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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
6
A reader cites a doctor urging weight reduction to lessen heart strain. She reports success with a product named Kroeschen, claiming notable weight loss after using it, though she modestly credits the change to diet adjustments and the remedy.
A local Bowen Independent issue dated Friday August 9 1935 reports on civic matters, including budget concerns and community notices. Officials and residents are cited in brief items reflecting the town’s economic and social issues of the period.
A busy week with residents of Bowen vacationing and hosting guests. Notable entries include Mr and Mrs El Sebo taking an overland trip to Hockhampton Mount Morgan and Yeppoon for a holiday, visits by Bre Burchill and Gordon Tes to town, Winnie Gorman departing for Townsville for a weeks holiday, and various relatives and officials staying at the North Australian and Grand View. Numerous names appear with local club and golf attendance and hospital or clinic visits noted.
Violence erupts in Toulon with mobile guards attempting to clear streets. Rioters flee to houses while police fire, leaving three dead and over fifty wounded including an inspector. Shipping delays persist at Cherbourg and Brest amid strikes and industrial unrest.
A tremor in the Vancouver area of Western Canada injures many and leaves unknown number missing. Officials report over fifty may be affected with extensive damage across the region.
A British flight en route to Eritrea crashed twelve miles west of Heliopelia. Capt Fagan, Italian Minister for Work, explorer Fragchetti, and others aboard were killed. Rescue teams found the aircraft embedded in sand. several occupants perished.
Merin F Meredith reports new discovery on Mont Coolio incline with a doorway hole 10 feet wide and four parallel lines of ore in the strike. The strike fault shows a 10 foot wide section with four ore-bearing lanes and lode formation, suggesting potential tonnage though current sinkings have not yet achieved expected ore yield.
The report lists scattered price shifts and odd spellings across Australian markets. Mentions Melbourne Adelaide Perth Brisbane and West Australia with unclear figures and coded terms suggesting small rises and trading notes amid rough transcription.
The Innisfail chamber of commerce outlines a North Queensland development program at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce conference opening September 10. Proposals include land settlement, revival of British immigration, home and overseas marketing of tropical produce, large irrigation projects, a national highway linking Charters Towers and Cairns, seaplane bases, and public health divisions in the Far North.
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