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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
4
The Jamestown Institute announces new library hours with public and subscription spaces open on specified days. Membership rules allow under 18s to join with a subscription of 2 shillings 6 pence per quarter or 10 shillings per year, lending terms for books and magazines detailed.
A December 4, 1932 fete at Memorial Hall in Georgetown raised £73 for the Baptist Church. Maypole dancing, musical items by Miss Treasure and others, and a women's choir entertained. Dr. Stewart opened the event. Miss Dixie Winton presented him a box of strawberries. Stall lists detail multiple contributors and refreshments. Trophies for school essay winners were awarded to Lorna Bauhm and Ray Phillis. Local tennis results noted alongside wheat delivery by J. L. Batten.
The first load of the new season's wheat arrived at Abbeville station carried by Mr. J. V. Noonan. The Aussie variety weighed 624 lb to the bushel and yielded about 12 bags per acre, indicating a good sample.
A mosaic of jokes and aphorisms on life artistry courage and daily quirks. It mixes quips about writers dancers and diners with light banter about hats money and manners. Scattered trivia notes mention Scotland cinema and Greenwich Observatory alongside punchlines and cartoons.
In Gladstone the mayoral race between Frederick Charles Grubb and Charles Oswald Bennett drew strong interest. Grubb received 146 votes to Bennett’s 87 with 2 informal ballots. 235 of 276 eligible ratepayers voted. The Returning Officer Mr Budge praised the process as the hall filled after results were announced.
The Caltowie district council held a December 3 1932 meeting with M F Leahy chairing. They approved road work bids from J Hunter Jamestown and readied notices for dog registrations weed control unemployment relief inquiries and a Flour Tax message to the Prime Minister. Returning officer appointment for Mount Mary Ward and accounts for payment were approved with the next meeting set for January 7 1932.
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