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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
2
A readable advertisement lists steel shaft and driver prices with items such as steel shaft putters at 19/6, weed drivers at 15/, hickory shafts 11/6, reso ditioned golf balls at 3 for 1/6, and Galt tees 1/ with box rubber tees and bags priced 9/ to 15/ each.
The Jamestown Institute reports new library acquisitions including Watch for the Dawn and Hitler Speaks among titles by Clost er Liddell Hart Waln Ranachning Priestly Muskett Gardner Brandon Garth. Also 60 books from Institutes Operation, with suggestions reviewed by a committee. Veterinary and livestock listings accompany a dentist advertisement for Darrell Sarrett and Jamestown Hotel.
A local sale offers items including yearling new grain harvest implements, a 9ft Bray gin, harness for ten horses, swings, chains, 300 bags Algerian oats, 30 bags crushed oats, galvanised iron sheets, 50 sheep rugs, a four piece bedroom suite, wardrobe chests, cedar chests, an Ex table, settee chairs, a large kitchen safe, flower bins, jars, crockery and more. Terms CASH.
Auction notice for a farm sale on Friday April 26 at 1 30 pm two miles north of Euroming and ten miles SW of Spalding selling horses geldings mares and a life certificate stallion and 154 sheep and other stock as listed by power farmer Mr C J K Chefters
Classified style notice mixed with wartime op ed and ads shows Sawa repair services in Jamestown and Lenroc Cycles, a governess position, and wartime morale rhetoric. The fragment references Young Street, Butcher near Bank New South Wales, and wireless receiving sets, with patriotic exhortations and ad rates.
Announcements call for central umpires in the Retake District Football Association for minors at Georgetown Anzac Day events. Applications must be in by April 25 to the secretary by 7 pm. Includes children's sports afternoon tea and a grand dance with Belaire North Orchestra. Bill Bond’s Box 7 Belaire North. Afternoon prices adults 2 shillings 6 pence, children free.
Local residents from Jamestown and Gladstone share holiday plans at seaside Port Adelaide and Victor Harbor. Reports note church, welfare, and civic club activities, Anzac Day events, hospital updates, and upcoming dances and sports within the district community.
A meeting of all interested parties in forming a Women’s Basketball Association is set for Tuesday the 30th at 7 45 PM in the Bank room at the Jamestown Institute.
Jamestown Red Cross Circle to meet in Jamestown Institute Supper Room at 3 p.m. April 26. A B Grade meeting set for April 22 at 8 p.m. R. Trevarrow notes on feasibility. Easter services listed for several churches including St Albans Gladstone Jamestown and Canowie Belt with times and ministers. Anzac Day observance noted at St Andrew's Presbyterian and Jamestown.
In a letter to the editor, the writer notes that readers discuss the alleged superhuman genius of Hitler and blame Allied delays and leaders. He observes Australians often display more self depreciation than the English and question the sincerity of such contempt for their own statesmen and military chiefs.
The 25th Anzac Commemoration Service will be held Sunday April 21 at 2 p.m. in Gladstone. Instate Address by Rev. T Owen assisted by Rev. GQ Evans BA. Public invited to lay wreaths on Memorial Tablet at Tresylva Park. Collection in all of ALF Cemetery Trust.
The second Annual Ball will be held at the Jamestown Institute on Thursday 16 May. The committee invites names of young ladies wishing to debut, to hand them to Mr R D Rey Boucaut or Mr R Trevorcow as soon as possible for arrangements.
The Jamestown Racing Club Limited receives a request to cooperate on two Women s Race Meetings at Jamestown with all official positions filled by women. A Sheep Dog Trial will also be conducted by the Club. The note credits women patrons for racing success and wishes the all female sports club a prosperous career.
The Debutantes Ball organized by St James Catholic Church Amusement Committee will be held at Inatitate Hall on Wednesday night next April 24. Misses M Fahey H Radaghiero McLaren McInerney Delores Terese Dundow Redhill Leo Flinn Gladstone Carmody Booborowie Walsh Spalding will debut before Ft Rev Dr McCabe Bishop of Port Augusta at 9 pm. Contesses are Mesdames C W Hoffmann and Mrs H Daly. About 400 guests are expected and Mr Ben Evans Jamestown Orchestra will provide music. Debutantes rehearse at St James Hall Jamesown Sunday at 2 30 pm.
The Gladstone Golf Club opened its 1340 season Saturday in a large attendance. President Mr B C Grubb led the ceremony, praised club progress, and wished a successful season. Guests included visitors from Lanra Club and several new members. The afternoon featured a mixed foursomes event won by Miss J Ballantyne and Mr W S Williamson.
Q and A define fleet elements such as flotillas and squadrons. A squadron contains four battleships or cruisers, a flotilla is a squadron of small craft or submarines, and a battlecruiser is a faster battleship. It also explains cruiser roles and destroyer duties in convoy protection and U-boat defense.
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