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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
19
A look at affordable children’s fashion in Longreach shows practical winter outfits for girls and boys. Frocks, velveteens, corduroys, and tartans dominate, with prices from £2/10 to £4/10 for older kids. Practical jumpers, skirts, topcoats, and corduroy velvets are offered, plus remnant bargains.
A tribute to mothers across history praising their endurance through wars, tragedy, and sacrifice. The piece speaks of mothers guiding families, enduring loss, and cherishing children despite hardships, concluding with a universal accolade for all mothers.
Personal and visiting movements from Longreach to Brisbane and Rockhampton include Mr. H D Boyle in hospital and shortly returning to Clyde while Mr. M Williams and others are hospitalised. Numerous residents travel by air to Rockhampton, Brisbane, Winton and Charleville for holidays, business, or transfers, with clergy and officials mentioned among the travellers.
Hundreds of women at Priday and Sauurdey’s Longreach Racecourse events wore chic summer frocks and hats amid warm weather. Styles ranged from light wool and shantung to crepe with pearls, hats, and parasol accessories.
About two hundred guests attended at Mr. and Mrs. T. Pyne home for a Dulgety and Co. Ltd sponsored cocktail party after Friday’s race meeting. Notable attendees included J. Lloyd-Thompson and J. Michad of the Brisbane Office, and R. Richards of Rockhampton. Mrs. Pyne celebrated a birthday in a heavy crepe frock with gold thread. The event was scheduled 6 to 8 but extended past 10 as guests moved to private gatherings.
A quiet Emerald Methodist Church ceremony at 7 pm on Saturday April 19 joins Sister Marion Tunncliffe of the Maternal and Child Welfare Centre to Mr Frederick McIntyre of Emerald. The reception followed at Mr and Mrs G Neilsen's home as the couple plan their Emerald home.
Mrs. H. Scott now of Ascot Brisbane posed in a black crepe dress featuring an elaborately beaded yoke that flashed sapphire-blue stones. The neckline appeared as a narrow sweetheart shape outlined in black, with matching accessories completing the look.
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