Rowe and Fleming clash over Sturgess bowling incident
Brisbane cricketers captain Rowe denied accusations of dangerous bowling by Sturgess after a Sunday interlude reported by the Daily Mail. Fleming corroborated the claim, noting Beeston and Bensted were struck during attempted hooks, and Rowe warned he would withdraw if Sturgess remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jim
Bill” Rowe
Brisbane Cricketers
Jim" Fleming
North Queensland
Brisbane “Daily Mail
Rowe
Mail
Sturgess
Fleming
Metropolis
Bensted
Beeston
Redgrave
Sherry
Townsville
Sydney Letter reports labour drama and show scenes
March 28 Sydney letter details timber workers burning ballot papers amid arbitration orders, with officials of the Labor Council directing the protest outside Trades Hall. It notes crowds in Domain or Hyde Park speculation, the Royal Easter Show preparations, livestock judging, and a £25,000 Kanematsu gift to Sydney Hospital for a pathology bi-chemical department. The piece also covers Red Cross conference, TB care advances, and social club chatter about an exclusive Mayfair club, finishing with fashion-show notes before Randwick Easter race day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carinta
Labor Counci
Domain
Hyde Park
Trades Hall
Lukin
Randwick
Cor
Sydney Hospital
F. Kanematsu
Australia
Kanematsu
Sydney University
Fusajiro Kanematsu
Kobe
Sydney
K. Kitamura
W. T. Coss
Red Cross Society
Rose Hall
Rosa Piper
Palm Beach
de Chair
England
Macquarie
Mareeba craftsman turns local timber into fine art pieces
Frank Ryan, Mareeba, uses Tableland timber to create handcrafted furniture and inlays. He set up a workshop in Tilse Buildings and crafts tables and art objects from local wood, proving a local start can turn raw material into marketable goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareeba
America
Post
Frank Ryan
North
Queensland
Marceba Lad
Brisbane
Vaughan
Frank
Tilse
Walsh
Rossville Notes Highlights Heavy Rain and Mining Activity
Rain returns after a long wet spell with the town recording over fifty inches this year. Mines are fully active as tin shipments of twenty and then twenty one bags came in weekly. New equipment includes a Super Diesel engine and pump installed by E Parsons and I Eldridge. Road conditions remain poor between Cooktown and Rossville with the Black mountains crossing washed out. Mrs Hatfield and three children travel to Atherton. Constable Allen from Cooktown visits. Erik Olufson arrives from Ayton on March 23 1929.
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E. Parsons
I. Eldridge
Cooktown
Rossville
Black Mountains
J. G. Hatfield
Atherton
Constable Allen
Erik Olufson
Ayton
Old Style of Hard Work Out of Date Auto Service
The advertisement touts machine assisted car cleaning and polishing monthly to make a vehicle look factory new. It promises durable Duco finishes resistant to heat cold water battery acids and salts with repairs to hoods cushions and car bodies. Contact W Aumullyer motor trimmer and painter with day and night phone numbers.
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America
DUCO
W. Aumully&er
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Shellkol
PLUME
Shell and Imperial
Ireland
Daniel
Abbott Street
Samuel Allen & Sons Ltd
Sturges
Ford Motor
L” Standard
Trigs “H
Cairns Motors Company
Ford
Cake Street
Cairns
OUR
Red Cross
Rossville Notes
Sheridan Street
J. Mawdsley
Shields ST
L. Fitzsimmons Cairns and
Innisfail
Whiteshorse
Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd
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