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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1928
Page
11
A guide outlines uses for a 36 inch square scarf in dressmaking and home decor. It covers scarf finishing with Hemstitching and French binds, monogram embroidery on yellow kasha, and economical furnishing ideas like taffet bolster cushions, garlanded trims, and tassels. It also suggests simple projects from Magyar bride coats to charmuse and crepe de Chine nightwear fabrics, plus lace trimming and corner bead details.
A compact quotation card highlights John Fiske as a beacon for progress. The phrasing appears garbled, yet emphasizes a hopeful view of the future guided by his ideas. Public domain style notes a reflective, inspirational tone.
A cluster of era letters from readers in Cairns and Hambledon to Rosemary, Jean Slater, Butterfly Lily, and others. Topics include school years, pets a canary and a dog named Jack, a request to join the Home Circle and Cheerio Band, meals for canary and hen, and family updates about exams and a mother’s illness.
A playful exchange contrasts a stamp to a schoolmaster with a clever twist. The caller hints at a riddle about a lickable stamp versus a schoolmaster’s stick, attributed to Florence Wickens.
Practical advice on maintaining brushes and selecting fabrics for hot days. Notes on lightweight linens, chiffons, foulards, crepe designs, and color trends. Recommends hanging brushes to dry, rotating tools, and cleaning with hot soda water. Hair brushes require gentler care and periodic washing. overall focus on preserving materials and extending their life.
Several children including Myra, Rosemary, Rosie Clarke, Thelma Moore, and Maud Thomas contribute decorated name papers featuring butterflies and flowers with verses. Plans announce a competition for the best decorated name with prize money, inviting all Bairns and Cheerios in town and country to enter.
The passage suggests washing with two or three cold water rinses and slow air drying away from heat to prevent damage. It emphasizes gentle handling as the fabric softens.
A fragment describes using spring onions and watercress stalks in soup stock for color and flavor. It suggests washing and cutting onions into rings, rinsing watercress, and adding turnips with dried herbs to season the broth while awaiting harvest.
Cut four ounces of cold boiled salt beef into small strips Peel and cut a beetroot into strips Peel core and cut two or three apples the same size as the beetroot Mix together and add a sliced hard boiled egg and chopped gherkin and half a tablespoon of chopped capers Toss with oil and vinegar season well and pile on a bed of crisp lettuce leaves Garnish with anchovy fillets and slices of hard boiled egg
Practical notes on salt applications including washing fine fabrics, making a cement from salt and alum to fill cracks, whitening kitchen surfaces by salt, preparing new tooth brushes, using salt as a fire extinguisher and fuel saver, removing rust with salt and lemon juice, and making a night light by surrounding a candle wick with salt.
Useful hints describe surfacing a pew floor for dancing using waxed sawdust mix and bricks to polish it. It notes polishing with sterene wax and sawdust, then brushing by dancers feet, plus renting a floor machine for old floors. Also includes cleaning a bottle with warm water, salt soda, eggshells, ammonia and rinses.
A fragment advises choosing chintz for decorating rooms. It notes chints pair well with wallpapers pain and pines, offering many colors and flexibility. Cautions to select in daylight since artificial light can alter appearance next morning.
A fragmented OCR item presents a recipe feature titled Delightful Recipes. The readable text hints at a designed page by Simpson Bible yet offers little verifiable detail. The excerpt implies culinary content and a decorative layout from a historical newspaper.
Rosemary care Curne Poot. Balas ani Cheeriaa! Be prepared to win 10/6 for Clint.
A vintage guide describes salad as a staple at meals from breakfast through dinner. It emphasizes fresh greens washed thoroughly, proper storage, and a range of dressings from simple vinaigrette to richer yolk based mixtures.
A Seaco company is under government review after delays hit offshore development plans. Officials say partial compliance and shifting timelines prompted the inquiry, with industry sources noting potential cost overruns and stakeholder impact.
At an October 19 meeting, John Stone Shire Council decided to seek Main Roads Commission help to extend the Innialal Silkwood run from Bambeda via Japoon to Silkwood. The motion emphasized urgency to build a ridge crossing at Liverpool Creek and to address related sections at Old Silkweed and Warra.
In London on October 18 Mr Walter Marke head of the Australian Royal Commission on the Film Industry conferred with the president of the Board of Trade. He reported Britain plans to produce about 1000 films this year with an expenditure of £3 500. The British talking film machine remains imperfect and is under experimental work. Marke expected to return to Sydney in January.
The Inninfail public baths plan has long stirred debate with no concrete outcome. Supporters urge a facility to supply ample water for baths, provided the molasses nuisance issue does not recur.
At a monthly Shire Council meeting a firm Cu mins and Campbell Ltd offered to cover half the cost of building swimming baths on the Handall engineering site. The council limited the grant to 500 pounds and asked the engineer to prepare a full estimate and to review costs for baths at any river front site.
An ad touts Rexona soap as the best choice for daily baths and cleansing. It promises pure, gentle cleansing that won’t irritate the skin and claims Rexona is the top personal cleanliness soap of the age, available in large tablets at a small price.
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