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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 30, 1926
Page
12
A mangled advert lists Hampers with beers and wines including Guiness and Sherry, noting contents like Beotch tay and wine, with prices and packing guidance. It urges early Xmas orders, cross-cheque payments, and special delivery terms, warning against padding or extra charges.
Cairns Post invites ladies and bairns to submit correspondence to Rosemary, C/o Cairns Post, for Home Circle. Entries may report home and school life, friendships, and letters up to 160 words. Children may write about home and mates. published letters end by 24 lines per submission with charges per word.
A diary style reflection describes a household’s disrupted Christmas preparations due to bad weather. The speaker recalls cleaning, sewing, and scrubbing while tensions rose among family members. Children were irritable, pace and Jack express distress, and the narrator plans to endure until Christmas Day despite lingering fatigue.
A jumble of notes from readers in Queensland towns describes a dog named Togo and adventures with kangaroos and birds. The letters discuss pen names, school events, pets, family details, and a long-running Home Circle exchange from Cairns and surrounding communities.
A notice explains that members should send in domestic matters and household inquiries to the Alle enquirien and replies shawled be a¢dre to Hememary, e a Cairns. The call invites pen names and the required information for responses.
Rosemary notes a Saturday birthday gathering at Clare Witham’s Kaplaunde residence for Gric and Vivian aged six. Children played games, tea was served on the verandah, a three tier cake was cut, prizes awarded for doll, wall demon, and other contests, with many given gifts.
The ciosyement is announced as Me. Meary Wiewert, sixth son at Mr weed Mies. W. Wieuert, cane farmer, of Fishery Creek, neuer Gaordonvale, to Mins Tantise Mauer, only daughter at Mas ait Mes. Joh Manee, of Shotie dan-street, Cairns.
Readers are urged to try Kimho double strength to remove freckles and blemishes. An ounce applied twice daily is claimed to clear the skin quickly, with only minimal use required for noticeable results. Caution about avoiding counterfeit products is implied.
A garbled notice outlines a Tolga Tolja region motor service by Vane and Hawking. It mentions meeting Cairne train at Tolaa daily and offering transport to Atherton Wonga Berra Malanda with conversion to a special service in the Tableland area.
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