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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1924
Page
3
A compact note records a sporting event where the duo paired as Straight Out secured a place in doubles competition. Details indicate participation under the N Q I register with a phone contact listed for follow up.
The notice lists Albion Park Brisbane and Rosehill races with accepted runners and weights for multiple divisions and events including Flying Walter and others. It includes betting odds and notable contenders like Lord Chrysippus and Night Flower, detailing one mile and longer distances with numerous horse names and mother lines.
The Bowen 1UKP Club held its June race meeting with a modest turnout and only about £20 collected from the tote. Two bookmakers attended but could not cover the fixed stakes. A rough, chunky horse named Wanith by Motiyrupte won the Saidun Platonisty in the lower division, outclassing rivals. other races featured uncertain results and evaluative betting, with excitement tempered by lean attendance and sparse winnings.
Public notices mix with horse racing results and farmer reports. The item lists W. Gunningham's Warlit Cobala Nevhos and other runners, plus a Bowen Brisbane team selection and a Dublin Corporation dissolution note. Weather, trains, and a Melbourne telegram on rainfall and wheat prices follow.
A testimonial from Mr. John Garrow of Boss Tp Townsville details three years of backache and kidney trouble. After trying many remedies with little relief, he credits Doane Backache Kidney Pills with stabilizing secretions and ending pain. He notes improved sleep and overall health after twelve years of benefit. Pills sold by chemists, stores, or sent post prepaid by Paster Mc Civllan Co.
A note explains that observed tide heights are approximate and influenced by wind and atmospheric pressure, which cannot be accurately predicted.
The World famed Fisk Jubilee Singers appear at Tivoli Theatre on Friday June 27. Celebrated as the oldest musical company in Australia, they mark thirty years since inception. Ten artists headlined by Mina Bartha Miller Belle Pollard and George Bentley, with box plan at Morhan's Bowen Show for July 6 and 10, 1924.
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