Argus 7th september 2016

Volume 11, Issue 17

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September 7th - September 21st 2016

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History & Reflections

Oldest Thing in my Shop?

Pride in your Town This edition we return to a little more history of people who made a difference to our Mine, one being Captain George Anderson Richard who was one of the great General Managers of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company.

Captain Richard was born in Tasmania in 1861 and later he studied at the Ballarat School of Mines in assaying, chemistry and metallurgy.

On a chance visit to Mount Morgan in 1884 he was noticed by Wesley Hall who employed him as a metallurgist. Wesley Hall could see his possibilities and by 1894 he was superintendent of treatment works. At this peak it was one of the largest chlorination plants in the world.

In 1901 he travelled around Australia, North America, Europe and South Africa examining copper smelting processes.

After the resignation of Wesley Hall in 1891 Roger Lisle became General Manager for short years when it was reported that gold was said to be stolen from the mine. Lisle was dismissed and then Captain Richard was appointed General Manager in 1904. He again visited The United States in 1907 to inspect copper mines, mills and smelters and refineries as copper was then being produced in Mount Morgan.

It was very fortunate that in 1903 the Railway line from Rockhampton to Gladstone was opened and in 1905 the line from Walter Hall station to the mine site was opened allowing for easier transportation of the copper bars.

Naturally with the introduction of copper smelting many problems would have been experienced

and in the years 1907 and 1908 the mine had the terrific underground accidents when 26 men were killed. Captain Richard resigned in 1912 not in the best of health. After visiting London in 1913 he returned to Australia and in the First World War offered his services specialising in land mining operations. He returned to Brisbane and lived a quiet life till his death in 1943, aged 82 years.

During his time as General Manager Mount Morgan became the most famous gold mine in the world employing 2500 men and a town population of 14000. In the local paper “The Chronicle” was printed “they are wont to refer to Rockhampton as a suburb of Mount Morgan”.

Graeme Meade from Collectables & Memories East Street A customer asked me last week what the oldest thing in my shop was, I thought about it for a couple of seconds and told him I have some old rock artefacts as well as some rocks from the mine that I use to show people what all the fuss was about. I was thinking about after he left, I have lots of old stuff, some things over 100 years old, but some items are hard to date to a specific time period.

Some of the bottles I have are very old, hand blown, but they don’t have dates on them. I have a couple of embossed Mount Morgan bottles that are very old. One bottle that apparently dates to the 1860s is this Avan Hoboken @ Co bottle. It has Avan Hoboken @ Co Rotterdam embossed on 2 sides, a seal on the top with AH stamped into it. The embossing makes it a moulded bottle, it looks like 2 moulds were used, with a “blob seal” on the top with the AH stamped in, the top lip would have been blobbed on or hand blown. This is a Gin bottle was made by the Anthony Van Hoboken Trading Company from Rotterdam Holland, there must have been hundreds of thousands of these bottles made, and they were shipped all around the world.

Captain Richard was extremely keen on higher education and from much of his efforts our Technical College was built and Mining subjects were taught there. He also had great input into a Queensland School of Mines institution. During his time as General Manager he was noted for his loyalty to his staff and always had time for the common workman. He followed Walter Hall’s generosity to the town, its people, churches, hospitals, school and sporting bodies. How fortunate Mount Morgan has been to have men like Captain Richard and many others in our early history days, men of character, generous, The bottle weighs just over 1 kg, is 27 hardworking and with foresight. cm tall, 7.5 cm at base and 10 cm across on the widest part of the top. It looks

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Challenge the Mountain Saturday the 28th August while frost lay on the ground in low lying areas of Mount Morgan, our intreprid reporter braved the cold to make her way up to the Arthur Timms Lookout to greet the Challenge the Mountain Participants.

The group left the velodrome in Berserker Street, about 6 am on a perfect CQ winters day, cold morning, beautiful sunshine, light breeze, almost a bike riders dream conditions. The ride as far as Bouldercombe is flat, then a couple of rolling hills, after that the only way is up.

The top of the range is about 300 meters above sea level, so it is about 4 kilometres of winding road with spectacular views, (that’s if you have time to take a breath and have a look).

Not to be deterred our newshound then made her way to the Mount Morgan Hot Bread Shop where over 55 Push Bike Riders were feasting on coffee and delicacies from the White Elephant and Hot Bread Shop.

