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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1931
Page
4
An ad lists receipt books order books bill heads and general printing services. Includes tickets tags circulars visiting and business cards posters envelopes menus meeting notices ball programs time sheets vouchers raffle forms and labels. Also mentions typing and duplicator paper supplies and typewriter ribbons.
Local advertises Mre Fidler's Cafe and Stores in Collinsville offering dress goods hats boots clothing tobacco paper stationery panty goods and patent medicines. The traveling public is promised attentive service under Mre Fidler with trains met and tolls arranged. Proprieteress D S Fidler seeks public patronage.
The minutes report a special meeting to confirm a by law on grids passed at the previous council meeting. Ordinary bi monthly meeting followed with discussions on overdrafts, truck repairs, water piping, and expense items. Debates focused on costs of spear work, pipe fittings, and the water supply, with resolutions to write off debt and authorize payments and actions.
A severe windstorm struck Collinsville on Tuesday afternoon causing extensive damage. Magee's Hotel and many residences suffered roof loss and debris, with several roofs blown off and windows shattered. A hospital meeting records substantial receipts and expenses while nearby towns reported further high winds and property harm.
The Bowen Town Band held its final monthly meeting on Friday December 7 at the School of Arts. Attendees included Mesars, J. Darwen President, Gough, Derwen, F. Skinner, W. Rossel and Lee. Apologies from J. Cowan were noted. The minutes were read, subscriptions and donations discussed, and plans for bank transfers and Christmas carol fundraising approved. Postal and hospital committee requests were considered. the secretary’s correspondence with C.W.A. was acknowledged. Holiday notices follow with community updates and local road and erosion reports interspersed.
Advert shows a garb firm hyping “TICYOue” and “Haditha Cilhert” efforts with bold claims and claims of guaranteed quality. The text mentions Akay and Crowley’s and hints at a parade of items.
An old classified ad lists tomato varieties including Bowen Buckeye Demiponia Norton Bowen Marglobe Burwood Prise Resistiot Stone Buckeye Bowen Pride and four Bowen Buckeye selections. It notes large firm fruit and vigorous bushes priced 6d per packet. Other seeds include Long Bean Granadifa Poowpaw Indian Cream Rosellas at 6d per packet.
A series of reward notices from multiple properties and estates across regions including Georganga Lilypool Birralee Lolworth Strathmore Woodhouse Pretty Bend and Ballabury Plain emphasizing payment for information leading to the committal or conviction of persons involved in killing stealing or illegally using cattle or horns. Rewards range with amounts up to £400 for conviction and smaller sums for counts of cattle possession without recount.
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