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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1921
Page
2
October 24 entries show Levans and Passengera routes with departures to Melbourne and Sydney. Cargo includes 1405 packages of fruit, 31 bags pumpkins, 9 bagn oysters, 7 7 packages fruit, 396 packages fruit, 72 packages fruit, 2 casts cigar leaf, 26 packages fruit, 100 bags pumpkins, 501 cases empty bottles.
Local and general notices describe Taelious and Rivers Columnist plans to lay out the Allan Theatre, a charity rally honoring Kil Bennett star of a Paramount film, and a Townsville stock exchange debut. Messages note railway work from Mackay to Proserpine, a Bowen rail proposal, and social events at CentaLbetel with the Owen Town Band.
An official notice states an agreement of 190 shillings and sixpence per head of cattle with 125 cattle accounted for on October 12 1921 and will be paid by January 1922 by order of Alexander Mackenzie clerk of the Board. Also advertisements for sale items and condolences to the Bowen community follow including dance social notices at Odd Fellows Hall and forthcoming hospital talk with admission by silver coin.
Notice offers for sale of house property and land including two allotments in good residential surroundings. Full particulars available at the office. Local authority advertises affordable real estate options for potential buyers.
Shire of Wangaratta invites applications for the position of Bhite Rater. Applications received by noon on 7 November. Applicants should state salary expectations. For further information contact the Shire Office.
Immediate sale at Merinda described with partial items and prices, plus a meeting note for a school event. The garbled text mentions a 300 gallon object and various tools, then refers to a parents and guard meeting at Bay's School on a Wednesday in November 1921 for filling three vacancies and school committee actions.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and terms in a stray sequence. It references possible persons and places in inaccessible order, with no clear events or dates to confirm a coherent report or outcome.
A distorted report describes a shipment from Sydney arriving damaged with many crates rotting. Several brands failed quality checks and prices were cut. The consignment of vegetables, notably tomatoes and cucumbers, is now on the Sydney market under heavy cooling and scrutiny. The voyage was slated to return soon, with a domestic visa and other formalities noted in the dispatch.
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