Gladstone Notes On War Service And Local Holidays
The column lists residents and visitors around Gladstone and Jamestown during wartime, noting Roy Thompson’s return from inspecting the Port Augusta to Western Australia telegraph line and a six week holiday. It names Pte. Jim Magner convalescing from shrapnel wounds and fever after fighting abroad, plus numerous holidaymakers and staff connected to local banks, mills, and forestries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Thompson
Port Augusta
Western Australia
Rag
Gladstone
Roy
Jim Magner
Magner
N.G
Popular Concert at Laura Parish Hall Aids Baptist Funds
An excellent parish hall concert last Tuesday raised funds for the Baptist Church. The first half featured young performers led by Royston Bauhm with Phyllis Smith Nadra Bowker Breida Blesing Evelyn Karger Valda Smith and Royston Blohm. Jim Hung recited and choruses impressed. The second half for older folk included Mrs F Walter Miss R Spicer Gertie Hale Joan Matiske Margaret Lines Rhonda Shillabeer and Settle Bachni with Miss Spicer delightful. Mrs A James organized the program with Mrs F Walter and Miss M Lines as accompanists. Requests for a repeat concert have already come in.
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Baptist Church
Royston Bauhm
Thorne
Phyllis Smith
Nadra Bowker
Breida Blesing
Evelyn Karger
Valda Smith
Royston Blohm
RB. Spicer
Gladstone Red Cross Plans May Meeting and Fundraising
Owing to Exeter holidays the next Gladstone Red Cross meeting is set for May 7. A £50 cheque was sent to headquarters for the PO.W. Fund. A successful dance afternoon on April 9 raised funds for Russian Medical Aid and Red Cross, organized by Mrs. L Lehmann, with further dances planned for April.
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Exeter
Po.w. Fund
Red Cross Aid
Booleroo Centre social honors local soldiers and Liberty Loan appeal
A Booleroo Centre social for Pte A Donchardt and Pte Carey was hosted by the Booleroo Centre Institute with speeches by Rev O Farrell H B Traeger Mrs L Alexander and H Collins. The residents presented gifts to the two soldiers and a separate WEC presentation honored Lt F Thomas and Sergeants J Heaslip and H Collins for their wartime service and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pte
A. Donchardt
Carey
Booleroo Centre Institute
Patriotic Committee
Father O'Farrell
B. Traeger
L.alexander
Messrs
H. Collins
L. Alexander
Lise
M. Warne
M.C
J. Mc *Jearthy
WEC
F. Thomas
J. Heaslip
Thomas
WIRRABARA FOREST BEE SWARMS DISTRIBUTED OVER WIDE AREA
After several days of thundery weather and lightning, apiaries returned from the South distributing hundreds of swarms over timbered Jap from Melrose to Heetaloo Reservoir watershed. Honey is scarce in gum trees and beekeepers fear poor yields. One man delivered 70 swarms to a district, risking overcrowding among aphorists.
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Melrose
Heetaloo
Bowls Saltowie versus Jamestown results at Jamestown
In Jamestown Saturday April 10 Jamestown defeated McDougall White Flavel Glasson 15 J Noonan Curtly McElroy Crouch Tevans Gordon Jos Williams Gar Skurray Pliner Penna Tweistree P Noonan Inglis Blaskett Mitchell 22 24 Caltowie 126 Ridgeway Sticke Baker Potter Jennings Royal Smith Cockburn M Thomas H Royal A Thomas Nayda Hannigan Holland M Holland McCann Nayda OGorman Tapp 26
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Jamestown
McDougall
White
Flavel
Glasson
J. Noonan
Curtly
McElroy
Crouch
Tevans
Gordon
Jos
Williams
Gar
Skurray
Pliner
Penna
Tweistree
P. Noonan
Inglis
Blaskett
Mitchell
Yes
Caltowie
Ridgeway
Sticke
Both Baker Potter
Jennings
Royal
Smith
Cockburn
M. Thomas
H. Royal
A. Thomas Wih
Pianoforte Tuner H Hutchins Visiting Gladstone Area
H Hutchins with 46 years of experience visits Gladstone and nearby towns offering tuning services. Residents may contact Mrs Ai T Harslett in Gladstone or note his presence in Crystal Brook Laura Georgetown and Jamestown. He reports recent tuning work on military planes between Darwin and Terowle.
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Askoo
Gladstone
Any
Ali Baba Morshead and His 20 000 Thieves Verse Ballad
A WWII verse spoof naming Ali Baba Morshead and his 20 000 thieves fused with Allied and Axis imagery. The poem narrates pursuit of Rommel in Egypt at El Alamein with caricatured hexacomic bravado and wartime propaganda flair.
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Ali Baba Morshead
Lord Haw Haw
al Babs Morshead
Syria
Egypt
Jerry Hadi Ng
G.O.C
Baba Morshead
Cairo
Alexandria
Bebs Morshead
Yare
Fritz
Alamein
Ali Baba
Luftwaffe
Romamell
Baha Murshead
Cheer-Up Club Hosts Three Arms Event At Jamestown Institute
A large Jamestown Institute audience welcomed Meluca Cheer-Up Club guests W O I Brian May Abie Seaman Mervyn Joles and Kevin McDonald. The evening featured speeches by local officials and RSA reps, community singing, solos, skits and a War Loan rally appeal.