Graeme Meade meet them and welcomed them to Mount Morgan. Betty Broome gave them a short talk on the history of the mining operation. After refreshments they did a short tour of Mount Morgan and were back on the road before 9am.

The riders were due at 7.30am, however as time ticked on and no sign of a push bike in site except the one that Graeme Meade had ridden up, a lonely figure made his way slowly up the road to the lookout. Perspiring profusely despite the nip in the air Joe Adaire, leader of the pack, had ridden up to inform the welcoming party that the riders couldn’t resist the call of the bakery and were having breakfast.

I am sure the ride down was more enjoyable than the ride up.

Many thanks to Joe Adair, Challenge the Mountain and Robbie McEwen for making this a great event.

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Mount Morgan Wattle Fun Day 2016 National Wattle Day celebrations 4.

were in full swing in Mount Morgan on the 3rd of September 2016 with Mount Morgan Promotion & Development Inc. hosting the Mount Morgan Wattle Fun day & Village Markets at the Railway complex.

The jam packed day commenced with Phillip Toby’s Welcome to Country. The event was then officially opened by the Rockhampton Regional Council Mayor, Margaret Strelow. Bob Pacey compered the proceedings and entertained the audience with his light banter and Peotry.

The Crowd grew steadily throughout the day with many people coming into the complex eager to listen to the live entertainment that was on offer.

The youngest entertainers from the local Mount Morgan Child Care Centres Red Frog and Kindy Care delighted the audience with their beautiful songs and smiling faces.

The entertainment continued throughout the day with performances by The Rocky Rockers, Multicultural Mob, Murray Hare & Cherie Rutherford

The Bouldy Singers, Greg & Trish Mathers , Tony and one of our favourite entertainers Di Coburne who kindly provided the audio equipment for MMPAD’s use.

Debbie Rose Boutique and her models showcased their stuff on stage with their fashion parade and the Belly Dancers hypnotised the crowds with their rythmic dance. It really was a mix of entertainment for all.

Just before midday, all eyes were on the stage as John Steinberger presented the MMPAD Wattle Day Award. This years Recipient was Murray Hare who received his award for outstanding service to the community.

Facepainting stall at wattle festival

There was plenty to see with demonstrations by the Men’s Shed, The State Emergency Service, Queensland Fire & Rescue and Bidgerdii were on hand to take blood pressures and glucose checks.

The Wattle Fun Day also catered to youngsters with amusement rides and activities including balloon twisting and the face painting station was chaotic at times with eager children lined up to have their face painted.

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Mayor Margaret Strelow opening the markets

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The Entertainment would not have been complete without the beautiful performance by Gemma Louise Kirby. Gemma Started her Performance just after midday.

As soon as everybody heard her songs, the seating area became full quite quickly.

The market stalls offered a wide variety of bargains which included plants, preserves and jams, craft supplies, delicious cooking, jewellery, handcrafted teddy bears, scrapbooking gear, cosmetics, gems, kitchen products, licorice, toys, knic knacks, ice-cream and much more.

The Devonshire Teas in the Railway Station Foyer were very popular and sold out over a couple of hours. Many people also took advantage of the offer of a free Mount Morgan Wattle seeding courtesy of Golden Mount Nursery.

If you didn’t manage to pick one up and would like a free seedling there are still a few available at the Railway Complex, so come down and ask our friendly staff at the kiosk counter for one.

Thanks to the children who participated in our colouring competition and congratulations to the winners in each age group.

Gemma Louise Kirby Performing

Victoria & Claire

Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc. Would like to thank Rockhampton Regional Council, Mayor Margaret Strelow, Cherie Rutherford, Neil Fisher, Drew Wickerson, Bob Pacey, Phillip Toby, Di Coburn, Debbie Rose, The Multicultural Mob, Tony, the Bouldy Singers, Rocky Rockers and Gemma Louise Kirby. Thank you also to all Stall Holders and all our volunteers at the railway station for all your help in making the Wattle Day celebrations a success.

In particular MMPAD would like to thank Rockhampton Regional Council for their funding of $500.

High School Variety Night

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Golden Mount Nursery is Returning to Mount Morgan!

A Chilled Night at the Movies

An exciting piece of news is currently circling around town.

Well I am here to tell you now. Golden Mount Nursery has decided to come back from the world of internet trading to have a premises once again in Mount Morgan. Whilst details given about the location are not yet available, it still hasn’t stopped residents from getting excited.

