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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1952
Page
3
Wool dominates this season with warm elegant outfits from berets to hats. Fabrics range from nightwear linens to tweeds and boucles, highlighting two-tone weaves, raised patterns, and pastel to bold color stories. Jersey wool remains top for separates and eveningwear, with nylon blends promising lighter, wear resistant fabrics.
Health notes explain how respiratory diseases arise from nose and mouth entry by direct inhalation or contact with contaminated objects. It offers defensive tips such as varied diet, sleep, proper clothing, and regular medical checkups, plus offensive steps to block spread like covering coughs, not kissing when ill, washing hands, cleaning utensils, and avoiding shared items.
Hair stylist Aymond of Mayfair debuts the Coronation haircut an Elizabethan adaption of the Poodle Cut featuring a back swept front two mouth waves and a neck length one inch with half curls and flat curls. The style requires a well shaped head and suits the right person for a striking effect.
A gunman wounded Jones Lawrence of Fitzroy outside a Melbourne hotel on Saturday afternoon. Three shots were fired at close range near police headquarters. Police have not obtained a full admission and the incident involves Jim Lawrence, husband of Dulelé Markham, with the shooting noted as occurring in Melbourne on April 21.
London dispatch says The Sunday Express published a Buenos Aires correspondent's claim that Argentina's president’s wife Eva Peron is gravely ill. Readings describe packed churches after calls for bravery as cancer specialist Dr. Nieto Vict is cited as treating her with acute leukemia and blood disorders.
A fragmented collection of vintage recipe notes includes cold chicken pie with pastry crust and a gelatine bound filling, onion cheese bread sticks, apple crunch casserole with corn flakes and apples, melon juice jams, ginger cake, honey crunchies, peanut monkeys, rice pudding with coconut, chocolate date pie and other homey dishes. It preserves steps, ingredients like chicken, eggs, ham, celery, parsley, onions, corn flakes, and spices, plus baking and serving tips.
A health note urges careful foot care to prevent pain and injury. Advice covers proper shoe fit with checks for both feet, avoiding pointed toes, walking to test comfort, daily bathing, thorough drying, and talcum powder. It also covers nail trimming straight across, avoiding rounding, cleaning with orange wood sticks, rotating shoes and socks, using stockngs, and regular foot inspection.
The Warwick Branch of the Royal Society of St George held a social evening at St Mark's Hall on Saturday to close the society year. A strong turnout attended dances and competitions with a brief musical programme by Miss Milward Watt. Soloists Ellis Smith and Brian Harvey led a small choir through English airs and Long Live Elizabeth. Mrs Nyman Markey and Miss Doris Brown provided dance music. Mr W Millward, the president, read extracts from England and announced Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein as reelected president. The ladies' committee led by Mrs T H Stabler supplied supper and was warmly thanked by Mr G Self.
Useful hints cover polishing silver with hot soapy water rinses and soft cloths. It advises polishing movements for bowls and teapots and sewing a strip of linoleum for mats. It mentions making holes with a gimlet and repairing shoes after unexpected callers with a chiropodist.
A humorous domestic vignette portrays a Friday scene where a wife endures her husband’s needs and appetite while tackling chores. She navigates laundry, cleaning, shopping, and meals as the husband insists on rest and meals, highlighting gendered frustrations and the “white man’s burden” tone of the era. The piece uses sharp, period voice to mock unequal labor distribution in a household.
The June meeting in the Gill hall of St Aidan's Guild discussed election day profits from a street stall totaling £25. Officers filled roles, two accounts were approved, funds for a fancy stall were allocated, and social afternoon plans were finalized with Mrs W Morgan presiding in the president’s absence. An afternoon tea followed the session.
Clifton Co operative Hospital Ltd directors met to review plans and estimates for a proposed operating theatre. The meeting approved the plans for submission to the Department of Health, discussed voluntary share canvassing, and planned to seek a £1000 bank advance for building costs.
The recipe describes a tapioca cream dessert cooked under pressure for nine minutes, with milk, sultanas, lemon peel, salt, vanilla, sugar and coconut. It advises resting, then serving with stewed fruit or shaved chocolate for a finishing touch.
The advertisement asserts Bex provides relief without stomach upset or heart harm and claims pure ingredients and modern manufacturing methods. It emphasizes safe, quick action and no bad after effects, appealing to health-conscious buyers seeking reliable pain relief.
Mrs Boyrne LePerez of 219 7th Ave Inghewood W A reports severe sleepless nights after her last baby. She states that a certain remedy brought relief in minutes, ending constant pain and restlessness since the birth twelve months ago.
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