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Jamestown Institute
Meluca
W.O.I
Brian May
ALP
Abie Seaman
Mervyn Joles
Kevin McDonald
Amis
E. J. C. Williams
Guess
C. T. Brooks
Mayoresa
Daly
Uwa
Fo Aghting
Tian
Mervyn
Kevin
D. Anthony
B. J. C. Williams
RSA
Pyut
Skurray
Mr. B. Evans
A. Daley
Moonta
Slattery
Mervyn Jones
Australia
Jamestown Hospital Board Minutes April 10 1943
Jamestown Hospital Board of Management met Friday April 10 1943 with H R Moore acting chair. Reports noted Button Day proceeds and financials, house committee needs, kitchen ventilation turbine, water storage, painting and building tender, daily March stats 26 patients 11 births 1 death, new store operations, and delegation arrangements for Adelaide discussions and annual elections officer.
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Board of Management
Messrs. H. R. Moore
W. H. Adams
J. L. Smith
A. P. Yeomans
J. E. Lehmann
M. McCallum
A. J. Symonds
B. L. Orchard
D. Boucaut
R. McLennath
J. R. Moore
Moore
Daly
Chatman
Bray
H. K. Mooce
House
Boneaut
Qrehard
Lennan
Puller
Adelaide
Manower
Lalso
Oe Delerate
MecLelisian
Calves Suffer Cruelty in Transit to Abattoirs
A letter decries calf cruelty in shipping to abattoirs, detailing three harm paths. Young calves on tracks with larger stock, mixing species in trucks, and long gaps without feed before slaughter are cited. The writer urges humane handling and practical remedies, seeking reader solutions.
Gladstone Institute Dance Nets Over £21 Door
A successful dance at the Gladstone Institute on Thursday last drew £21 at the door with the Laura Orchestra providing music. The Friday thrift shop at F.P.G.F. also reported satisfactory business and a competition won by Mr. G. Pearce.
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Gladstone Institute
Laura Orchestra
F.pgf
G. Pearce
Rural North reports variable paddock conditions and harvest notes
Middle and Upper North farmers report no follow up rain, short on pasture. early feed growth needs showers. Wheat stubbles show good protection from sun while open grassland wilted. Seed harvesting and cleaning progress. yields mixed but generally sound. Lambing underway, twin births promising higher marketing. Seed wheat grading to proceed as manpower allows. mice crop damage noted. pig treats production expanding at several properties.
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L. Orchard
Laura Ice and Produce Coy Limited Local Dairy Market Ad
Laura Ice and Produce Company Limited offers dairy produce including Golden North butter and eggs. The ad promotes high quality dairy, poultry and milk, mid day train deliveries from Northern towns, prompt crate return, and monthly payments on the tenth with government subsidies and full egg board rates.
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Laura
Boy Scout Camp Set for April District Gathering
Over waters the 23rd to 26th of April the district camp will be held at Mente Ground Bimda Jper Springs with about 60 Scouts from Georgetown Crystal Brook Port Pirie Snowtown James The Campy Ching a District Showl master T G Baskard Crystal Brook assisted by F L Blaskell Jamestown and a fourth Altmann Snowtown. The camp opens to visitors 2 to 5 pm Sunday April 25 with a planned program for the afternoon.
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Mente Ground
Bimda Jper Springs
Jailstoie
Georgetown
Crystal Brook
Port Pirie
Snowtown
Jamestown
Cattle Show Highlights South Australian Shorthorn Sires
At Sydney cattle show Nolpa Storthorn Shide AH Willers from South Australia topped the event with three animals earning reserve Toll championship and multiple placings. Mandunes owned by def Davies and Sopey of Boaldng presented Shorthorn and Hereford sires admired for quality, signaling strong buyer interest at this week’s sales.
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Willers
South Australia
Def Davies
Sopey
Clock Powered by Electricity Lights Time
A clock installed in a commercial laboratory uses no motor or wheels and no moving hands. It counts the 60 cycle electric current and translates the pulse into blinking lights to show the time.
Retired Land Study Shows Vast Cod Farm Reductions
Each year 25,000,000 acres of cod farm land in the United States are retired from cultivation or no longer productive according to the report.
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United States
Holy Week Services Planned in Laura Churches
Ministers from the Praletial arrange Holy Week services in Baptist, Methodist, and Lutheran churches. The week leads thoughts to Calvary and the Resurrection morning with hope these services will be well supported by the Laura community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praletial
Laura Folk
Anzac Day Service Arranged by Gladstone RSA Sub-branch
The Gladstone RSA sub-branch schedules an Anzac Day Commemoration on Sunday at 3 pm in Institute Hall. Rev. BH F Lambert of Crystal Brook will give the address, followed by hymns and a collection for the local AF Cemetery Fund. Wreaths will be laid on the Memorial at Tresylva Park.
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Gladstone
RSA
Institute Hall
Adelaide
BH. F Lambert
Crystal Brook
Tresylva Park
Third Liberty Loan Quotas in Northern Towns
Interest in the Third Liberty Loan grows with steady applications. The table lists quotas and per capita subscriptions for Northern towns, based on the War and Austerity Loan floated last year.
Banana Cake Recipe From A Historic Note
A fragmentary recipe lists ingredients and steps for a banana cake and a spiced batter. It references banana, flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and spices such as cinnamon and ginger, with soda dissolved in milk and baking times noted in a vague manner. The text appears as a handwritten or OCR-scraped cooking note from a historical source.
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Uingerbiwa D
L. G. Graham
Larsson
Bas Witter
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