A note in the Missing Friends column, for one reader who would know who Ron was.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
RON would like to see you, much to tell, if still interested, write address to G.P.O. L.
| Newspaper | The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Date | July 8, 1938, page 20 |
| Section | Missing Friends, Inquiries |
| Written by | Ron |
| Addressed to | One reader |
| Where | Replies to L., care of the G.P.O. |
The Telegraph was a Brisbane newspaper, published from 1872 to 1947. On July 8, 1938, page 20 carried a column headed Missing Friends, Inquiries, and most of it was about marriage. Holt’s Matrimonial Bureau, in the basement of the O.K. Buildings at 117 Queen Street, ran several ads in it, promising “absolute privacy” and offering its own Lonely Persons’ Club, and two correspondence clubs asked for a club fee and a stamped envelope. The column runs roughly in alphabetical order, by first word.
Ron’s note is written for one reader, who would know who Ron was and what “if still interested” meant. The same column carried another note of that kind: “D41 and daughter are away, both of us are quite well.” Replies to Ron went to the General Post Office, addressed to L.
Public domain in Australia, where it was published in 1938 under a first name only.
Transcribed from the page image on Trove and checked against the original; spelling, abbreviations, and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined.
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