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Newspaper

The Areas Express

Location

Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia

Date

Apr 14, 1933

Page

4

Wirrabara Football Club holds annual meeting

The Wirrabara Football Club met on Wednesday April 1 with President P. Hoskins presiding. Reports were read and adopted. Officers were elected including Patron A. M. Mahood President Hoskins Vice Presidents Bennett McLeod Kranz Crew Joint Secretaries Schneider Smith, delegates Sutter Phillis, proxies Kranz Cummins, auditors Webb Hunt, time keeper Hoskins, gatekeepers Cox Anderson, selection committee Kranz Phillis Clarke, captain Sutter, vice captain Barker, umpires Heart Bennett Leggett, membership fee set at 5/-. A vote of thanks was given to M. J. Phillis. match fees fixed 1/- away players and 2/- non players. Secretaries asked Croquet Club ladies to provide afternoon tea at away games. A hearty welcome was extended to the meeting.

Wirrabara Football Club P. Hoskins A. M. Mahood A. Bennett W. Bennett W. McLeod G. Kranz J. Crew R. J. Schneider W. S. Smith N.A.F.A J. Sutter M. J. Phillis R. Cummins T. Webb C. Hunt Mr. P. Hoskins H. Cox D. Anderson de Kranz M. Phillis J. Clarke S. Barker Heart, Bennett Croquet Club

Trials and Races List Headlines

Trials list shows numerous horses and events including Prince Virgin Ethioberry and 2nd div Better Ton, Marco Simon Peter, Hurdles Chatswood Rusticiana Great Chester, Oakhbank Cup, teeple Nat Plume Exclusive, Hills Stakes Madam Lanius Steel Guitar John Orby, Von Doussa teeple Tonare Pistol Fuse Detachi, Welter Rafatol Last Gun Doran ton, Hurdles Sporting King or Quoral lan Flying Heep Black Anton or Double Alley, Nevice Purple Prince or Lone Flight, Laura Holep Noganda or St Just, Rocky Rived Hdcep St Just or Black Anton, Trails Glenette Molly's Pet, Booyoolie Stakes St Just or Double Alley Doncaster Saturday Winook Dermid Jacko, Sydney Cup Monday Loush Neach Braehuru Rogilla.

Prince Virgin Ethioberry Ton Marco Simon Peter Chatswood Rusticiana Great Chester Kalford Trithorne Teeple Nat Plume Home Maid Exclusive Madam Lanius John Orby von Doussa Tonare Detachi Welter Rafatol Last Gun Doranton Sporting King Quorallan Flying Heep Black Anton Double Alley Nevice Purple Prince Lone Flight Laura Holep Noganda St. Just Rocky Rived Glenette Molly's Doncaster Winook Dermid Jacko Loush Neach Braehuru Rogilla

District Lookouts Hire New Players Amid Season Plans

A number of new players have joined the district. The plan includes arranging a match with Solomontown and awarding secretaries an honorarium for any season surplus.

Solomontown

Booborowie District Council Meeting Notes March

Booborowie District Council held a session on March 20 with full attendance. The chair reported on a Gladstone firefighting and roadwork conference, council approved travel allowances and sympathy for a bereaved member, and endorsed various road, footbridge, and ratepayers’ lease actions. Tenders for district road works were discussed with several accepted and some re-advertised. Payments to District Aide and Main Road accounts were listed.

Gladstone Cr. Pryde Cr. Warner Cr. Parker Dr. Tiver Sumner Hallett Cr. Lambert Cr. Tiver Mt. Bryan-Booborowie Pryde Parker Manture Mt. Bryan Govt. Battery Alongalata Samara Cr. Ashby Lambert Children’s Hospital Ayers F. W. Bullock G G. Hawker Anne R. J. Prior Davis N. A Metherney J. J. McInerney J. G. Hogan N. S. McInerney Glover Dr. Parker Dr. Pryde

Memorial Park Ball Supper Nets 22 Pounds for Memorial Fund

Memorial Park Ladies' Committee reports the Military Ball supper on March 28 raised 22 pounds net for the Memorial Park account. expenses under 2 pounds. The response was poorer than in past events due to short planning time and miscommunication about the Soldiers' Memorial appeal.

Memorial Park E. Turner

Rifle match and early prize contest at Gladstone

Fifty years ago Areas No. 1 Rifle Co. beat Blyth Co. 769 to 698 with top scores by Pt. Harvey 118 and Capt. Brooks 116. An April 14 1882 prize event for £33 to the Gladstone Rifle Co. featured distances of 200 300 and 400 yards. A later note covers April scores and winners at Laura races and a northern Agricultural Bureau gathering in Gladstone with speakers and attendees including J. Brayley A. Catt and others.

Areas No. 1 Rifle Co V. Blyth Co Blyth Co Harvey Capt Brooks Corp W. McRae Forrester Hamlyn Klapper Wake Mitchell Smith Best Pt. Milne Major Roberts Sergt. Shepherd St. Nettle T. F. Jones Gladstone Rifle Co Fergusson Shepherd Weston Ache Dixon Gladstone Sunbeam Fleet Fairy Norrie Shamrock Fiddler Sterling The Agricultural Bureau

Faces and Boomer Verses and Jokes Across Time

A collage of quips and vignettes from a 1930s era page. Oddstatements about populations and Easter, light humor about politeness, romance, work, and daily life, plus quips about language and technology and a brief nod to wartime aviation trade.

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