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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
8
James town Depot offers C.O.R. PETROL in bulk as 24 gallon drums with no rise in price. Power and Lamp Kerosene also available in bulk cases for farmers and petrol users seeking savings.
Advertisers and contributors are informed that changes to contract advertisements and contributed articles for The Agriculturist and Review must reach the office by 12 am Tuesday afternoon. Casual advertisement copy is due by 6 pm Wednesday afternoon. Small prepaid advertisements and church notices are accepted up to 8 am Thursday.
At Gladstone on July 27 a stroke competition counted toward the Club Championship and Handicap Trophy. Winners L W Farmer and F C Spotswood tied with a nett 68, with many players posting strong scores. Port Pirie visited for a 4- to 3-match win in a rain-softened, typical golfing day.
Local items list residents visiting Adelaide and hosting guests including Mr Ken Paddick Miss Audrey Smart and the Bacons. A farewell social for Mr and Mrs Wehrmann and family is planned while residents discuss preserving school grounds and trees amid proposed timber sales and a bowling green scheme. Spalding Aug. 7.
The Wirrabara Football Club hosted a Wednesday ballroom with Rohreheim’s Port Pirie orchestra and J Sutter as MC. A Saturday RA O B Lodge banquet in the Institute Hall celebrated Bro Cogan’s third degree with attendees from Adelaide, Laura, Port Pirie and Snowtown. The week brought severe frosts and a northern dust storm, followed by rain totaling 43 points.
In Georgetown the week brought 56 points of rain since Sunday cheering residents amid lingering pessimism. Mrs Read, long-time resident, died Thursday at her granddaughter’s home in Ireland born, 86, long in Australia. Funeral was Friday at the local cemetery with Rev Mulcahy officiating. The town reports increased illnesses, including Baptist minister Rev D Shaw severely ill with pneumonia, condition still critical yet showing slight improvement.
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