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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
2
K Ryan announces readiness to undertake all classes of motor car services with country trips a specialty. Service points include Model Studebaker Motor Cab at Central Hotel and Denison Hotel. Contact details listed for local requests.
A fragmented shipping column lists numerous passengers and sailings with origins including Melbourne and Port ports. It mentions families, children, and several ship names along with voyage dates such as December and April. The note records steerage and passenger services aboard vessels with various origins and destinations.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered references to trials, police activity, and local notices. Names, places, dates, and events are garbled, but hints of court cases, public safety actions, and community alerts appear amid the confusion.
A collage of city notices, wartime referendum discussion, and local commerce ads details meetings, conscription debate, and market chatter. Citizens heard Wells on the Referendum and warned against a No majority, while traders tout hats and household goods amid transport and road concerns.
A town meeting to organize a Soldiers' Welcome Committee will be held at the Town Clerk Office on Wednesday evening December 1 at 7 pm. Mayor W H Darwen invites all interested to attend. notice dated December 13, 217.
A lost pony described as about 114 hands, brindled, is sought by multiple buyers and managers. The notice promises a reward on delivery to Sellers and Murray Bowen and lists several corporate names and names of parties involved in the search and sale. The fragmentary text references a Monday delivery date and various firms, including Lovee, Magic, Hlane and Sons, and others.
The Commonwealth Meteorological Service explains annual tropical disturbance alerts for the Queensland coast. It details interchanging weather reports from Thursday Island to Rockhampton, public barometer displays, shipmasters tracking storms, and the limited accuracy of warnings due to distant origins and instrument reach.
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