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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 17, 1940
Page
7
A distorted quoted line laments deception by a person named Biches who robs the speaker of wealth and dignity. The text shifts to a religious fragment invoking confession of Jesus and belief in God raising from the dead as a salvation claim.
The Rain family and several circles send birthday wishes to Parsley Fern Golden Daffodil Fairy Golden Sunshine and Blue Fairy. Messages include mottos about timing, duty, and happiness, with phrases like There is happiness ahead and Simple duty has no place for fear.
Recipe note lists ingredients and steps in broken OCR text. Core items mention baking and spices with unclear quantities, indicating a kitchen directions fragment from a cooking page.
The report lists received garments and sewing items from groups and individuals including the CWA Feanner and Mra Noble. Members are invited to help with assembly at the Connell Chambers at 10 am, starting next Friday afternoon, with garments to be collected at Court Chamber.
Members report funds raised via cake shop raffles and donations from Citizens Band and locals. Sewing, garment parcels, and parcel gifts to headquarters noted along with aprons, uniforms, and schoolwear produced for distribution.
A monthly report notes donors supplied knitted garments including socks shirts sweaters and cardigans for Croat relief. Volunteers and committees urge continued help with wool yarn and fabric and ask workers to focus on delivering final items before Monday.
The fragment notes disparate places from Madras to Palestine and British Honduras, mentioning women’s suffrage, colonial regions, and a nod to opium poppy resin. It hints at a quiz like “Answers are on the last page” without clear events or dates.
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