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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
2
The report lists numerous award winners and entries from a local Rome pace event. Names include Jedae Le Mrtacker and Em Steward C A Hollett, with prizes ranging from 5 shillings to 19 shillings. Entries cover vegetables, maps, copy books, and art pieces, highlighting local competitors and judges.
Entries list names Nina Corones Elvis Hieimemann and Woody Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds. Mentions M.S Burton Bag Steward A.B Wang and Grade VI headed and corrected. Includes reference to five entries and printed headlines.
The list records juvenile prize results across multiple categories such as Postcard Drawing, Practical Drawing, Pastel Drawing, Scrap Book, Label Book, Photography, Woodwork, and Leather Work. Notable names appear with placements like George Houre, Dick Akers, Albert Heinemann, Gladys Monday, Stan Soo, Jesus Coline, David Mackin, Bea Walton, and Devid Mockis, with numerous entries noted in each class.
A 19th century craft show list details many entries including Hand Embroidered Table Centre in white, Duchess Set in color, Hand Embroidered Afternoon Tea Cloth, and various knits. Prizes span 2 shillings to 18 shillings with numerous entrants led by Mrs J Forrest, Mrs J Sishep, and Mrs T Cassidy among others.
All work by children from the Warrage District schools. Prizes awarded: first prize four, second prize one. Entries include machine made garments with various judges and participants noted such as Vivian Goodman, Joan Barber, Joyce Sommerfold, Thelma Tuiedge, and Grace VI among nine and seven entries in Grade VII and Grade VI divisions.
A long list of prize entries for cake, jam, biscuits, and puddings appears, naming Agnes Taylor repeatedly with multiple entries and prizes. Other competitors include Mrs A W Fox, Mrs P France, Mrs N Hamlin, Mrs H Dyer, and Mlle Pritchard, with various prizes such as six pence and five shillings. The page snippets show numerous desserts and preserves, indicating a bustling juvenile cookery section and numerous contestants in amateur categories.
The list shows Sponge Sandwich priced at 1 shilling and 0 pence, Plate of Cocoanuts at 1 shilling 1 penny, Date Crema entry at 3 shillings 6 pence, Pamela Armstrong entry, and Ginger Sponge priced 2 shillings 4 pence. Items include rolls and cocoanuts with various prices and entries noted.
A damaged fragment reports Prisbang last Saturday facing charges over a novel plea. The text shows a drunken state and the claim the wooden leg would not face trial. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Philanthropist Aloe Grant of Ediubaexh Seut At ObFantyopie died last week. He left £20,000 to iver and Whew 10 Holyeund Paleee, plus gifts to charity including C2000 to the Scottish National £4- Weary. Grant was remembered as a very humble benefactor.
The last witness to the Eureka Stockade clash, Charles Curnow Phillipe, died at his home near the battlefield. Born near Eureka, he recalled the events and the trapped victims as a boy, offering recollections of the historic 1854 conflict and its aftermath.
The notice outlines pricing for birth notices, engagement and marriage notices, memoriam notices, and related advertising. It lists rates per inch for various types of notices and mentions special contracts and Baton advertising terms.
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