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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
9
A fragment from Rome Circle features J R Lowell urging simple speech over lofty thoughts to awaken the weak and friendless in society. The piece invokes the idea that sacrifice and trust in the See offer righteousness and solace.
A quirky prompt presents a set of trivia style questions about items like the Balalaika and Danny Boy, then shifts to a hypothetical home feature and a military patch quiz. It ends with a misnamed edible snakelike fish question tied to Australian writers.
In a fragment from The Cairns Post letters page Morning Light readers describe a boat trip to Dunk Island with 230 plus attendees and sports. Teen correspondents Jeanette Dorothy Nybeta Queen Meta Pink and others seek pen friends in Canada or Tasmania and share birthdays pen names badges and lucky numbers as the Home Circle and True Story contest ideas unfold.
Mt Mulligan October 8 report recalls a September 97 dance honoring Private J Rolls by the Mt Mulligan ALE Send-off Club and Women's Patriotic Club. A October 3 farewell for Corporal Benussiane and Private J Ludlow featured Rhythm Makers and local speakers. Music, singing, and a canteen order from the Women's Patriotic Club followed, with the National Anthem. Card games and bridge events rounded out the evening as locals praised service members and community effort.
The Bairns Circle delivers birthday wishes under mottos such as Golden Buttereina Mountain Rosebud Lily Bell Carinthia and quotes on virtue. Phrases emphasize happy returns of the day and sayings like Do it well and Be silent or say something better than silence.
A brief call invites readers to submit a true diary entry from their life or from someone they know. The message encourages sharing a memorable trip or notable event in a concise, engaging tale for the competition.
Step by step home kitchen directions for a vegetable casserole using potatoes peas carrots and onions. Includes butter margarine milk flour sage salt and layering steps with thin potato slices and bake time.
The Cairns Post calls for True Story style entries from children, with two age classes senior over 11 and junior 11 and under. Each entry must be original, neatly handwritten, up to 300 words, include author name address and age with a parent or teacher approval, and be mailed to Jeanette care of The Cairns Post by Monday October 21 for a first prize plus two shillings and sixpence in each class.
Silkwood notes report a welcome rain break and a busy week. The annual Tomforts Fund meeting occurred September 28 via the CWA room with a treasurer's balance of £6 11/10 and receipts of £34/9/5 against £27/11/7 expenditures. Officers elected: Mrs H Bailey president, Mrs P Bloomfield secretary, Mire Weinert treasurer. Activities included items for hospital use and local volunteer efforts, plus a dance and jumble sale at Silkwood hall to raise Patriotic Funds. Neighbors Meg V Smith, Mrs R Black, and families visited Townville while G Connolly (Japcom) spent re-embarkation leave with his mother Mrs P Connolly and prepared to travel south Monday.
An advertisement claims a remedy to relieve bloating fatigue and bad breath by cleansing the liver and digestive wastes. It touts pills that promise relief from aches and complexion dullness and a return to health with no constipation or harmful effects.
In Sisley Huddleston's Between the River and the Hills, swallows with steel-blue upper plumage and dusky white underparts circle the courtyard in rising and falling flights. They demand entry to their ancient nest and, upon denial, stage a dramatic entrance through a window, prompting shared exclamations of their return.
The piece notes London’s civilian feeding centres strained by German bombings that severed electric and gas mains in several districts. Water leaks into gas stoves, kitchens lose gas for days, and outages disrupt clocks and daily routines as underground mains were damaged and restored multiple times.
Princess Elizabeth plans her first radio address from the BBC studio in the Empire on October 14 at 4 45 a m Greenwich time or 7 45 p m Australian time. The announcement from Australian Associated Press notes the broadcast will be carried to colonies and dominions across the Commonwealth.
The Mossman gathering on Friday night featured music by EF Jensen Bersinski Escudor and Eric Treacy with prizes awarded to M.Im Monte Carlo Carlile and Miss M Milton. Proceeds supported Mossman Hospital and local Comfort Fund along with Red Cross donations. A Cinderella festival at Mossman State Rural School showcased Junior and Senior Grand Marches with a Tiny Tots Parade and era music by local artists.
A quotation from Sydney Smith emphasizing constant engagement in the highest sensible work suited to each person, arguing that happiness follows from attentive, purposeful labor aligned with individual nature. The message advocates purposeful occupation as a path to fulfillment.
In the C W A rooms on October 2 Mrs presiding over friend led a meeting for the Comforts Fund. Five pounds five shillings and two pounds fifteen went to relief efforts including the Bombing Appeal Gang and Christmas cheer for the A L F. Monthly donations came from Babinda Hospital staff and local supporters who lent a knitting machine for wartime use. The month’s items totaled 32 underpants 4 handkerchiefs 16 fly veils 9 washers 9 housewives 5 waistcoats 18 pairs socks 6 mittens 3 balaclavas 11 scarves. Miss T Brown contributed a knitted pullover. Accounts for payment totaled £11 13s 7d.
In Babinda on October 9 the Presbyterian Women's Guild report named the needlework judge as Mrs Hastie. The correction lists two judges: Mrs Hastie of Cairns and Miss Thelma Maund of Bartle Frere.
In a Thursday social at the Babinda Tennis Club held in the CWA rooms Misses Watson Jackson and Maund organized lively entertainment. Trophies from the recent championship were awarded to Mesdames Martin Mi Watson Jackson Maund and Wilkins and Messrs Hopping Retal lack Green Burt Purcell and Weddell. Proceeds totaled £2 2s donated to the Lord Mayor's British Bombing Victims' Appeal, with the club's total donations reaching £15 10s to patriotic bodies.
British authorities in Bermuda seized German efforts to export art treasures valued at least £250,000 to the United States for dollar exchange. The haul includes Jo Cezannes 12 Gauguins seven Degas and several other famous works.
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