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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1952
Page
3
A small shy bird in a gully helps the Fairy Queen during a bush fire by carrying her on its back to safety. In gratitude the Fairy Queen grants the bird magic chimes that sing sweeter each time, ensuring the bird is no longer shy. The tale ends with the bird guarding the Queen’s welfare and awaiting future aid.
A reflective essay dissects parliamentary terms from Parliament to Cabinet and Debate. It traces the origins of words like parliament senate cabinet minister and committee while pondering whether these etymologies suit today’s public life and voters’ perceptions.
A fragment shows a quirky puzzle about the bunyip’s length based on Aboriginal witness notes, followed by inflation brainteasers, a “Left Overs” snippet on Major Blump’s parade math, and a brief teaser about odd men in marching counts.
Four quiz items present logic and arithmetic puzzles from a vintage newspaper page. Questions include parade counts from a miscounted o bservation, bowling averages across Smith and Jones, three rubber bridge scores, and a final deduction on a mixed bag of results. Each item challenges readers to derive exact figures from partial data and stated constraints.
A long debate in Europe over the platypus ends with Caldwell's 1884 Queensland expedition proving it a half bird half mammal. The platypus anatomy includes a duck bill and mammal milk feeding, while its burrows and nesting behavior reveal a top tunnel nursery above water. Young twins develop for months before swimming and feeding like adults as the animal’s appetite is enormous and its sensory nerves in the bill are highly specialized.
Reader donations list shows numerous contributors from Emu Vale and surrounding areas including J J Washbourne E G McGahan M J McGahan and G A Jensen among others. The notes record amounts largely in pounds shillings with multiple entries from families in Emu Vale Warwick and Yangan. Also included is a political remark urging scrutiny of the term proletariat and a trailing cryptic line about a brake not working and a gruff admonition.
The general secretary for Queensland of the British and Foreign Bible Society Rev T H Andrews will visit Warwick for the annual meeting in the Methodist Church Hall tomorrow. A colour sound film on Braille scriptures for the blind will be shown with supportive clips including The Parable of Blind Bartimaeus and a bush nature study. The society offers Braille scriptures at a nominal rate and faces high demand as prewar reductions ease. Warwick auxiliary contributed £203 last year toward publication of the Gospel and Epistle of John.
In Brisbane prices for rinse, Persil, Sunlight, and Velvet soap rose yesterday. The rise followed a small batch price lift on Velveteen and related powders, with general increases cited by local retailers.
London reports Britains struggle to retain top science talent as many researchers move to higher paid roles in the United States and DuPont laboratories in Wilmington Delaware. The piece notes 35 British scientists at DuPont and ongoing recruitment for atomic research with a £100 million budget and calls for nominations of suitable graduates for Britain might bitterly compete for its £4 million atomic uranium project in Cheshire.
Dr. Renneker from Net Western University discusses dreams as a safety valve that releases hidden impulses and stores memories. He notes dreams occur mainly before waking and as sleep nears its end, reflecting mental stress when tormenting past events arise.
The engagement of the Honorable Gerald David Lascelles, 27, to Miss Angela Dowding, 33, was announced in London. The couple will wed at St Margaret's, Westminster, on July 15 with a reception at St James' Palace. Dowding served with ENSA entertaining troops in Burma Egypt and Italy. Lascelles, London resident, works in autos with David Brown Tractors.
Brisbane reports State Cabinet relaxed timber building controls for South Coast and Redcut areas with limits. Holiday or second homes remain barred, but timber shops and commercial industrial buildings gain easier construction as material supply improves. Government aims to ease housing strain amid ongoing shortages.
A garbled ad style notice touts Ovaltine as a scientifically blended malt milk drink. It claims energizing benefits for long sessions and praises doctors and dieticians worldwide. The text imitates late newsprint copy with odd spellings and misplaced phrases.
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