This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
8
Chaired session reviews payment of 28 pounds for uniforms and a plan to sign the secretary’s attendance book later. Discussion covers firemen’s recreation funding, doors repairs cost, and budget prep including 666 pounds net expenditure for the year with emphasis on council approval and municipal by laws.
Local council faces questioning of a £20 charge for isolation accommodation at the Town Hall during the recent epidemic period. Debate centers on whether the Hospitals Board or the Town Council bears responsibility, with efforts to clarify authority and budget implications continuing after Thursday’s meeting.
Disjointed text recounts a Monday train trip home for district children after a mid winter break. Names such as Audrey Power Mina Patty Wade Lan Wade and Tom Lysom appear among scattered references to locations like Laceworth Wood Park and Power Teommator Park with no clear event outcome.
Wyandra faced inclement weather over the district last week disrupting travel. A reported train strike affected services on Monday, delaying passengers to Bristol and causing property damage concerns with limited weekly wages and potential longer-term readout delays.
A contested Quilpie gathering details a crowded event with speeches and notices of arrangements for a marine convoy, listing attendees and officials. The report records local names such as J R Wade and J T Pye, along with several residents and a hospital reference, noting holiday plans and a ceremonial wheel of a truck.
Fragmentary text references Church of England, August event timing, meetings, and community notices. Mentions people like Morven and Morven LTE with scattered place names and dates, but many words are garbled, making precise details unavailable.
An itemized council record outlines outstanding accounts totaling 35 268 cr and a balance of £915. It details medical staff salaries, hospital expenses, and planned building works at Charterville and Austell hospitals. It notes the impact on funds, pending payments, and proposed actions to recover debts from private wards and creditors.
Review of competitions covers Wallal Cap in 1930s series with Charleville. Charleville dominated nine-year span. 19 matches played with Charleville trebling. Charleville retained the Cap in 192 and 1920 with recent results noted. Also discusses team selections, injuries, hospital funding dispute, and council electricity contingency for hospital needs.
Examination results show mixed scores with many OCR errors across names and subjects. The report lists Charleville teams details including selections for forwards backs and halves, naming players such as Paulbhack Hall Oakey Turner Gyre Jenkis Ups James Kratzman Pelt Pruser Wall, Helnemaan Daring Mguth Ball Peard Pritchard Braytey and others, noting a forthcoming Ballmon Cup match and coach reframing training.
A fragmentary report describes an operation at sea involving W Pos and Mrs ex te on a boating trip in the Ebon F. Wine, Minister for Agriculture and Education, traveled from Wentorm Australia to Dayton and Singapore as a Government Trade Commissioner. It notes an emergency operation, damages to the ship Come ete, and a windward collision described by agricultural officials. The piece hints at lasting memory among oil residents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.