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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
1
The Gladstone High School lists volunteers for the Australian Expeditionary Force alongside names of wounded and discharged soldiers from the region. It notes a large turnout, with many youths enlisting or rejected, and honors those killed or missing in action, including students from Yacka, Yacka district, and nearby towns. The piece reflects local wartime mobilization, casualty lists, and school pride in preparedness.
Public notices list scheduled services and weekly events in Gladstone area including Ossauenran Goorsss Oowmreren Second Andy and Glabstone Gurk Chitmiele. Monthly stock sales occur on the first Toshday in Hanon seound with limited reading rooms and subscriptions at ten shillings per year. Transportation timetables show departures to Port Pirie Petersburg Jamestown Chowi Adelaide and Wirrabira with dawn and evening options. Postal rules urge keeping postages traceable. holidays affect post and telegraph office hours. telegrams charged per word.
The document lists postal charges for parcels and bulk newspaper parcels, detailing rates per weight unit, additional increments, and registrations. It specifies charges for sea transport, inland weights, and various packet categories including commercial and printing papers, with figures in pre decimal currency and allowances for weight thresholds.
Train times show arrival and departure from Gladstone and connections to Adelaide Blyth Terowie Petersburg Port Augusta Port Wakefield Moonta Brinkworth and Mount Bryan except Sundays. Midnight Adelaide Terowie service cancelled and Petersberg link notes. Money Order and office hours listed with closures and Saturdays.
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