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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
2
Readable fragments describe legal notices and local general items from Bowen including a solicitor on Powell Street, shipping news, a salt harvest update, a sale at Melhan's, and a small cricket selection for Bowen against Ayr. It mentions dates and places such as Bowen, Proserpine, and Smith's News Agency with various minor community details.
Auction sale advertised by Bowom Bchoo of Arts to be held in renting room on Monday next at 11am. Sale offers papers and magazines for bidding, with note of weather and other town items interspersed among notices and local shoppings and accident reports.
In Canberra the House of Representatives debated potential proposals from Lyone, Curtin, and Beasley to ease the shipping crisis. They welcomed cooperation and indicated a Melbourne meeting might be delayed, with a 48 hour wait after the meeting before applying the Transport Workers' Act if workers do not resume.
The Australian Council of Trades Unions calls a meeting for 2.30 tomorrow afternoon of all unions, sixteen to be involved in the seamen strike. The Heu men's Union invited. Mihhan's Valencia Store advertises December sale with a discount on all purchases. sale ends this month.
Mr EH Melville, Grand Theatre manager, visits Brisbane to discuss theatre business. Mrs W H Darwen travels by rail motor to Townsville to meet son at All Souls School, Charters Towers. Cinderella stage show draws big interest with over 200 attending. plans for school fund-raising and a pavilion, tennis court, and basket ball court underway. Lighthouse project on Exehelby Island progresses with automatic light and worker movements. Cape Deeu supply steamer to move builders to Cape Capricorn and Rudleback/Dent islands for cottages and a lighthouse structure.
The record lists tidal and water level data for Wednesday and Thursday. It includes high waters at 5.40 am and 6.01 pm with ranges around 7 ft and 6 ft, and low waters at 1.54 pm and 11.30 pm with depths near 2 ft. Additional notes show afternoon low tides and varying placeholders.
An auction sale of tuners and magazines will be held in the Reading Room on December 8 at 8 o'clock. The event promotes magazines for the current year. K. L. Mack Nate serves as secretary.
A small printed work note indicates it was published by DTD J Darwen for W H Darwen and Bons at The Twen Independent oles, George Street, Bowen, North Queensland.
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