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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 09, 1926
Page
2
A fragment from Cairns Post offers a playful home circle recipe puzzle for matrons maids and bairns. It lists jumbled phrases about making tarts with eggs sugar and almond essence and hints at multiple car themed clues with playful language and a call to submit answers.
A fragmented patter n of rural life recalls a remote cattle station thirty six miles from a doctor with a child exposure to household poisons and a plea for better medical access. It also includes home remedy advice and several old fashioned recipes for cream horns cream buns tarts and beauty tips.
Two boys, Dick and Charley, describe what they saw on a walk. They mention crabs, a fish in a shop window, and a strange creature with a long neck. Their uncle prompts them to write Mary a letter detailing their observations.
The editor and Mr J H McVilly announce prizes for seniors juniors and under ones. Seniors write two essays on The Nature of Calendars and a 400 word letter about holidays. Competitors must be subscribers to Host and prizes to be awarded at a rural districts event.
A small wedding at St Monica’s Church in Cain’s featured bride Miss Constance O’Meara and groom Mr. Lennon O’Meara. The ceremony included family members as guests with the bride’s sister acting as bridesmaid and reception hosted at De Meara’s residence.
The report notes a wedding with Mrs Whittick arranging roses and a tiered wedding cake as the centerpiece. Mrs Lennon wore a muslin cami frock with a black traveling coat, while gifts included a gold brooch and a cigarette case. The couple plan a three month tour of the Southern States before settling in Diaveratre.
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