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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1948
Page
2
Optician Mr. David Pank will visit Crystal Brook at the Crystal Brook Hotel on Wednesday May 12 from 11.30 am to 5.20 pm and Jamestown at the Council Chambers on Thursday May 13 from 11 am to 5 pm.
Laura and SIMMO the Bell Ringer headline a program featuring the Templars Acro bats and Balance Artists. Zaida Weatherley and James Jennings join a diverse bill to aid Brighton School for Blind Deaf and Dumb Children. Proceeds go to the school. admission is 2 shillings 5 pence with 11 pence for children.
Applications invited and will be received at the District Council Office Gladstone up to 12 noon May 1 1948 for the post of Health Inspector to the Local Board of Health Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act Vermin Act Weights and Measures Act Foods and Drugs Act Ranger Curator of the Cemetery Caretaker of Ornamental Grounds.
The District Council of Port Germein invites nominations for four Councillors to fill vacancies caused by retirements. Nominations close at 12 noon on Saturday May 8, 1948, at the Melrose office. If more candidates than needed are nominated, proceedings will be adjourned to Saturday July 3, 1948, for a ballot election. Nomination forms available at the District Office, Melrose.
Nominations open at the Georgetown district office until noon on May 8 1948 to fill vacancies caused by retirement of five councillors. If more candidates are nominated a ballot is scheduled for July 3 1948 with due notice. Nomination forms available from the District Office Georgetown dated April 12 1948.
The weekend rains improved soil moisture and germination prospects, with butter production expected to rise. Demand remains strong for Blue Valley butter due to vitamin content and shelf life. Egg production is at a seasonal low. Egg Board prices increased for first quality hen and medium eggs, with graded and ungraded per dozen rates listed.
Friends relay pride as Dick Destree places fifth in the Advertiser Amateur Championship 500. He scored 300 to H. Pickworth 287, captaining the Royal Adelaide Simpson Cup team and earning a valuable cup. Readers recall the Destree family’s Gladstone ties and coaching roots in local golf lore.
A Friday boxing show at Laura Town Hall featured 10 bouts between local and visiting fighters. Peter Bal dock beat Allan Waters on points. several draws and wins followed, including Bob Tucker over Max Kranz and Moss Haynes defeating Ray Clancy. Proceeds of £14 supported the Laura War Memorial Building Fund.
An April 6 meeting at Nariddy Bureau featured Mr. A. T. Hooper delivering an instructional address on the erection and care of a milking plant. The Q&A session extended beyond an hour with learnings noted as illuminating and satisfying. J. Klingner was thanked for thirteen years as branch secretary and farewelled with a traveling rug and fountain pen presentation.
Church notices show Laura service at 11 am led by Rev C R Hawke and Salvation Army Lieut I Grittin. Holiness meeting at 11 am, Sunday levied 2 30 pm, salvation meeting 7 pm.
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