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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
4
A signed note from F B O Rourke secretary outlines a loan of £1500 for a sugar farm in Plane town. Specifications include a pump for irrigation, a 60,000 aden per hour capacity, a 2% horsepower tractor, and 150 acres with 80 under 20 acre cane for this year's planting.
A Grand Masked Domino Ball and Fancy Dress Ball will be held at Limited Hall for sale on the evening. Proceeds benefit the Longreach Brigade. C. Hurst is Hon. Secretary urging support and enthusiasm for the worthy cause.
Auctioneer B O Rourke will sell Freehold Town Properties on Saturday July 6 1923 at 2 30 pm at his Auction Mart in Duck Sire conns offering allotments on Swan Street Crane Street and Ilfracombe Road with cottages dwellings outbuildings water and fencing The Executors of the Estate of the late Pris M A J Davis Estate late Patrick Tobin and Mr Weight also have allotments and residences For private sale there are additional residences and vacant allotments along with furniture and sundries.
Advertisement notes a reliable couple formerly in station work seeking an erection of six miles of ordinary wire fencing. Details available at Ogle Street office with New Zealand end and Maneaus Agency Company Limited. Witnesses and dates listed accompany the notice, including agistment rates and a proprietor signature.
Public notices announce a football excursion on Sunday July 1 at Aireshment Rooms Parcaldine with Mrs Harold Rodgers as lessee. A shire event follows on Tuesday July 17 1923 with ticket prices listed and entries closing July 1 at 8 p.m. for Barcaldine exhibitors and sections per Lloyd Jones secretary.
In Gage weean candidates may submit in writing until July 2 for committeemen of the Longreach Centre. Three members are required. If more than three are received a poll will be held per Brigade rules. 945 A.C. Bolway, Secretary.
Longreach to host Chaplain-General Holden CBE VD BA, a leading Australian Methodist figure, for an address titled Abroad With the Diggers on Wednesday July 4 at the Methodist Church. Sailor Salvation Army Commissioner and Mrs Whatmore to attend Longreach Friday July 20 for public reception with talks on Salvation Army service and Australia impressions.
A billygoat battered a plate glass window valued at £30 while on duty the previous evening. The constable drove it off after it charged the window again, forcing the return of a blanket. An upcoming property sale is announced for July 6th with multiple valuable lots listed.
The Longreach Jockey Club committee met in the secretary's office to approve £101 1s 6d in payments and plan the July 28 AGM. They discussed fencing work for the paddock, delaying plans to net the eastern fence, and sending plans to the Lands Department. Sub committees were appointed to tackle the Derby, Sires Produce Stakes, and an owners circular seeking support. The meeting closed with thanks to the chairman. Also noted is the death of Rockhampton director Robert Macfarlane, prompting closure of James Stewart and Co. premises.
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