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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
2
By the met modern steamers built for the Australian Coastal Tract travellers are promised comfort with every convenience. Deck games are provided and moving pictures are shown to entertain passengers.
The Local and General Appeal Court met yesterday with several appeals heard and most disposed. A notice regarding appeals in a case lodged in Huse was deemed not hearable. A full report will appear in the next edition. Also mentions August fruit sale plans, Growers urged to send rules by Moody’s, and train schedules with expected freight details. Personal notices cite G Hy Chandors and Mr GO Bluby, with irrigation and construction ads from The Shop of Quality.
A Bowen town report urges local residents to back the Bowen Town Band as it plans visits to Collinavilla Home Hill Ayr and Meokay for contests and aims to boost morale and participation. A meeting at the School of Arts in Lown is called for Sunday morning to organize travel, fundraising, and engagement with the community.
Telegraphic news from Saturday reports an Italian airman and a Japanese crafted vessel colliding near the Fitzroy river. The wing and propeller damaged, but the craft fled upstream to Rockhampton then Townsville as crowds gathered to witness the seaplane’s dramatic river landing.
Brisbane inquiry into the Traveston disaster resumes with Engineman neglect theories and a locked station buffer. Witnesses argue whether brake failure or driver action caused the bogie collapse while conditions and night visibility are noted.
Incoherent OCR text references recent rain along the coast from Rockhampton to the south and mentions a drizzle through the opening of markets and exhibitions. It notes a future weather outlook and schedules for local events including exhibitions and a budget briefing by Burl Page, with references to tariff discussions and parliamentary activity. The fragmentary items indicate a busy news brief page with weather, events, and government updates.
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