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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
2
Wheat and Barley Growers urged to notify Australian Wheat Board distributors about corn sacks deliveries in coming weeks. Immediate delivery shields them from dislocation while costs are covered by deductions from advances. C J Perret secretary Jamestown Hotel.
Several titles circulated in July including Lion Feuchtwanger Men Martyrs Mountebanks Beverly Baxter The Sea Lower and Hugh Walpole. The library also adds about 60 books from the Institutes Association and states additions are made regularly.
Jamestown notices record a farewell gathering for Mr and Mrs Howard McDonald and family at the Daly residence. Speakers and gifts mark their departure after fourteen years in Jamestown, with W. Dawes presenting a silver cake motif and wishes for health and happiness in Birkenhead.
Pie IT. E. Johnston offers day old chicks for sale with prices for Black Orps and White Leghorns. local farming updates include rainfall, stock feed, and a motor trip report by M. McCallum and W. J. Raynes. Gladstone Bowling Club to elect officers at Memorial Hall. St Albans church and Gladstone Welfare Club events noted with performances and talks.
Mrs W Grantham and her nephew journey to Port Augusta following a holiday with Mr and Mrs R White at Jamestown.
The Jamestown Croquet Club will meet at Clay House Aux. 47 at 3 o'clock. Members are urged to attend and may bid farewell to Mrs Luck during a social afternoon following the meeting. Dance plans in Caltowie feature excellent music by Dick Trevorrow's Orchestra for the forthcoming Catholic Fete.
A small group of travellers called Gipsies toured Gladstone on Tuesday morning, visiting numerous businesses. They attracted a large crowd of locals as they browsed goods and left storekeepers wary of potential losses. Bank officials note no tricks were used during the visit by these unwelcome guests.
A patriotic benefit at the Gladstone Institute drew good attendance on August Tath. The program featured Next Time I Marry with Lucille Ball and James Ellison and You Cant Cheat an Honest Man with W C Fields. The proprietor W Benbow and local rep Fred Rock donated all takings estimated between 11 and 12 pounds to local patriotic funds, a generous gesture well appreciated.
The Gladstone District Council reports a year starting with an overdraft of £79 and ending with a credit balance of £68. The annual balance sheet and report praise Chairman J. F. O’Neill District Clerk D. Budge and ratepayers for substantial road and service work.
Jamestown and Gladstone meet in the first NAIA semi final at Caltowie with 2.45 pm kickoff. Both sides have lost key players but field their best available teams amid fine weather and anticipated a ding dong contest. Admission adults one shilling, children half.
Gladstone Methodist Church prepares for its Sunday School anniversary with three services at 9 0 am 3 pm and 7 pm featuring children’s singing and an orchestra. Rev W J Stafford will conduct with W Gillespie supervising visiting children as Knights and Comrades host a treasure hunt and platform setup. Huddleston Church plans later anniversary events organized by Knights and Crystal Brook members.
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