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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
2
A speaker notes a meeting with the Southwest Wind at a cottage window. The Wind promises to return when not busy, as rain showers approach the valley and a hurried meeting ends with the Wind departing toward the stormy weather.
Feona On Saturday afternoon a team of four men and two ladies from Oz visited Tannymorel and played a Commercials team, the home team winning by three games. On Sunday afternoon three mixed couples from Woodinners Club played a Sc Alda’s team on the lat ers pourt. Woodirnds were trading with one set to play when the match teased owing to bad leh.
A fragmented, period tone piece describes a sleight of hand prank using thin cotton gloves and elastic loops. The reader is guided to approach a friend, pretend to remove gloves from the sleeve, and reveal a hidden effect as the glove illusion is completed.
A centman absent from work disturbed boys and a dog by placing a coat through a letter box while attempting to move a hoop. The beast Bamson fled the scene, pursued by the sergeant and a boy named Teddy. The onlookers praised Teddy for the diversion and discussed future practice of the hoop trick.
German protested non acceptance of lowest tenders by the Cape Town council. He explained the council favored an English and South African firms with a ten percent preference, forwarding details to the town clerk for action.
A king's vain queen demands a portrait duel between two court painters Frederik and Karl. When the queen rejects Karl's ugly image, Karl shatters a mirror instead. The king spares both painters, the royal portraitists, amid shock and fear among courtiers.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Tommy and a butcher discussing motherly threats to soak and ruin boots. The exchange hints at coercive take on footwear, with tension and potential parental pressure implied.
A fragmented page contains dialogue between children and adults with wordplay and jokes about eyesight, hats, and rain. It includes lines about a man in an omnibus, a girl staring, and questions like why bed covers are like medicine. The text is garbled and inconsistent but preserves a playful tone.
The Governor hosted a Parliament House levee to celebrate the King's birthday. Cameron Highlanders 1st Battalion appeared as guard of honour in full ceremonial dress, fifty strong, with a brilliant interior showing robes of judges and church dignitaries and naval and military officer uniforms. London notes mix birthday reference with editorials about a referee amalgamation and street comments on Bodensien.
The fragmentary OCR style text presents a garbled quote with misread author names and misspelled phrases. It reads like a poem line or literary snippet about innocence and blush, referencing Maitere and “The Mion tol blushes.” The readable portion lacks clear event, date, or place.
A severe electrical storm in Auckland Province caused widespread power and telephone outages. Reports describe damaged sites, disrupted supply across the region, and extensive residential losses from lightning strikes and related incidents.
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