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Newspaper

Bowen Independent

Location

Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 29, 1928

Page

3

Marine Cooks Strike Looms Over Rostering Control

Melbourne and Brisbane reports say the marine cooks dispute may halt shipboard services as watersiders meet shipowners heads to end the standstill. Cooks demand roster changes. owners insist on free action of employees and reject compromises. Authorities aim to resolve the impasse today amid mounting tensions.

Wits Brisbane Silay Ruel Melbourne Mowlay Marine Cooks Watersiders Mating Cooks Union Murcher

Brisbane Hockhampton arrest shocks city and by election results

A Brisbane report details a shock arrest in Rockhampton involving a police constable and a water car driver after a 17 year old witnessed men flee a warehouse with suitcases. The piece also notes the Mitchell by election results with Bow, McLeod, and Dorkin leading, and an obituary list for two Brisbane businessmen, H East and G B Ryder.

Rockhampton Brisbane Hockhampton Denham Street Mitchell Bow Labour McLeod Nationlist Dorkin Independent Labour Ache Fayne Lyons Nationalist H. East McDonnell & East G. B. Ryder GR. Ryder Ld

Italia Airship Missing After Arctic Flight

London dispatch reports fears for the Italian airship Italia and crew of 18 led by Captain Nobile after a storm severed wireless contact while returning from Spitzbergen. Officials fear a crash near Siberia due to ice or weight, with a steamer sent from Tromsoe to Franz Josef Land and no news yet.

London Italia Nobile Spitzbergen North Pole Siberia Trome Franz Josef Land Ltis

Woods Gueet Papper Aint Cara Vor Children's Musking

Fragmentary OCR item notes a children's matter or event with unclear names and terms. The readable bits mention woods, paper, and cough but lack coherent details or contexts to identify people, places, or organizations. Further text is needed to produce a proper summary.

Francis Birtles Reaches Rangoon In Frail State

London Friday News reports Francis Birtles arrived in Rangoon in a wrecked, exhausted condition. He is penniless, without clothes, and suffering a poisoned hand slowly mending. Authorities note he is worn out from his long journey, with little property left after losses in transit. An earlier dispatch described delays from London and cables transmitted by the Dowal Bubba Co. through the House Cars Co.

Francis Birtles London Ollvids Rangoon Sensi Ibbela Truyolliil Venchsa Levin Gwonoy Te Herk Lily

Henry Ford Prospectors in Odd Wordplay Mystery

An OCR fragment presents a garbled, playful set of phrases and names centered on Henry Ford and prospects. The text wavers between misread prompts and scrambled terms, offering no clear event or date but hints at a fictional or puzzlelike exchange.

Onbiagh Osten Thera

Annual Meeting Notice in Howe District

PUTROGHLLOS OS thanks the public for support and invites attendance at the annual meeting in Shia Hall on Tuesday May 10. Officers to be elected and nominations open 0 days before the meeting. Nomination papers available from the secretary.

School OF Arts W.U Oudidtows Hall Bigood B. Martin Bowen Putroghllos Nomberw Ushi Ih Wb Pti Busingsa Sulels

Coloseptic Claim for Colon Cleanse Promoted by Firm

A vintage advertisement touts Coloseptic as a method to prevent autoxia and distribute waste removal. It alleges lingering residues in the colon cause self poisoning and promises gentle bowel movement and relief. The copy urges readers to obtain Coloseptic or write to Fremont Natural Products Ltd in Sydney.

Fremont Natural Products, Ltd G,p,o Sydney

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