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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
3
A collection of simple soups designed for minimal cooking and low power use. Recipes include Green Pea Puree Vegetable Soup Giblet Soup and Celery Cream Soup with step by step methods and optional cream and croutons. Also notes on onion soup and beefy blends with stock, milk, and spices.
Ross Graham, a versatile writer of songs and ghost tales, returns from service to publish Death on a Smokebaat a spy thriller starring Skipper Radcliffe a publican who leads a small Royal Navy raiding party in his spare time.
Sydney fashion notes discuss dressing for morning to evening, from comfortable housewife outfits to careerist ensembles. It covers home wear, accessories, footwear, and a shift to black for evening looks, plus a comment on one piece bathing costumes amid a plea for inclusivity for all body types by Mrs Joyce Paynter.
London designers unveil a Sydney inspired collection with a Kangaroo jacket swagman hat and bluey bags. Dorothy Carlton and Frederick Starke draw on Australian symbols like Matilda and a pouch motif to create bold enclosures and bright felt hats. The trend follows postwar adaptions seen in millinery and leather goods as English fashion seeks novelty from museums and foreign magazines.
A charm filled list of old fashioned beauty advice. A drop of perfume on evening gowns, white lipstick under red lipstick, white Upstick for lips, iodine on nails, allo on hair, boracic lotion for eyes, milk pads for eyes, a Touge dab on earlobes, and foundation on the neck to finish.
Bery Morrin, once grievously harmed by a shark in George's River twelve years ago, married David Thomas in a quiet ceremony. She recovered strength, learned to sew, cook, and perform daily tasks, and remains celebrated for needlework and resolve.
A household tip article describes lengthening winter garments for growing children by applying a Fuller’s earth paste to hems and letting it sit twelve hours before brushing. It also advises using omona slices in a basin left overnight to remove paint odors from freshly painted rooms, with doors and windows kept closed until the next day.
A short, fragmented recipe describes mixing four cups self raising flour one teaspoon salt and four cups sugar with egg yolk and milk, then beating and forming a soft dough. Roll it, fit into a greased tin, spread with raspberry jam, and finish beating.
Melbourne reports a rising menace as domestic Alsatians are joining wild dog packs across Victoria. Victorian Lands Department superintendent Mr E Temperton said many owners release the dogs to avoid a 62 5/ a year tax. Unlike true wild dogs, the Alsatians fear no man, and their growing numbers threaten sheep, prompting graziers to abandon the industry.
The article explains a weaving in method to prevent loose strands at the back when knitting with two colours. It advises passing the spare wool over the working thread before each stitch, catching the loose color at the back, and alternating forward and backward motions to avoid tangling. Some readers prefer holding the spare wool over the first finger like rochet work and guiding it under and over while using the second colour, keeping the spare colour at the front on the right side.
Instructions describe beating egg white to stiff, folding in sugar and desiccated coconut or cornflakes with vanilla, spreading over jam, baking 20 to 25 minutes, and cooling then slicing before removing from tin. Includes misspellings and unclear quantities.
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