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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
9
South Brisbane reports a four flat building by Mr Ed A Weller for Mrs M Wright, using familiar materials in an unfamiliar way on a steep sloping site. The duplex blocks feature two sunken buildings with flat roofs serving as balcony spaces, garden nooks, and atmospheric frontages.
A fragmented listing details highly improved properties offered by Beau Decret Auctioneers in Brisbane and surrounding districts. Names such as Le Siemon Kerllty and various street listings appear amid notes of an auction program and real estate sales through regional firms.
Fragmentary report notes a ferry service shutdown prompting discussion over routes and funding. Mentions a Monon line and remarks by officials about repayment plans and future service restoration, with unclear names and dates due to garbled OCR.
The Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd buys a large Eagle Farm land parcel for oil storage prompting industrial expansion. Government and council move to build riverside wharves and a new road to link the area with Hamilton and Breakfast Creek. Pinkenba aviation service grows as new industrial links form.
A large funding grant of £25,000 is allocated for Yeppoon college construction with work underway and expected to finish early in 1946 for the new academic year. Architects Mesias Hennessy and Hennessy, along with builders, completed initial preparations. The site lies near Fesuonti township and will feature school rooms dormitories and quarters for the Christian Brothers and domestic staff.
Real Estate Institute of Queensland hosts a luncheon for country members during Fumibition Week in Brisbane. On August 1, Brobane members will entertain at Sandgate while other details mention Central Station departures and state related entities, though the text is unclear and partially garbled.
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