This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
3
Detailed results from the Bowen River meeting highlight Velour Spear's victory in the ladies bracelet, Bluffman winning the T J Magee Maiden, and strong placings for Zymoscope Opalot and Arctic Flight among others. Multiple divisions across five furlongs to a mile feature races, with times around 1.40 to 1.84 and notable odds.
Sunday sport at Collinsville featured a 25 mile Bowen River road race won by A Bullock in 1 hour 12 minutes 20 seconds. Crowds paid gate receipts of £19 as riders, fighters, and horses competed in rodeo events, wood chopping, wrestling, and football amid a bustling program with multiple divisions and winners.
Mule Laddie led early after a stumble and surged past Yellow Bow to win by a length with Yellow Bow second and A Tall Away third. Betting favored Triple Vale and Burdekin Knight. Triple Vale won a later race amid a messy start while Berwaka Bey chased in second.
Manning noted a second day of racing with a night shower damaging the road but leaving the course intact. A large attendance again boosted gate takings to £14 4s 0d. Profit after three days expected around £250 with half destined for the Collisville Ambulance. Fields were satisfactory with up to ten starters in the event.
Rockhampton dates from 21st to 25th June. Mickay 27th to 10th June. Prowetping tet and 8nd July. Bowen 6th and 7th July. Townavilla 1st to 14th July. Chirters Lowers 10th to 21st. Caima 28 a 28th July. Home HMN Okh and sth August. Troyal Netignal Brisbane 16th to Ingham 2nd to 8rd September. Tully 9th and 10th September.
A chaotic report from Briain recounts young Gilde defeating Jon Hall amid talk of Schelling’s title defense and a potential Berlin bout. Boxing figures like Max Baer and Jimmy Adame are mentioned in uncertain contexts as world-title plans and national loyalties swirl with fears of strategic plots to move the title out of America.
Tred Henneberry knocked Ken Overlin after a 32 round fight at Rushterter Day Sindlim. The crowd reacted with mixed reception as Overlin appeared to clinch and the bout opened with a fast start before a decisive finish.
Ivan Blow of Valley and Brisigne rejected a £10 weekly offer for player-coach duties from the Heine Tit Roxby League. Blow, who runs a Brishine business, contends he has strong claims for representation in Cheensland. The dispute centers on the proposed compensation and role.
Friday June event at the Grand Theatre offers a prize for best costume and a novelty show by Galore and Hixcellent. Buffet supper and admission for four, with doorstep prize for a lucky mask. Invites extended to all returned soldiers and their wives and families by the Rowen Howling Club, Saturday afternoon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.