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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
3
A fragmented notice from Melbourne outlines a youth service initiative connected to local transport and community engagement. The brief item names Melbourne Motor Service and mentions youth activities, with unclear accompanying details or dates.
Listing details for Melbourne area transport and cafe routes with times, stops, and rates. Mentions Central and Greaze locations, weekend and weekday departures, and contact lines for service inquiries.
The Bareena Bowling Club opened its season with a public ceremony in Geelong district, featuring comments from local officials and club leaders. Mayor and Mayoress of Newtown and Chilwell attended, with remarks praising the club’s role in workers’ welfare and the local economy, plus a plan for an afternoon of bowls and social events.
St Albans Methodist Men’s Class met in the vestry with Dr A McLean in the chair. Attendance was moderate as plans were made for a debate on motorways. A letter from Leopold Guild invited members to a social evening. Mr W Stevenson led the syllabus with positions assigned and Forbes and Mr Ewaine noted as winners. A vote of thanks was given to Mr Stevenson. A social ball will be held at Temperance Hall on Tuesday next under local foothold club auspices with prizes for best sustained character and best dressed attendee. September rainfall was exceptionally light with only 128 points recorded locally, compared with past years.
The letter writers critique Christian Science and its preacher, noting a Geelong lecture drew about eight hundred attendees. They discuss Senator Guthrie’s influence, the political climate, and urge an independent Citizens Campaign Committee to support Guthrie in Geelong’s pivotal election, urging coordinated local action.
In Melbourne two men, Era Wood aged 20 and George Strung 47 of Carlysieskreal St Kilda, were injured when a swinging train door struck them in the open doorway of a Tait carriage returning from the Flempgton races. Strung suffered a broken arm and both men were admitted to hospital.
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