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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
4
Advertisers urged to prepay small ads due to lack of clerical staff. Rates shown as 1d per word with a minimum of 2/- for Entertainments and 1/- for other adverts. Casual adverts priced at 4/- per column inch. Postage stamps or total notes accepted with copy.
A reflective piece urging Australians to focus on constitutional reform, praising non party cooperation at the 1942 Convention, and warning against politicising the referendum. It recalls postwar planning needs for soldiers, inflation controls, and a smooth transition to peacetime work. It cites Sir Isaac Isaacs and prior war experiences to argue for timely, powersful government action.
Under the Ileal Teacher and School Committee, Spalding Primary School observed Arbor Day on Friday July 28 1944 with a program led by chairman HL Collins. Speakers included Mr Orchard and Mr Judell of Jamestown and Fred Trengove of Nailsworth. Students performed, national anthem sang, and trees were planted in memory of fallen locals including Milton Trengove Bob Pryde Fred Pearce Ron Phillips Walter Shane Tom Bruce Kevin Clarke and Milton Trengove with a moment of silence.
Mr S W Thomson E D 8 of the Royal Australian Air Force will visit Gladstone monthly. Mr Ss Hoyle, dentist of Jamestown, may be consulted at Mr Wurm's Chemist Shop on the fourth Monday of each month from 10 am to 4 pm.
Children planted 27 pines along the roadway and one memory tree for the late EB V Ti Wilsdon after his Arbor Day talk on July 30 1943. The school committee and district council provided guards and ground work. A tea dinner followed with thanks to speakers and Mothers Club. An amateur hour on July 26 raised hall funds with artists from several towns, takings £34 with £31 for hall funds.
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