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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
2
News items from Newspay 1920 cover local events in Bowen and Melbourne. Reports include town affairs, the new town clerk appointment, a German indemnity discussion, public meetings, hospital ball planning, and a Pearl gem exhibit. Band performances and local ads for BLANES dye agents and Ellery Jewellery are noted alongside community notices and market remarks.
A garbled report outlines a Labor Party plebiscite draft and nominations for a Bowen laboratory convention to be held in Tomnagills on June 25 1920. It lists signatories Ben Tharmlay Joe and other officials and invites participants to submit nominations by a stated deadline, with arrangements for a town hall meeting and hotel venue in North Australia.
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