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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
8
A fragmented note cites daily reflections and thoughts of the heart in a small page excerpt. The readable lines hint at devotional musing and personal sentiment rather than a full article, with garbled text showing letters and words scattered.
A damaged page fragment references a poetic line God For diomer and a list of tree names Ash willow myrtle olive sim wattle poplar, with a note that answers are on the last page and a faint clue about rare amphers and a professor Hastus rushing off a structure.
A collage of birthday greetings from the Bains Circle includes phrases like Toe Bairn and Fairy of the Lovers. The text transitions to a gardening anecdote about pigs head plants, fruit details, and cultivation tips, followed by a family anecdote about a parrot and mice control in the aviary.
A Cairns Country women’s meeting reviewed postwar relief efforts and memorial home work, approving donations to the Distress Fund for air raid victims in England. A letter from England praised civilian resolve and air raid drills, while the QCWA plan a store aid scheme and a subscription drive to fund canvassing and collections.
A devotional piece reflecting on John 17 and Calvary, describing Christ’s anchor as the force that keeps faith through death and trials. It explains that Christ’s love, proven at the cross, sustains the believer, who rests in Jesus’ grasp and loyalty beyond human frailty.
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