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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
2
Auction notices list sheep and pigs including ewes with lambs and hoggets, Corriedale cross and Merino cross matings, various ages shorn in early September, with 120 ewes and 80 Suffolk lambs, 37 Eyes and 37 Corriedale Cross lambs, 25 hoggets, 10 backers, and 10 fat woolly wethers. Further entries invited and terms available by arranging with the auctioneers prior to sale.
Notice to residents of Gladstone and district that L B E Rohrlach has disposed of the butchering business in Cross Street Gladstone to Mr JL E Rohrlach of Laura. G A Pearce to take over and continues in Cross Street Gladstone promising prompt attention and best meat and small goods.
Production in July shows a steady rise with factory output exceeding recent years, though coal shortages and limited trains disrupt cream deliveries. Cool weather helps reduce depredation, and outlook remains strong for a high producing year. Blue Valley butter remains in demand with stable prices and high quality. Eggs show heavier supplies arriving at packing floors with more pullets in lag. Egg Board prices unchanged for key grades.
The notice describes biliousness as a distressing complaint from poor diet and suggests Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a corrective. It advises taking a dose before bed during an attack or at regular intervals to regulate the liver stomach and bowels and keep the system in good order.
The July weather primer reports wet days and year-to-date rainfall at Jamestown, with 317 wet days logged and 16.85 cents inches. It also mocks printer shortages and lists odd items blamed on supply gaps, including coal clothing cement coupons and footballs. A verse about a salt sea voyage and a vendor-style aside about “live politicians” closes the fragment.
Designed for graziers and farmers the Income and Expenditure Record Book aids tax returns and tracks farm progress. Compiled by R. H. Dewhirst an accountant and registered income tax agent from Boobcrowle the book records a decade of transactions and serves as a diary without requiring bookkeeping knowledge. Inspect at The Review Office Jamestown for a copy.
The first issue of the Penola Pennant by W. Erwin Thiele goes to Penola Kalangadoo and nearby South Eastern towns. An eight page paper with news and business notes aims to serve a growing district as returned soldiers settle on land. Thiele, formerly with Barossa News at Tanunda, is praised for the venture.
Gladstone and district church schedules list services at multiple congregations including Gladstone, Laura, and Crystal Brook with various Reverends. Personal notes report Mrs. A. R. Clavell visiting relatives, Mr. R. A. Ritchie bedridden with pneumonia, and update on community sickness. George Fisher, Gladstone native, advanced to general manager of Zinc Corporation. War Loan efforts include £990 in advance subscriptions and Savings drive activity led by H. Wells, who plans further visits to Jamestown.
Rev J Erle Tresilgas of Methodist Home Missions tours the district using colour films to illustrate missionary work in Australia. He speaks at Jamestown Lanark Belalie Calico Gladstone Yacka circuits from August 12 to 23 with lantern services and meetings.
The final between Ted Clitt and Jim Smith saw Smith jump to a three up lead by the fourth hole. Ted then won five consecutive holes to go two up at the ninth, added a birdie two at ten and an eagle two at eleven to move four ahead. The twelfth halved, Ted won the thirteenth, and a halve at the fourteenth gave him his second Match Cup in successive years. Ted also won the Stroke Competition with a 73.
An employee at S A Hardwoods Ltd Jamestown was seriously injured when a wood fragment from a saw struck him on the head penetrating the brain. Max Souzner, admitted to Jamestown Hospital, remains in a very serious condition.
Annual meeting of the Jamestown and Die tich Ambulance to be held at the Corporation Chamber Jamestown on Monday evening next the 5th at 8 p.m. Subscribers and all interested invited. Building Fund donations acknowledged from Mesars Joni Parker and Geo McGregor 10d each, total £206 13s 3d.
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