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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
1
District Council of Gladstone announces a formal audit of accounts covering period to July 18 1933. The notice cites July 1924 and July 1921 as reference dates for financial review and confirms completion of audit findings.
A dense listing of meetings and stock sales from Gladstone groups, including Alternate Friday assemblies at Gladstone institutes, monthly stock sales by Elder Smith & Co., and various orders of the AER and Masonic bodies. The document also details rail and shipping timetables, with Adelaide and Port Darwin routes, daily reading rooms, and subscriptions.
A visit to Mr. Roediger’s Brooklyn yards near Balaklava reveals a modern, inspectionable operation with White Leghorns Black Orpingtons and Indian Runner ducks. Breeding stock from Monteith Victoria and Bendigo prize lines yield high egg production while careful feeding and quarantined pens guard health and quality.
The article notes a duck in the Dominion laying no less than 463 eggs in twelve months, surpassing New Zealand's single-tested record. It also describes 389 single-tested Indian Runner ducks, white Muscovy ducks kept for table use, and mentions prize-winning Toulouse geese. Further references include potential show classes for Orpingtons and Leghorns and breeding details from Mr Gonlter.
The piece notes Bran and Pollard in the morning with green feed and barley in the afternoon amid eclipse lore. It mentions fowls retreating early as if for evensong, Roediger’s white-winged Leghorns heading to their dormitory, and Muscovy show birds including a notable drake related to Adelaide Show prizewinners.
A scrambled listing shows multiple properties including Brighton bungalows with 4 to 5 rooms priced from £860 to £1,860, Glenelg and Henley houses with 4 to 6 rooms, and Reachcliffe and Pbo re areas noting top positions and prices around £850 to £3,080. The OCR fragment cites several locations and listings without coherent structure.
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