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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
2
Partial OCR reads Gladstons Main Beray and sale details at Spm Me W Odgers. Fragmentary text limits clarity but indicates a sale event listing with names and times.
The Port Germein District Council issues an assessment of rateable property within the district by adopting the assessment with alterations. Copies of the assessment and notices are available at the council and post offices in Wilmington, Willowis, Boolaroo, Tarrowin, Wirrabarm, Wongyarra, Tolowie, Barsote, and Port Germain wards. Public may object within three days from publication.
Members of Court Gladstone will be held in Library Town Hall Monday evening August 18 at 7.90 p.m. to arrange for schmatta Sopial and dances on the 26th. Mrs B A Gale Mayersen Kirby announces Julia Kirby born May 6 at the residence of her son in Gladstone ETP.
Ratepayers are urged to note an advertisement in another volume. Mes Desires named as a member. Messrs Bagot Shakes & Lowia Ltd to sell 1810 sheep horses and supplies. An aurora Australis lit the southern sky at 7 pm, lasting thirty minutes with yellow fish-like lights. Local thefts on Peace Day blamed on petty pilferage amid general poverty.
In Gladstone and surrounds, a busy week features siege totals of August crops, recovering veteran lecturer Pise, a postponed Soldiers' Memorial meeting, welcome-home plans for Wally Edwards and other returning servicemen, a library town hall gathering by Court Gladstone members, a generous donation to Alphatone High School, and a Farmers' and Settlers' Association talk by Mrs Young on proportional representation.
Saturday night meeting of the First Gladstone Troop discussed forming a Georgetown parents committee. Officers elected include President Angley and Secretary Barrett. A fundraising dance was planned for November to support the troop. Gladstone officers praised for assistance and inspirational remarks urged resilience amid adversity.
A Koolan meeting discussed building a line from Port Crystal Brook. Speakers included Movers T, Coombe, Kinnick, Palmer, and others. In the Legislative Council, Hon EB Baker reported feodar for the gaol at about £91,040 with estimated total cost near £260,000. The prison would initially house 62 prisoners. A Wilmington memorial urged a railway to Port Auguste.
A garbled tale from Port Pirie recounts a parrot named SPaGOmI that mimicked an elderly gentleman’s speech. The odd episode centers on tuition and lessons learned, as observers describe the bird’s surprising complexity and the social charm of its owners.
Fragmentary OCR shows handicaps and partial player names, numbers, and scores. The legible items include figures like 200 and 360, 500, and player tokens such as Sargent and Hodgen. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
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