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SLADE POINT.

A quiet and pretty seaside place which has became very popular recently is Slade Point, five miles distant from Mackay Post Office by the road which goes past the gates of the harbor, and through a shady scrub.

There are 100 residences along the shores of the five beaches, which stretch from the harbor site to M’Cready Creek, a run of several miles of good bathing and fishing spots.

There is an abundance of shade trees right to the water’s edge, and happy picnic parties may be seen in many nooks on holidays. Several shops cater for the needs of the public, and a school is to be built next month.

At the southern end, facing Slade Rock, there is a rocky headland where the angler may pay attention to bream and other fish which inhabit the deep pools. Along the sandy beaches whiting and flathead

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LINDEMAN ISLAND.

Tourists Delighted.

Further praise of Lindeman Island was given by tourists who returned from Lindeman Island by the ketch Tonka on Friday evening. Among those who returned were Mrs. F. E. Shortt, Misses A. and K. Sheldon, Edith Webster, and S. Frederiksen, of Brisbane.

“It is one of the most glorious of places,” said Miss A. Sheldon. Miss Sheldon, who has been to Cairns previously, and also has travelled Europe, said she did not believe Lindeman could be surpassed for scenery. “We do not say it is better than on the other side,” she observed, “but it is quite equal in its own way.”

“Absolutely everything possible has been done to give us a good time. We have seen eveything there is to be seen,” chimed in the rest of the party – “all except a dugong! As for Lindeman, we like everything connected with it.

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HOLIDAY HAUNTS.

Islands Off the Coast.

Some years ago Mr. H. V. Gibbs enjoyed a trip arranged by the Tourist Bureau amongst the islands off the Queensland coast, and later paid a visit to parts of the Barrier Reef with a scientific party. His impressions formed the basis of an interesting discourse to workshops employees in the lunch-hour yesterday.

Opening his address with the remark that a holiday amongst the islands was of more than passing interest, Mr. Gibbs, in a breezy talk, gave a glowing picture of the attractions offering on the coast from Moreton Bay to Galdstone, to those who sought an unusual holiday. At one time there was a proposal to take Brisbane’s water supply from Stradbroke Lakes, he said, but owing to the difficulties of carrying the water under the sea it was abandoned. Captain Cook was reputed to have first landed in the

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The Sir William Glasgow memorial, at the corner of Ann and Roma Streets, taken in 9 March 1967.

Charles Bean described Sir William Glasgow as ‘the most forcible of the three strong brigadiers of the 4th Division. With keen blue eyes looking from under puckered humorous brows as shaggy as a deer-hound’s; with the bushman’s difficulty of verbal expression but sure sense of character and situations; with a fiery temper, but cool understanding and a firm control of men; with an entire absence of vanity, but translucent honesty and a standard of rectitude which gave confidence both to superiors and subordinates, he could – by a frown, a shrewd shake of the head, or a twinkle in [the eye]… awaken in others more energy than would have been evoked by any amount of exhortation.’

Sir William died in Brisbane in 1955 and was given a State funeral.

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