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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
4
Public Reading Room and Subscribers Room open on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Committee meets monthly on the first Monday. The Institute seeks public support and offers hall and supper room for engagements. Membership urged. Hall seats up to 600 with electric light two grand pianos stage and scenery.
In regulated families minor life illnesses appear, including biliousness indigestion and constipation. A safe reliable home remedy is urged with Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills claimed to be the best family medicine and a protection against common ailments.
District Council of Belalie convened with Chairman F. Cummings and Councillors Moore Smart Braddike Baynes Cronin and Kerin present. Reports covered road works spoon drains, rolling Caltowle Road, sheep on roads and unemployment relief schemes. Finance showed reduced balances, main road grants, and a proposed 1.5 pence rate. Public health noted scarlet fever and diphtheria cases.
The Jamestown High School marked its first Arbor Day on Friday August 4 with Mr Field of Bundaleer and Wirrabara Forests delivering a talk on tree planting care and value. Council chairman Mr Beridge and Rev D J Wellington moved thanks as pupils praised the event and trees were planted. A Saturday sports gathering at Gladstone featured Pirie and Jamestown High Schools with close results and warm reception for staff.
J V Thomson and J A Thomson win decisive rounds in the club championship while several mixed matches showcase varied margins. Close outcomes include H N Marriott and IL Carthew, and Mayfield versus Thomson amid a series of 7 5 and 6 4 results across Gladstone matches and Calto wil e.
The Diamond Jubilee Show will be held at Crystal Brook on Saturday September 2 and is expected to draw thousands. £550 in premiums and many trophies are offered with entries due August 2 for livestock and August 20 for produce and crafts, August 30 for flowers. Prize lists from Secretary G. W. H. Gale.
The Gladstone Institute held its monthly meeting last Monday with President Mrs. Curthew presiding. Treasurer J P Howling reported a debit balance of £428 12s 0d. Bennett appointed delegate to the Adelaide Show Week Institute meeting. committees formed for library, entertainment, and staffing, and fund-raising events including a dance with tables arranged for August 22 in aid of Institute funds.
A Jamestown rainfall study reviews 34 years showing August under one inch in five years—1914, 1925, 1928 among them—with average August rainfall at 2.14 inches over 53 years. September and October show eight and eighteen years respectively below one inch in 53 years. The analysis notes seven years below and eleven above the long term average in the past 18 years.
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