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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1924
Page
3
The library, except on public holidays, offers book receipt on Tuesday mornings and evenings, with additional sessions through the week. The Reading-Room remains open daily except Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 9.80 p.m., detailing irregular timings across days.
Rates of subscription and travel charges are outlined with day and night periods. The document lists yearly, quarterly, and age based rates for youths over 18. It covers traveling companies and church hours with specified prices. The text is a partial OCR with pricing for first and second nights and mentions a librarian.
Local report from Collinsville notes on Scottville events in Heuttville Tuesday. King’s Pirchauy games featured prize winners in rugby, soccer, and track. social events followed, plus remarks on rail delays, taxes, roads, and town services noting Bowen competition and vegetable fish supply concerns.
A terse note credits First-Class Tradesaan for securing services with Lamable 2a cape willy avy antlers. rafing work described as raecition. W. Angues, plumber, signs as the informant.
The note lists sporting events titled Registered NQR A with entries for Straight Out Place and Doubles, including a contact phone number 190.
In a compact card style note, McAppion Rog competes in N Q B A events at Epsom and Metropolitan, with Starting Prior All Events and Phons 53 among the entries and results recorded in a brief list.
Racing card lists weighty weights for Maiden Plate and Flying Handicap events at the June meeting. Includes entries like Motway 8.12 Vidella 8.0 and Woorpool 10.4 with multiple six furlong divisions and contenders such as Grand Flier and Nutrose among others.
A scrambled list of names, ranks, and scores appears with items like Albion Bark, Molly Cy, King Baromiond, Lady Agbilles, Royal Shopher, Wivenhoy and many odd numbers. The text resembles a historical tally or fantasy-styled standings with unclear context or events.
In a mixed set of divisions seven furlongs to sixty four furlongs the First Division features Tessia and Lyndolan among others, while Second Division lists Fortashell and Royal Shepherd Ost as top entries and Third Division includes Walucine Miss and Lyndolan competing against a large field. Runners such as Meadoo Urand Whewwson and Night Blower appear with varied odds and weights, signaling a crowded racing card across multiple divisions.
In Brisbane on Friday the Hagish Rugby League team beat Ipswich 17 to 20 amid torrential rain with the field nearly underwater. The report lists Port Doulsone v Builyyuya fixtures for Sunday and provides a long roaster of seniors and juniors players, with numerous spellings and typos reflecting the OCR source.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions players and bands with scattered names and numbers, but the text is garbled and fails to present a coherent event, team names, dates, or locations.
No 2 team led by J Murray and G Kay with Shelton P Ayles Holton Miloney Bi Henley W Mattin D Annestey W Darwell L Bruce seeks a good roll up of members to join.
The Queensland Bowling Aspiration team from Its Norther tour will play Aue at Boren on Tuesday 24th. The squad includes Measra E. J. Inw as president and many local members plan to attend. A lively match is expected on the green in the afternoon with most club members signaling attendance.
The Country Women’s Association launches a £25,000 appeal to support bush nursing, home helps, and social clubs in remote towns. The drive emphasizes the need for practical aid to women in isolated areas and calls for broad sympathy and donations to sustain nursing, visiting services, and community outreach.
The Com woncola examinations at Mabby's Convent School show strong results in intermediate typing with Irene Guidup 93 percent and Tsubel McMahon 89. Junior bookkeeping led by George Boulter 94, with several students posting solid scores. The examiner praised the handwriting and accuracy and noted improved typing speed and understanding.
The Tila bomble publication marked its Glot anniversity yesterday as it reached the journaliatta atx om 1th Jun 1903. Despite being given only three months to live, the paper continues strong and useful. The proprietor notes 18 is unlucky to some, but not to them, citing 18 healthy young Aspirations as proof of vitality.
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