The Hare family started Golden Mount Nursery in 2001 after taking over the lease from the council nursery on the banks of the number 7 dam. They traded there for nearly 10 years until the business closed its doors and retreated to internet trading. After a 6 year break (and numerous people asking “When are you starting up a nursery again?”), the Hare family decided it was time to return.

“Originally we said we would never open up a nursery again. Too many break-ins, droughts and paperwork. We later realised this also meant we were purchasing high cost, mefiocre quality plants for our own garden that didn’t do too well in our area. Murray started propergating plants for the home garden so it just made sense to go back to a Nursery set up” Stay tuned to the Facebook page “Golden Mount Nursery” for further details.

It will be great to see everyone again

On Friday August 26th Mount Morgan SHS put on the School’s Annual Variety Night. It was a great success even though it was the coldest weekend of August. Many students, staff, family and friends came out to the school Friday night to see the talent that this school has to offer. We saw students from all grades presenting their skills ranging from singing to dancing to acting and even to lip syncing.

This night could not have happened if it weren’t for the help of all the students and staff working behind the scenes to create the night. In particular we saw a few year 11 and 12 students working most of the school day to help set up and running the night both on stage and behind the scenes.

The school was able to raise approximately $200 just on admission alone so we sincerely thank the Mount Morgan community for supporting the school and the talented students we have at Mount Morgan SHS and hope you enjoyed this wonderful night like we did!

Senior’s Morning Tea

Being a Senior is something worth celebrating.

This is exactly what seniors state wide do each year mid August. Due to unforseen circumstances, Mount Morgan Pensioners celebrations were held 29th August in The School of Arts.

The organiser of the Morning tea, 82year old Pat Hare Secretary of the Mount Morgan League, said over 50 people attended.

Attendance was down this year mainly due to sickness Guests enjoyed musical items by the Stock Brothers and Dianne Coburn. There was a Lucky Door, Money Board and Multi Draw.

Special Guests were long stay residents of the Mount Morgan Hospital. Thanks to Steve Cooper for bringing these residents.

Guests came from Rockhampton, Gracemere, also Councillors Cherie Rutherford, Ellen Smith, Neil Fisher and Drew Wickerson who gave their time to attend.

A Bouquet of flowers was given to the oldest person, 96 year old Mrs Bessie North.

Pat and Committee of the Mount Morgan Pensioners sincerely thanked all who supported and attended the event.

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Tuesday 9 August | 10am - 12pm Tuesday 13 September | 10am - 12pm Tuesday 11 October | 10am - 12pm Tuesday 8 November | 10am - 12pm Tuesday 6 December 10am - 12pm @The Green Shed, 36Thompson Avenue Mount Morgan For more information contact 4936 8569 or email CommunityDevelopment@rrc.qld.gov.au

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Road Safety Week at Kindy Care Mount Morgan

Last week the children at Kindy Care learnt about the importance of road safety and awareness, this program ran in conjunction with Road Safety Week.

Road Tek kindly came on board with our learning experience by lending us some of their road safety signs and traffic cones, this was an excellent experience for the children to be able to touch and feel the signs along with learning why these signs are used.

Through Road Tek being part of this learning experience, we were able to educate the children about safety in roadworks which in turn then empowers the children to help educate their families about roadwork safety. The children actively practised the use of pedestrian crossings, the understanding of traffic lights and what each colour represented.

We learnt about how to be safe whilst riding in the car and how wearing our seat belt and sitting in our car seat is very important. Whilst riding our push bikes we learnt that we must wear our helmets and ride under the supervision of our parents.

Through this educational experience the Kindy Care children expanded on their prior knowledge and gained valuable experience in road safety.

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Wildlife Matters

By Trish Mathers - Phone 04005 91504 Spring has sprung and with it comes lots of wildlife babies, especially birds. Birds are good parents, they spend a lot of time foraging for food for their new babies and also a lot of time protecting them.

Even last years babies quite often get booted out of the area, unless, as with some species, the now teenagers help in caring for the nestlings.

Kookaburras have only one breeding pair, who will nest in a tree hollow, and the whole family takes on the role of parenting the chicks. Aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, indeed the whole lot of them will feed and care for the hatchlings. Even after fledging, the babies are taken care of by the whole family. Kookies even look after the elderly in their family group and will often bring food to the old timer who may be having trouble feeding itself.

