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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1930
Page
2
A. C. Read notifies the public of a new premises next to Clark’s Cash and Carry in Gladstone. All agencies and motor repair work continue as before with free air installation provided.
Gladstone services list a Passion Service at 11 11 a.m. on Friday and Easter Sunday 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. led by Rev. T Geddes White All are invited Yangya has no service Anzac Commemoration Service to be held in Institute Hall.
Easter Day services are planned at St Alban’s Gladstone with an 8 am Communion and 7:30 pm Festival Evensong led by Canon Dunn. The Sunday School marks attendance at 2:30 pm before the Anzac Service, with admission credit for 8 am attendees. Georgetown holds 9:30 am and Guinare 11 am Easter Communions.
On April 30 the Gladstone Girls Musical and Dramatic Company present a grand variety show assisted by Mr Fred Rocks Gazette and Comedy pictures. Miss Eula Grubb and Mr F C Grubb train and manage, with sketches plays pictures and a cantata. Proceeds fund the Gladstone Girls Club and encourage the children to greater things.
Much regret was expressed by residents of Gladstone on Tuesday morning when it became known that Mr. H. B. Hewett a well known and highly respected resident had passed away in Adelaide after a period of ill health. A detailed report is promised in next week’s issue.
Miss K Bergin spends a holiday in Adelaide and Mrs J Eley visits Gladstone. several residents from Broken Hill and Gladstone travel to Sydney and Adelaide. Mr P G Crafter, officer in charge, is away on annual leave with M C Hudson filling the vacancy.
The Gladstone Football Club will hold its annual ball at Institute Hall on Thursday April 24. Rohrsheim's Orchestra provides music for a night with a first rate floor and good amusements. Admission costs gentlemen five shillings and ladies two shillings sixpence with supper included. Secretaries are K. J. O'Brien and L. W. Farmer.
The Bush Fair listing had an error last week. Prospect Chalet managed by Mesdames W Leesue and L Carpenter and Cornell's Chalet run by Mesdames R Boucaut B C Jarvis H T Harslett Misses M Barclay and J Budge are named. Mr E Garner was omitted from those who assisted.
Gladstone Methodist Church hosted the April 9 wedding of Bessie Eley to Karl Blesing. Rev T Geddes White officiated with organist Miss Jean White. Guests praised pink cosmos and dahlias as the couple departed for a Victor Harbour honeymoon.
Gladstone Rifle Club to host a 10 vs 10 rifle match with the local Returned Soldiers’ League sub branch at 1 pm on Anzac Day April 25. Range targets set at 500 and 600 yards. the loser donates one guinea to the TB Soldiers’ Fund. Teams list RSL names and Gladstone club shooters.
The fifteenth Anzac Day service will be held at the Gladstone Institute on Sunday April 20 at 3 pm. R.S.A. sub-branch president Mr J F Dowling will preside with an address by Rev Canon R M Dunn. Ex-service men to wear decorations. Girl Guides and Scouts present. A.L.F. Cemetery Fund collection. Procession to Tresylva Park for wreaths and Last Post. All are invited.
Invitations for social events and private parties are printed at the Areas Express office. Phone contact provided for orders and details.
The North Western Agricultural Society met at Crystal Brook Institute on March 28. Treasurer’s report shows a year with gains in assets despite a £83/10/7 deficit, records set for entries and prize money, and improvements funded though a £64/5 loss on a guaranteed special train. Excerpts praise the governors visitors and luncheon booth, with officers elected including President T A Angley and Treasurer Jas.
Caltowie residents attend farewell for Mr. and Mrs. P. Kelly after over 20 years of service to the town. Schools and clubs host presentations, dances, and a social with gifts from the Coursing Club, Institute, and children of Mary. Farewell to Rev. Barrett and Mrs. Barrett follows church service with gifts from parishioners.
Testimonies assert lasting kidney relief from Doan's Backache Kidney Pills with claims of permanent gains after seven bottles and continued use years later. Mrs White of Lau Ta recounts her father's backache and kidney troubles now cured, praising easy taking and dependable results. Sold by chemists and stores, Foster McLellan Co. urges buyers to ensure they get Doan's.
The Forgan finance and executive committees with auditors and secretary G W H Gale arranged the annual show schedule. It was decided to hold the show this year on the first Wednesday in September.
Minutes of the Agricultural Bureau of South Australia meeting on April 11 at Memorial Hall note 17 present with Mrs Schmidt chair. The Education Department offered two members for the year a Cooking Instructor and a Kindergarten Teaching lecturer. Spotswood’s paper outlines home first aid basics including a medicine chest, wound care, bleeding control, fainting, swallowed objects, ear and nose foreign bodies, choking, fire, and a barley drink remedy with barley water and milk.
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