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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
3
The supplement to the Bowen Independent dated Monday June 25 1934 presents additional local notices and brief items. It includes community notices, advertisements, and small updates referencing town happenings and public announcements.
The Acting Premier announced at Melbourne that Queensland will spend £4,400,000 in the coming year on government works to keep 1000 men employed for a full year. Projects will start immediately and are designed to aid major industries across the state.
Melbourne reports the Minister for Customs meeting with tobacco growers and manufacturers. They agreed to use four million pounds of Australian leaf this year and maintain last year's prices. The deputation warned that buying last year’s rate would ruin the industry, while officials signaled a possibility of a better bargain.
In Adelaide on Saturday relatives report two planes collided near Parafield Aerodrome. Hiai Cowan aged 1% and Laurence Newman aged 27 were killed instantly. The collision occurred about 200 feet up as the wings touched, leaving a wreck of tangled metal and smashed woodwork.
Cablegram reports seven days of torrential rain causing floods in Hindustan’s eastern provinces. Calcutta notes many lives lost and thousands homeless as canals and bridges wash away. Hardinge Bridge and new earthworks near completion suffer strain amid monsoon fury.
Calgary’s Tobacco Leaf Auction Sale will take place on July 6. A parcel of 5 tons will be offered for Bowen and District tobacco growers. A Woodstock shipment arrived and is being treated. Several consignments are listed with notes praising growers Gough Moyna and others. A special general meeting for Bowes district growers is set for June 20 1934 at Hotel Denison Sample room to discuss future marketing rights and cooperative action.
The forecast for the Test today calls for very heavy showers with bright intervals of warm weather.
An article describes a Massive telescope project using a molten glass process at Corning New York to create a 200 inch mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory. It envisions near future lunar in reach studies of Archimeded crater Mons Showers and Gulf of Rainbows and questions life on Mars and Earth's place in the universe.
Golf Saturday events list several sealed hole competitions led by Miss Trenow and associates. Perkins records a score 104 82 with noted totals 70 0 07. The text mentions Trenow and Miss Benster amid mixed results and event notes.
Tides Monday high water 8.10 mm. Tit. 4 Ht. Wind AD phn. Luft. 4slow 2008. Zin 240 pm. oft. din. Procure rubber stamps from The Bowen Independent at city prices. Typewriter ribbons Remington and Royal 4/6 at Bowen Independent Office.
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