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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1942
Page
1
Jamestown council meets with condolences for Mrs Bowers, praises cemetery helpers, and notes high school visit by education officials. Actions include wage adjustments for a working overseer, sale of Army Nurses buttons, hospital funding, and weighbridge improvements with concrete office plans and vehicle registrations.
The Canowie Belt Strawberry Fete on a Saturday proved the most successful in years despite competition from petrol vision attractions. The event featured a well stocked Work Stall offering coupon free clothing and other goods. An Amateur Hour drew good applause with Pastor A Dennis hosting and Cnele Claude Byrton occasionally stepping in. Performers included Miss Mr Young, Pinna, Norma Edmonds, Mrs Cecil Brooks, Tom Edwards, Dorrothy Robinson, Jack Willing, Mr J Brooks, Myr Henry Symonds, and local duets and solos.
Certified opticians LAUBMAN and PANK LTD at 62 Gawler Place Adelaide announce forthcoming trips to your district. Watch this space for details as plans develop.
The notice explains telegrams cost a penny per word prepaid for one recipient, while advertised messages cost the same and reach hundreds of readers in surrounding towns. It suggests using this low rate for buying, selling, or publicizing items like an overcoat.
Wirrabara hosts sessions Wednesday 9 to 12 at Dee Gooleron Centre in the afternoon December 11. Laura offers Thursday until 12 December. Georgetown holds Thursday 3.40 to 3.5 December 10. Adelaide surgeries listed on First Floor Shell House North Terrace.
Fragmentary notes describe mixing steps for cake and frosting. Instructions mention whisking milk, beating eggs, sifting flour, adding butter, topping with sprout of butter, and stirring in sugar cinnamon. The text is garbled but outlines a basic bake sequence.
The Chairman of Works highlighted the poor state of tanks in South Park and Memorial Park and moved for repairs. Dr Harper seconded the motion, with a requirement to repair tanks on lands of Drs McCarthy and Wenham at the earliest. The meeting also planned post in phatation and tree trimming in front of Couried Office. A visit by Sir Charles McCaul to Janestown was unanimously invited. A sympathy letter was to be sent to the husband and family of the late Mrs Bowers.
Additions to the Jamestown Institute library are made regularly. Suggestions for new books are invited. any approved or procurable titles will be obtained by the Committee. A Suggestion Book is in the Library. Subscription is 6 per quarter.
A fragmented table of rainfall measurements for Gladstone spans numerous years from 1881 to 1942 with varied values, including entries like 1897 1240 and 1924 25.47. The text mixes numeric data, month names during scribal gaps, and occasional annotations, indicating a historical climatology ledger.
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