park, and cheer for local children the Cheerios. Mentions boat travel and upcoming events at the school with best wishes.
Instructions outline buttering all pudding moulds and basins, packing with mixture, boiling in water, and storing plum puddings. Includes a special Christmas pudding recipe with suet, nuts, and dried fruit, plus steps for soaking, mixing, and steaming in buttered moulds. Also mentions rich cakes aging before use and mincemeat preparation.
A large local gathering at the new residence of Mr. Angus Devlin on Wednesday night celebrated Mr. H O Kane and Mrs O Kane after their Melbourne wedding. Guests spoke of their good qualities and extended best wishes to the couple and Mr Devlin, who is to marry soon. Music, games and dancing filled the night until late showtime.
The friends of Mr Harry Rulsworth, a popular organizer of Feluga social functions, regret to hear he is suffering an attack of fever.
Local coverage notes a special night court in Tully where Mrs Aitkin and Mr Aitkin discuss moving sessions to Thursday night. They praise electric lighting as a notable improvement and express appreciation for the community effort and humor in the proceedings.
A fruit grower in South Germany tried every idea to frighten birds from his orchard. He installed a loud speaker, and despite the effort, every bird shunned the area.
An old advertisement extols Nilsson Miss Anna QC as a famous film world beauty with creamy skin and refined features. It promotes Queren tia a beauty product named Charmosan claiming it smooths aging skin, lightens freckles, and aids sunburn, priced 2/6 per large double size and sold everywhere.
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