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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
7
Classified notice notes lost goods including a 14 by 7 Goodyear truck tire and tube in Oakwood. Other items offered for let and sale include a furnished house near a mall, a nearly new suit, a Gandor piano, and various contact details for inquiries.
Notice states the City of Quitpls intends to borrow from the State Government Insurance Office a certain sum of 61,100 to finance a project. Details are limited in the fragment but indicate formal council action and loan terms to be arranged.
Prospective students learn in a church based boarding setup with chapel teams courts ports and a vegetable garden supervised by staff. Resident music sessions and a trained nurse from the hostel staff support boarders. Applications for 1952 are now taking details on fees uniforms and attire.
A fragment lists Glennie School for Girls in England with boarders from age 3 and Miss Margaret Brown as principal, Glennie Preparatory School for Girls with Miss M S Sutton, and a Boys' Preparatory School near the Range. It notes a 1998 term starting February 8 and mentions principals for further formation.
The Queensland Railways timetable outlines holiday train services from Roma to Charleville and Morven. The first division departs Charterite at 2:45 pm with Morven Gil. the second division carries sleeping cars and leaves Charterite at 9:00 pm, arriving Roma 10:54 pm. On Mon 20 December the down passenger train Cunne tuufla to Briatate and the down passenger Quitote to Charterite run. fare details and goods shed closures available at railway stations.
Notice outlining prohibitions on bore water use in Dresden THM. Restrictions allow domestic use only and ban non domestic watering and irrigation. The notice specifies street divisions and dates for compliance, issued by Town Clerk Macklin.
Obituary notice honoring Prankough aged 15 who died on 10 December 1337. Parents sisters and brother mourn him. Also memorial by grandparents Flora and siblings. Note mentions another deceased in 1535 and a second remembrances.
Vendors display windows at the new advertisers premises inviting visitors for the Christmas festival event. Prizes include shirts donated by Mrs McCormack and won by Cecil Wout Tae Sreneed Chery with proceeds aiding the CWA. Chettis cheer Dimi won by Mr J. Breanam and Mr M. McGrenor.
A St Marys Convent School concert is planned at the Town Hall Tesslay events Beary with tickets selling fast. The program features a five violins quartet three pianists and other instruments plus choirs and a dance and pantomime segment. The event includes a Christmas tree and performances such as This Little Girl Is Not for Sale Latte Pink etc. School prizes will be presented and certificates awarded for the year.
The Butlerfly Transport now runs Charleville to Sydney and intermediates with weekly trips on Monday and Thursday departures at 7.30 am arriving next day. Fares listed include single 10 shillings 10 pence and return 19 shillings. Bookings through local agent Mr George Herriman.
A special meeting of Charleville Town Council appointed Conrad F. Ramatede as alderman while Nicholle Nichothe could not attend due to private reasons. The mayor and council members Minnie, Rudeway, McGregor, McWha and Ridgway supported Ramatede. attendees included Ald McGregor Mayor, McWha, J. Binwla, A. Ridgway, P. Flanigan and Town Clerk S. R Mockile.
Report of sheep losses in the past week cites unclear cause with local figures and a description of the affected flock. The owner listed is W. Garvey with the stock movement from Chacko Fille to Goomdiwiedt Le.
The National Insurance Inspector Vats Charlette Hoyen grants full discretion to approve societies to accept applicants. Approved members may pay contributions via stamps, with rates set for males over 16 at 3d weekly and females over 14 at 2d weekly, plus 1s for ages 14 to 16. Contributions are paid by employers from wages with cards issued on joining, to be presented on pay days for stamping.
The Industrial Court granted a permit on Monday for a cemetery sexton named Davidson to operate at Wort. The wage is 2 shillings 5 pence per week plus 1 per grave day. The region experienced extreme heat with temperatures reaching 106 deg during the past three days.
A dwelling in Watson Direct was destroyed by fire at about 1.022 yesterday. It belonged to the late W Gibbs estate and was connected to the incident with Chariville. The building housed Mr Francis Thomas Dighton and burned before firefighters arrived.
At a monthly Charterite meeting the committee approved two tenders for a new ambulance wall to replace the current. Mr I Grant prepared to accept the position of senior representative. The Trem Connell and Bad bee decks the wind charge of 20. The Town Hall will be used for community amalgamating with fifty percent of the mesh proceeds. Auditor-General permission granted to allow executive retain levy from a steady payment. A sign conference to proceed.
Fragmentary notes show a meeting reference with dates around the 12th and 20th and mentions of Christian tree and equities. Details are garbled and some entities unreadable, leaving uncertainty about location, people, and actions.
A garbled report from a local council meeting notes a discussion on ambulance cases and a tense exchange among attendees. The chaotic transcript mentions names and a lane reference, ending with a sense of an unsettled conclusion.
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