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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1928
Page
11
Benign and Myrtle discuss a sports program schedule with mentions of a semi final and a football finale. ETHEL and RIFLE note plan to air events Friday and Monday at 7 15 and promise to attend Thursday night near the post office.
Prizes awarded include Best boy in paper costume to L. Leonard Leg horn Rooster and Best girl in paper costume to Helen Derkine Leghorn Hen. Special prize to G. Henry Prince Charming. T Lynch Spanish dancer receives C.W.A. prize. Most original boy goes to Bryon Dunlea Baker.
A birthday message from The Bairne Circle to Fairy Blue wishing many happy returns. Rosemary signs with Love Conquers as the motto and adds a note about liberty and self-control attributed to H G Wells.
A collection of letters and notes from young readers in Croydon and Edmonton. The exchanges discuss joining a Home Circle, pen names, stamps, piano lessons, birthdays, school reports, bikes, and thanks for jokes and poems.
Birthday wishes are sent by multiple circles including The Rains Circle for Wasaion Flower and The Balrna Circle for Hoot Gibson. Messages also praise Silver Floss White Berries Old Gold Rose and other names with mottos like Smiles Win Be True and Do Your Best.
Residents are informed of a scheduling change for the Bairns Cheerlon V Day event. It now takes place at 4 p.m. on Monday at Enns face on Montes. All Bairns and Cheerlon are urged to attend and remember the new time and location.
A fragmented dialogue sequence features characters Wean Aidt Diner's spag jokes and a moral quip about curiosity. Betty Norma Eve and a kind old lady discuss money, kisses, and a child’s view of a father’s work, from Daisy of the Field by Croy.
A cryptic poem fragment asks what eats its liver and dies when it drinks and mentions a red wave and an aeroplane. The text includes garbled phrases and a signature from Flower of the Mist, suggesting a ciphered send.
Ravenshoe enjoyed a gala Children’s Fancy Dress Ball organized by local W A ladies. The event featured schoolchildren in themed costumes, a grand march, and performances by the Swiss Girls Sailor Boys and others. Mrs Brice Henry trained the children and helped compose the CWA song. supper followed with notable catering and piano violin entertainment.
A dispersed excerpt from a home kitchen guide outlines pastry making methods using pure fat, proper handling with cold clean hands, and avoiding excess water. It discusses fat choices from lard to butter, water balance for a flaky crust, temp and resting, and flour handling to achieve a light pastry for a pie.
A short fable narrates a bee and a wasp discussing beauty and reputation. The bee notes its plain coat and sting as sources of love, while the wasp says fairness fades when pride is obvious. The moral warns that even elegant form cannot win favor without virtue.
A ceremonial verse asks a guardian spirit to bless the place with mellow years and fruitful bounty. It envisions vines ripening, gardens yielding juice, and scholars and poets enriching shelves with wisdom as seasons cycle. It pleads for love, friendship, and sanctified days and nights.
A reflective verse fragment describes breath and seed of charity under sun and wind. It evokes a calm surrounding stillness and implies a larger, unseen order guiding personal ease and gentle acts.
The university stated today it would not cave on the preepetta terms if they were reasonably favourable.
An extended Daintree note reports scarce rain yet cream supply near normal with declines under ten percent. It highlights ongoing road projects Barrett’s Creek bridge, track widening, and surveys by Main Road Co about five miles to deep water. Mentions banana growing potential and a local birth, accident, and railway-looking transport concerns.
Fragmentary OCR text describes skin care promises and mentions a pure product and a named but garbled formulation. The readable parts reference skin clarity radiance and a purported principle, with unclear brand or official names.
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