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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
2
A fragment notes 7 pm lay reader services at St Alban's Gladstone and George's Georgetown with a day reader. It mentions prepaid charges or fees for advance spaces and references Lay Hendon in a brief listing.
The notices invite ladies to an afternoon tea with baskets of provisions for Dhstown and district, while the Great Western Picture Co will show films at Gladstone on Monday night including Will They Never Come, The Silence of Dean Maitland, and Charlie Chaplin. Anzac Day celebrations will feature sports, concerts, and a dance. Town clerks and municipal notices outline mail and opening times, with a correction regarding Mr Gardiner’s alleged payment for a Town Hall picture night.
Publication notes a council desire to correct an erroneous impression among rate payers. It claims Gartine was treated too harshly and acknowledges prior miscoverage. The piece mentions the correction was delayed and the PABPOO acronym appears in error.
Angie Day at Glatstane reports the town's Anzac Day observance proposed for Wednesday the 26th with Mayor W. L. Parzone presiding. Proposals include free children’s admission, a booklet or buttons funded by subscriptions, a night concert with 1s charge, a roll of honour, and a street procession from Town Hall at 1 pm. Committees to arrange concerts sports and afternoon amusements are named with powers to add members.
Friday April 14 meeting attended by Mayor and council members Cra Gale Quinlan Growden Humphries and the Town Clerk with apologies from Cra Gravb and a road correspondence. Overseer’s report read and accepted. Mayor to arrange Anzac Day celebration. Finance shows payments including £255 0s 0d and £4 2s 6d. discussion on Main Road maintenance and editor’s alleged misstatement regarding hall charges tested.
A historical advertisement touts Dow's Backache Kidney Pills as a kidney and blood purifier cure. It asserts dramatic results for kidney pain, urges readers to buy at 2/0 per bottle or 16/3 for six, and provides Sydney and medical supply details while warning buyers to ensure authenticity.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to ships built for Britain between August 1914 and December 1915. Mentions a young boy and a mock birthday pronoun, with garbled phrases about luck and a manufactured act. No clear names, places, dates, or events emerge beyond the wartime shipbuilding context.
The Gladstone Agricultural Bureau met on Saturday with chair Melt Hi Lines presiding. Minutes were confirmed and debate touched on a bid protest over bag sewing and on future greasing, painting, and tightening of farming machinery. Mr Reynolds spoke on warming machinery care and oiling, urging timely repairs, proper storage, and notes for farmers to record needs. A donation to the Belgian relief fund was considered, and the paper received with questions answered.
Readable excerpts recount Nurse Blake formerly of Balaklava writing from the Arabian Sea about shore leave in Colombo at Galle Face hotel and a motor trip to Mount Lavinia. She describes Buddha temple, busy streets, native guides, colonial hospitals, bustling markets, fruit tastings, and a return to Cairo with Lemnos travel notes and visits to Mena House and the Pyramids.
A fragment claims That wéiths Supreme Couce af Victoria st man proved That SANDPR'R EUCALYPSE BR TRACT contains all medicinal constituents of eucalyptine and notes that SANDER'S EXTRACT is a powerful healing and antiseptic. It also mentions Bandews extract and cautions about impurities and authority praise for Sanders extract as a remedy.
Fragmented OCR reveals surreal lines about Full Moon Toesday, Good Friday closures, a big raid on unregistered dogs, and cryptic references to art, politics, and trade. It mentions Russia’s many personalities, a dealer dropping in Adelaide, and calls for others to follow suit.
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