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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
3
The sewing afternoons convened by the Indies draw good attendance and Xmas gifts will be sold in December. Conveners for the shop last week were Mesdames G. Miller G. W. H. Gale and H. A. Gale. The text meeting is set for Friday December 1.
Gladstone Bowling Club selected twelve teams for the clubs tournament. Skippers are first named and include Williamson and W Thomas in team 1, Pascoe in team 2, Henschke in team 3, B Gale in team 4, Pollard in team 5, and G W Gale in team 11 among others.
Pupils from Sisters of St. Joseph Jamestown and Miss Kath leen Newlyn and Miss R M Spicer reported successful on Australian Music Exams at Adelaide University. Names include Elizabeth Cole Ellen Connell Veronica Chiewidden Colleen Irvine Joyce McElroy Moira Ronald Patricia Estick Elaine Gibbs Shirley Swearse Joan Murray Marion Tizer Pauline O Loughlin Dorothy Hawkins Margaret Opie Peter Opie Davil Hatter Maura S Butcher Rosemary Porter Helen Flavel Dulcie Butcher Marjorie Porter Imelda Searle Melie Green Judith Tassie Marion O Dea and others in Practical Grade I to VI and Theory with various credits and honours.
A Saturday event at the Georgetown institute featured church bands and stalls with local volunteers. The day raised expectations of about 290 attendees, with parcels for a youth raffle and a call for donations to help a local cause. The swimming pool opened last week and children enjoyed daily swims this week.
The Laura Unit FFCF Hamper Appeal lists £97 forwarded to headquarters and thanks Mr P T Winter for coordinating donations. A long contributor list includes Mr and Mrs John Waller, Mrs J A Porter, Mr and Mrs Reichstein, Mr and Mrs Kelly, and many others with various amounts.
The Jamestown council discusses road material funding and curb repairs, backs paying a town treasurer and costs for the chaff contract, and approves a doll house donation to Red Cross with CWA custody. They also honor Mr A W Gage by sending sympathy to his family and plan rubbish receptacle paint and street branding.
Mrs Frank Martin spoke at the Jamestown CWA International Day, praising Canada as the largest British Dominion and detailing its people, geography, industry and wartime roles. A program of readings, songs, and tributes followed with a vote of thanks to the speaker and organizers.
Jamestown Bowling Club members paid their first official visit to Gulnare on Saturday November 25. President E Smart welcomed them and A W White replied for Jamestown. Friendly games ended with Jamestown up one. Tea and praise for Gulnare Greenkeeper. electric light matches set for December 2.
The Laura Ice and Produce Co. advertises November prices for poultry and eggs as registered agents of the Egg Board. It offers dressed poultry including turkeys, cockerels, fowls, and young ducks with stated per pound rates and urges customers to consign poultry for top prices.
Lucerne pasture growth across the Northern Agricultural Area after two to three inches of rain promises to save sheep from starvation and support dairy cows. It boosts livestock, raises soil fertility, and may expand lucerne sowing in coming years across Laura to Hallett and neighboring towns.
Public letters warn against government nationalization of banking as war measures become permanent. The piece urges citizens and businesses to protest to MPs and defend financial freedom, arguing that post referendum pressure threatens to seize private savings and steer the economy.
Mr Reg Cooke leaves Laura to take the town clerk post in Quorn. He has served as secretary to the Laura District Hospital Northern Fire Fighting Association Northern TLC Association Laura Docky Club Ltd and was Overseer on the District Council of Tawra for goats. Mrs Cooke and friends will miss him though his move is seen as promotion and a more lucrative position. His successor in Laura is L G Lehmann who has already settled into the duties.
Fragmentary report notes Australia dairy farms produced over 1,000 million in value last year, with emphasis on labour and materials contributing to the output across sectors.
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