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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
4
The Courier invites entries for a Red Cross Photographic Competition with total prize money of £50 and top cash awards up to £20. Submit cheerful holiday scenes. color, clarity, and composition count. Entries must be printed, include entrant details, and be published in The Courier.
Entry form details for The Courier Mail Red Cross Photographic Competition. Include name and address, send to Pictorial Editor, with Holiday Happiness competition label. Forms and sixpence sample attach to each entry. copies available at Courier Mail Office and Red Cross HQ.
Compiled notes from RADIO TODAY list events and dates for holiday coverage. Includes mentions of photographers and regional locations such as SOUTH COAST towns and NORTHERN Malls with December and January travel listings and calendar items.
A man named John Patrick Brun ley, also called Ghar Vigcent’e Husiel, was found dead on Ann Street near the People’s Palace in what authorities describe as a crash. He had been in ill health and previously resided in Brisbane.
Canberra report shows Sydney leading in customs revenue with broad figures across states. Melbourne and Brisbane contributions appear in a consolidated national tally. western and northern regions report varied sums. The piece notes cultural events by Monty Bloom and local performers as part of year end entertainment.
From the Conkey files dated December 24, 1849, Vo Desgrand notes survey progress in the Alice Barcaldine district with allotments near 320 acres. A dispute at Blain versus Smith ends in a draw after blows with a stick, while plans emerge for electric motive power tramways from Brisbane to the Thres shire.
Queensland's great holiday competition for children opens across the 390 miles of coastline with beach contests at Woody Point, Bellmere, Coolum, and other towns. The schedule lists December dates and winter events at Redcliffe, Caloundra, Bribie, Tugun, Wynnum, and Yamba, promising a parade and trophies for top sand gardens this season.
The death of Henderson Wallace Prye Menserson, proprietor of Hendry Son's mercery stores, is reported. He spent early life in Sydney and first came to Quer lang as representative of the Wallace Buck and Goode firm. He was survived by a widow and a four year old child.
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