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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
1
Fragmented OCR lists numerous individuals, with many surnames and initials, resembling a wartime roll of honour and casualties. The text references the Caldowie r a L of Honour and notes names of service members, some killed or missing, amid garbled spellings and misplaced punctuation.
A readable fragment lists soldiers associated with the Georgetown Ball of Honor including Alderson Jolly F. Bannan Folly Buckenarn Kelly J. Fadman Lock B Tangetal and many Maloney Eyre Ford Bord Ford Ford Forsimac Fogarty Freebakce Backson Hares Taglis Inglis Johnson D B Inglis M J Johnson and others. The record notes wounded and killed names, with several entries marked killed and a few from Gladstone High School noted for aid and tribute.
Gladstone fixtures list meetings and open hours for local groups. Reading room hours 9 am to 9 pm. subscriptions 19 per annum. Monthly meetings for various societies held on specified Thursdays. offices open 10 am to 3 pm. secretaries named for each committee.
Glance at timetable shows passenger trains to and from Gladstone with varied schedules. From Adelalerty Blyth 2.24 p.m. Arvlaide Teromie 6.57 a.m. Pett Pi 1108 2:19 p.m. Bo roo Ceates 1 a.m. 6.97 p.m. Fort Auguste 5.39 p.m. Port Wakefield Balshlnce 2:26 p.m. Mainte Brinkworth 3:4 p.m. Petrersburg DEFAVORES to Port Pirie 7:16 a.m. 11:18 a.m. To Adehide Terowie 9:20 a.m. 1:42 p.m. To Adelaide via Blyth 1:23 a.m. To Booloo Centre 2:55 p.m. To Petersburg 9:20 a.m. 2:46 p.m. 7:42 a.m. To Port Augusta 9:20 a.m. To Mooata Brinkworth 11:28 a.m. Midnight train to Adelaide via Terowie canceled. From Peterabarg to arrive Adelaide 10:16 a.m Sunday.
Fragmentary telegraph and postal notices detail operating hours from 0 am to 6 pm daily, with Sunday closings and 9 am to 12 noon post days on holidays. Rates for money orders, telegrams, parcels, and newspapers are listed, including per word charges and weight-based fees, with references to UK and Commonwealth services and conditions for overseas delivery.
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