Bowen Independant Letters on Returned Diggers Unemployment
A Bowen Independent correspondence discusses returned soldiers and job shortages in Queensland. The writer condemns biases favoring married men and calls for evidence of who found work for diggers while condemning government actions on immigration and wartime bonds. The letter questions Labor policy and calls for honest debate about employment for returned servicemen.
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Bowen
Sollien
Uct
Brule
Queensland
Cunafiella
Sbats
Distelot Agents Offer 5 Percent to Hospital
Fragmentary OCR reads like a business notice about agents in the district and a pledge to donate five percent to the hospital from business channeled through a dry route. Names and details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Ution -Smwream
Timbrk
Bergers B.P
Albion Dovers
Denison
Imperial
Cheap Ammunition Ad Breaks Down Postal Quality Claims
A fragmented advertisement promotes various shotgun and rifle loads with prices in shillings and pence. It touts spatial pigeon loading, Nitro-proof cartridges, and black powder options from multiple brands. Discounts offered for cash payments and bulk orders.
Prohibition Debate and Religious Views Split at Synod
The Anglican Synod debated temperance and prohibition with Rev Canon Gradwell urging restriction of alcohol to solve the problem. Arthur Toombes and others argued for sacramental wine safeguards, while reports from Queensland and New South Wales describe Society’s mixed stance and farm conditions, including irrigation, crop yields, and livestock movements amid drought.
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Clint
Canon Gradwell
United States
Maine
Queensland Prohibition League
Queenhibition League
Arthur Toombes
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