Magpies on the other hand will often kick their last babies out of their territory. Maggie mum and dad look after the chicks, and as we all know, they are very protective of their nests. If you have to venture into the area of nesting magpies that swoop (not all of them do), then please don’t try hitting them with sticks. This will make them extremely aggressive, and as they have good memories, they will be very aggressive each and every year after that. If you pick a branch to protect yourself, then make it one with leaves on it. This way it will deter them and neither you nor they are likely to get injured.

Newly fledged birds mostly end up on the ground., however their parents will continue to look after them. They DO NOT need rescuing! If they are in danger then you can place them on a branch in a nearby tree high enough for them to be out of reach of dogs and cats. Some birds, particularly magpies, hunt for food on the ground, and the juveniles will spend the majority of their time on the ground also, sometimes up to 18 months is spent on the ground before they decide to take to the trees.

If you find a baby bird on the ground, please place it on a branch in a nearby tree only if it is in danger. If their is no threat then leave them on the ground. This is where they are supposed to be, unless they are very tiny nestlings. Nestlings can be either put back in their nest (if you can reach it) or you can make a nest for them and hang it in a tree nearby. A hanging basket lined with dry grass is perfect, or you can use and old ice cream tin or similar with holes punched in the bottom so water can drain out, and line this with dry grass. Keep a bit of an eye on them to make sure the parents are feeding them.

It is an old wives tale that birds will reject their babies if handled by humans.

The Orange Dot Movie Review

By Larry at Fox Video

If you’re a father, or the child of a father (15 years or older that is) FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS will touch you where you live.

RUSSELL CROWE (acting genius) and the lovely AMANDA SEYFRIED open the doors to the very private lives of two fascinating people and their enthralling personal story.

This week’s Orange Dot movie, FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS is the tale of a Dad and his little girl living 25 years apart in New York City.

In the 1980’s, Jake Davis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and widower who struggles with mental illness brought on by emotional trauma (PTSD) as he tries to raise his 5-year-old daughter, Katie.

Meanwhile, in a present-day Manhattan, 30-year-old Katie is battling the demons and inner turmoil that stem from her troubled childhood. Then she meets an aspiring young writer , Aaron Paul.

With an outstanding ensemble cast including the amazing JANE FONDA (this woman was a risque film goddess in the 60’s, a fitness guru in the 80’s and 90’s and she still looks fantastic) and the always watchable BRUCE GREENWOOD, FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS ia a powerful, touching experience about the enduring, incredible strength of family and love.

It’ll give your heart a little squeeze...Do you good.

FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS is masterfully directed by GABRIELLE MUCCINO, is rated M for Sex Scenes, Sexual References and Infrequent Coarse Language, and it runs for 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Life happens. Loved it!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY DADS!

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Green Thumb

By Murray Hare

This time I am going to talk about another Australian native plant. Eremophila.

In addition to this name, they may also be referred to as Emu Bush, Poverty Bush,Fuchsia Bush, Tar or Turpentine Bush. (that’s a lot of names) Eremophila species are locally dominant in many areas, often growing in impoverished sites.

These plants really are the definition of tough. They are tolerant of harsh conditions, including drought, fire, frost, and grazing (the name Poverty Bush being aptly applied.)

Even though they can handle floods they really do prefer it in Semi-arid and arid areas of Australia (They LOVE western Australia with most of the species of Eremophilas being found there). Over watering them does tend to kill them They come in a variety of different colours.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Purple, White, some with silver foliage, some with dark green foliage. They are all different. Some may look similar in colour but they will have differences in shades.

Eremophila growing habits vary from species to species. Some are small growing prostrate plants, some are medium sized rambling bushes and there are a few tree sized ones so make sure you read lables carefully to decided which one is best for your garden.

Currently there are over 214 species of Erempohila recognised. A lot of these are very hard to source so if you love Eremophila’s that much, it will be hard to find them all.

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Local Sports

High School Sports

News From the Lorikeets

The Mount Morgan Lorikeets Rugby Union team travelled to Biloela to take on the home team in the 2016 reserve grade grand final.

The Biloela team showed their intent early, holding the ball for multiple phases and crossing for the first try of the game within minutes of the start of the game to take a 5-nil lead. The Lorikeets were not to be outdone however and scored two first half tries of their own to take a 12-nil in to half time.

