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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1952
Page
7
Easter services in Longreach drew large crowds with Good Friday worshippers filling churches and St. Brigid's unable to accommodate the turnout. Sunday saw many at morning services and the normal evening service, with clergymen noting improved attendances and more parishioners who rarely visited.
Cheryl Keene a nine year old Longreach girl was found exhausted asleep under a tree a mile and a half from Riohole after more than 200 men searched the Thomson River area. She suffered foot cuts from burrs and a forehead bruise but is in hospital for observation.
Wanderers under 17s routed Longreach 36 to 0 with goals from Cummings Crow Murray Hamilton Wheatley Murray and Gune. Longreach showed fight in the first half but failed to finish moves as their inexperience showed in the local clash. Bob McNeil starred defensively for Longreach as a standout centre.
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