Gibbs Named Agent and Depot Keeper for Farmers and Petrol Users
C Gibbs is appointed as agent and depot keeper for farmers and petrol users, overseeing fuel supply and distribution duties at the depot.
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
8
C Gibbs is appointed as agent and depot keeper for farmers and petrol users, overseeing fuel supply and distribution duties at the depot.
Notice to advertisers and contributors sets deadlines for contract advertisements and contributed articles. Copy must reach the office by 12 a.m. Tuesday for changes, 5 p.m. Wednesday for casual ads, and small prepaid advertisements plus church notices by 12 a.m. Thursday.
Obituaries report the July 22 Adelaide death of Mrs Patrick McCarthy Sr born Bridget Kerin in 1850, and the July 24 death of Mrs Margaret Gill wife of Ernest Gill both long time Spalding residents. The long funeral processions included a Guard of Honor from St Joseph Convent and many relatives. The notices note surviving children and extended kin, with detailed biographical notes on early settlement and community service.
A large crowd gathered at the Gladstone Institute on Wednesday evening July 24 for a grand ball organized by the local football club. Visitors came from Caltowie Crystal Brook Laura Wirrabara Georgetown and Port Pirie. The event featured music by Ronhr sheim's Port Piria orchestra a well run secretariat led by L. W. Farmer and E. L. Harris and a supper supervised by Mrs. H. T. Harslett. The financial result was very satisfactory with many attendees listed among the guests.
George William Crowhurst died suddenly at Fairview Terowie on July 16. He was the oldest resident of the Hundred of Gumbowie and came to Terowie fifty two years ago with his father Thomas Crowhurst. He worked as a blacksmith then farmed, later owning land in Parneroo and nearby Gumbowie, and expanded his holdings recently. He married Emily Steggall in 1889, had two sons and seven daughters, with one son killed in December 1917. He left a widow, two sons, seven daughters, and two grandchildren and was highly regarded in the Jamestown area. his funeral drew a large crowd.
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