In the second half the Biloela team started to gain the upper hand, scoring two tries to go to the lead 19-12. The traded tries until the end of regular time, with Mt Morgan scoring an equalising try (26 all) right on full time to send the final into extra time.

Both teams gave everything they had in the 20 minutes of extra time.

Mt Morgan took the lead first with a penalty goal before Biloela hit back with a try giving them a 4 point lead. Despite desperate attempts the Lorikeets were not able regain the lead and Biloela took out the 2016 premiership 33 points to 29.

17/8 Last week our Intermediate Raptors had a close call against St Brendan’s with a narrow 18-16 win. It was clear that this wasn’t the same St Brendan’s team we played earlier in the season and beat by a considerable margin. This didn’t matter as our boys matched tackle for tackle, kick for kick in a close and competitive game.

It was not our best performance of the season but a win is still a win. Man of the match was Blayze Chalson.

Last week our Open Raptors played North Rockhampton in a fiery clash, that resulted in another win for the Open team 24 -14. This game was a big surprise, as we underestimated the NRH team. At half time the game was too close to call as either team could have come away with the win. However, our boys dug deep and fought off the strong attacking style of the NRH team. It was not until the end of the game that we had realised some of the NRH team were actually their First 13 players who were playing down to make a team. This made the win even more satisfying, knowing that we were able to match it with the some of the best from NRH. Man of Match was Cody Curtis.

24/08 This round saw the beginning of finals for the Junior and Senior Raptors.

Golf Club News

Sunday 21st August saw three of our Junior members represent the club by competing in their first away competition at the Rockhampton Junior Open. It was also another first, as the kids competed on grass greens, which are a lot faster than our sand greens. Despite the unfamiliar territory, our little three holers did us proud! Well done to Sienna Miller and Georgia Moss for a fine effort, and a big congratulation to Liam Moss, who not only took out Runner Up for 3 Hole Boys, but also the Longest Drive. A big thankyou to our Junior Sponsors, The Golden Mount Festival Committee. Your support makes competing possible!

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Next Argus an update on our 6 and 9 Hole Juniors!

Photo: Liam Moss with his Trophy

The Junior Raptors played St Brendan’s, who beat RGS last week to progress to the first Semi Final. The first half was a close contest with the score 16 -10 at halftime.

With a famous Kev Crawford spraying during the break, our boys came out and were a totally different team. We piled on an unanswered 48 points to beat St Brendan’s 62 -10. It was a phenomenal team performance to score so many points in one half of footy. Well done to the boys who now progress straight to the Grand Final, which will be played at Browne Park on the 7/09. Man of the Match was Cody Brown.

It was hoped that our Senior Raptors could follow the performance of the Juniors and also come away with a win. However this was not the case, with our Senior boys losing their first game of the season 26 – 12 to a strong St Brendan’s team. The score did not reflect the quality of the game. We had many chances to score but our execution was quite poor. This loss ends our finals campaign and season for 2016. I am very proud of the boys for their efforts this season.

They have demonstrated that with a good preseason anything is possible. Although we didn’t reach our goal of making the GF we certainly proved to ourselves just how good we played with many victories coming over much bigger and better schools. We may have lost the battle but our war is far from over as we now look to get ready for Country Cup Tour which will take place on the first weekend of the September school holidays.

Damper at the Dam

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On Wednesday the 31st August 2016 the Dee River Oldies Group held Damper at the Dam to celebrate Seniors Week. 53 people attended the morning tea and that included 9 people form 60 and Better Rockhampton and Steven Cooper and Margaret Charles came with 9 long stay residents from the Hospital.

Attendees dined on Curry & Rice along with damper and syrup while they listened to music supplied by Bruce and Jenny of “Sounds Good”.

The winners of the 3 Breakfast trays supplied by IGA were Amanda Vievers, Minica Grant who was back visiting the town and Karele Coutts. A wonderful day was held by all.

News From MMPAD What a busy week we’ve just had. A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Mount Morgan Wattle Fun Day and Village Markets last Saturday! Thank you first of all to Rockhampton Regional Council for their funding assistance towards the day and we were pleased to have Mayor Margaret Strelow, Deputy Mayor Cherie Rutherford, Councillor Drew Wickerson and Councillor Neil Fisher attend the event.

