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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1929
Page
2
Auction offers large sheep consignments including fatty wethers lambs and ewes plus 20 fat bullocks 30 fat cows and pigs. Also multiple land lots in Georgetown with leases and rental details under executors of the Sullivan estate. Terms for land sales available by appointment with auctioneers. Registered entries invited.
Sunday April 14 1920 Church notices list Holy Communion at 7 pm Evening Prayer at 3 pm and 1 am services across parishes including S Alban's Gladstone and St Georges Georgetown with evening subject The Monotony of Sin. Local notices invite applications at Georgetown address for sale at Main Street Gladstone.
A Crystal Brook Institute ball Wednesday evening will aid Crystal Brook District Hospital. The event features a first class orchestra, dances, and a large anticipated attendance. Honor secretary is Mr. A. G. Head.
A gift evening was tendered to Miss Trene Creber at Gladstone Methodist Sunday School on the eve of her marriage to Alf Gale. A large number of friends attended and she received many useful gifts including a valuable 400 day clock. Mr Gale and Miss Creber had aided as Sunday School teachers for years. Games, competitions, and a dainty supper followed with contributions from several ladies.
A H L Goode & Co announce the opening of a new up to date fish market in Port Pony. They will sell fresh fish daily in any quantity with delivery by rail to Port Pirie or private markets. Prices listed per 1b include Black Whiting Flathead Snook and more. Cash on first order until satisfactory terms arranged.
On Friday April 12 1929 piano tuner Mr Furness of Messrs Furness Ltd will be in this district in a few days for orders left at this office. The Georgetown Coursing Club meeting is set for Saturday April 20 in the supper room of Georgetown Institute with all invited. Goldsbrough Mort Co Ltd holds a market at Gladstone Tuesday offering 960 sheep 61 cattle pigs poultry and sundries plus four Georgetown land lots in the late B A Sullivan estate see advertisement.
A series of biweekly dances will be held in the hall. The net proceeds will be set aside to provide improved seating accommodation for attendees.
Advertisement touts Sander’s Pure Eucalyptus Extract as safest antiseptic for winter illnesses including catarrh rheumatism and pneumonia. It claims high purity and potency with award honors from New Zealand and Amsterdam and warns against imitators and phellandrene-free formula.
The Gladstone branch holds its monthly meeting at Memorial Hall tonight with M J Gerlach addressing The Child the parent and the school. Quotations note large quinces in Mr W G Cook’s window grown by Bert Head at Huddleston. A third dance for new seating at the Gladstone Institute saw Miss N Robertaou and M W Leesue win a competition.
A reunion dinner of Mid-Northern sub-branches of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League will be held at Gladstone on Saturday evening April 14. The event unites branches in Clare Snowtown Port Pirie Jamestown Crystal Brook Laura Georgetown Brinkworth Red Hill Spalding Blyth and Gladstone. About 150 guests are expected with I N Nicholls and J A Lyons MPs and State President W J McCann in attendance.
The Chamber of Manufactures announces the Palace of Industry, an exhibition to run at the Jubilee Exhibition Buildings and Grounds Adelaide from March 21 to May 17. The prospectus promises cash prizes across many trade and industry categories and invites inquiries from interested applicants.
Mrs. Margaret Humphris died at her home on Henley Beach Road Mile End aged 79 after a long illness. Widow of pioneer Richard Humphris she was born at Morphett Vale and farmed with her husband at Telowie and Gladstone. A Baptist church worker she left six children and 25 grandchildren with one son and four grandsons who served in the Great War.
Twenty members attended a Saturday working bee at the Gladstone Golf Links to clean fairways and push progress toward opening the new course on the 26th. Eighteen holes are laid with bunkers and slagging. the club house has moved to a central position. The annual meeting will be held in Memorial Hall on Monday evening.
A large gathering at Treesmill, residence of Mr and Mrs Growden Gladstone, celebrated Miss Glarys Gale before her marriage to Mr H J Sargent. Guests included many relatives and friends, with recitations, games and a long list of ladies and gentlemen, a supper, and a final Lang Syne.
A blurred advertisement extols SANDER'S BUCALPTPTL EXTRACT as a universal remedy for a bath drop handkerchief wash and dental use. It claims awards in New Zealand and Melbourne and urges buyers to avoid imitations while naming Gladstone Pharmacy as supplier.
Third Class Plate First Division Miss Simon or Ruthven. Second Division Jecess or Knight Commander. Hurdles Peaceful Chief or Seal Gite. Second Class Plate First Division Mistone or Queen Alden. Second Division Maori Star or Mortimer Handicap Kosan or Mary Spa. Steeplechase Joan Hatan or Hungarian. First Class Plate Green Sigg or Aurle Anton.
The fragment lists several individuals and families from Gladstone and surrounding areas spending holidays in Adelaide or visiting relatives. Names include Misa Solly, Mr. and Mrs. Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. Maple, Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Hewett, Mrs. Venning, and Leigh Jeffery among others.
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