A big thank you to the MMPAD executive and members, all the volunteers from outside the organisation and to our own Railway Museum volunteers who gave of their time. We really appreciate your assistance and support.

Thank you to all our stall holders who provided such a great variety of wares for customers to choose from.

Thank you to the public who came out to support this event for without you it wouldn’t have been the success it was.

Congratulations to Murray Hare the recipient of the MMPAD Wattle Day Award for his outstanding contribution to our Mount Morgan community. Murray works quietly behind the scenes helping out so many organisations and people in town quietly and with humility.

Recently we were pleased to take delivery of a new Queensland Flag courtesy of our Member for Mirani Mr Jimmy Pearce followed by a new Australian Flag courtesy of our Member for Flynn Mr. Ken O’Dowd.

Rhonda Ramm Railway Museum Coordinator

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SAVE THE DATE! Sept 10: Blue Care Trash & Treasure, Gordon Street. Household

goods, clothes and much more.

Sept 10: Local Ambulance Committee Sausage Sizzle 9am - 12 Noon. IGA Car Park Sept 10: QCWA Spring Cent Sale & Mulit Draw. QCWA Hall East Street. 2pm Start Sept 10: Baree School of Arts, Car Boot Sale and Markets Sept 15: GMFA Bingo. St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall, Gordon St. Doors open 6:30pm. Play starts 7:30pm Sept 16: Stroke Awareness Day Bidgerdii Clinic Sept 17: QCWA Garage Sale. QCWA Hall East Street. 9am - 2pm.

Sept 17: Mount Morgan Arts and Crafts Car Boot Sale Markets & Sausage Sizzle. 8am - 12pm at the School of Arts Sep 24: Calliungal Rural Fire Brigade AGM & Public Fire Levy Meeting. Newman Oval 9:30am Sep 24: Mount Morgan Roseo Association Inc. Motor Extravaganza. 10am Start Mount Morgan Showgrounds.

Oct 1,2,3: Capricornia Historical Motor Club Inc Rally. Phone Greg on 4938 1886 or 0429 911022 Oct 6: GMFA Bingo. St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall, Gordon St. Doors open 9am. Play starts at 10am Oct 8: Blue Care Trash & Treasure, Gordon Street. Household goods, clothes and much more.

Oct 13: GMFA Bingo. St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall, Gordon St. Doors open 6:30pm. Play starts 7:30pm Oct 20: GMFA Bingo. St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall, Gordon St. Doors open 9am. Play starts 10am

Need a Flyer or Poster Designed?

Have something you need printed or laminated?

Come down and see the friendly people at MMPAD and we can help. Contact us on 4938 2312 for prices or further information.

Drop in and see us at the Railway Complex.

Next Argus: out Wednesday, 21st September. If you have something you’d like included in this issue, please note that all inclusions are required by Friday 16th September.

Ph: 4938 2312 Email: mmpad@bigpond.com

CLASSIFIEDS

MOBILE RWC: Mobile road worthy certificates. Phone Bruce on 044 790 3100.

PAINTER: Semi retired. W. Cruickshank Phone 0488104774 or 0488105257. QBCC No-75608.

HANDYMAN: Small Jobs. Phone Greg. 0400 591504.

STROKE AWARENESS DAY: Bidgerdii Clinic - 83 Morgan Street, Friday 16th Spetember 12pm - 2pm. Lunch Provided.

All Welcome The Calliungal Rural Fire Brigade: will be holding their AGM & Public Fire Levy Meeting Saturday 24th Spetember at their shed Newman Oval 9:30am. All Welcome Home for Rent: Quality Apartment town centre. Suit one to two person/s. $180/wk PH: 0447 059 469

Community Notices

My family and myself thank the people of Mount Morgan for their condolences at our time of loss.

Esther Popovich & Family Anne Hunt would like to thank the Dee River Oldies for their lovely get well card and the warm wishes which were very much appreciated.

Aged pensioner requires reliable transport to Allenstown.

Conditions apply. Contact Kathleen on 4938 1189 Original sharpening stone from Jackson’s Butcher, given to Greg Graham will be transferred to Men’s Shed by Peter, Secretary of men’s shed once repaired. Michele Silvo.

CWA: Colleen Todd. Winner of Fathers Day Raffle.

WheelBarrow full of goods.

I would like to thank everyone who sent me cards and well wishes while I was in hospital. Your thoughts and prayers were much appreciated. Thank You Keith Hare

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