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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
2
Darrell Barrett visits Jamestown monthly and may be consulted at the Jamestown Hotel on Thursday December 19. Advertisement lists English supper sets and a 9/11 set at Inglis Jamestown with Genoa Velvet lounge suite leather armrests priced at £14 10s.
Dalgety & Company Limited offers a large auction of sheep cattle and sundries at Jamestown Market. Entries include hundreds of sheep fat wethers ewes lambs and crosses, plus dairy cows Friesian Jersey crosses and several cattle and pig items. Terms daft by sale. Further entries invited.
Jamestown invites tenders for the position of grave digger at Jamestown Cemetery due by December 14 at 1 pm. Full particulars available from the Town Clerk, W Naismith.
Thomas Crowhurst, aged 73, beloved husband of Skurray and father of Lavinia Crowhurst, died December 6 at Jamestown Hospital after a noted musical career. He won the Gilbert and Sullivan scholarship prize of £16 16s and earned recognition in solo singing. Congratulations are extended to his family and best wishes for future success.
Department of Agriculture notes a high grain yield despite sparse rainfall across several districts, especially north of South Australia. Mr. B L Orchard reports a wheat crop on G G Haggar's Canowie farm yielding about 414 tons of hay with only 3.88 inches of rain during May to October, suggesting effective farming methods and good stage practices.
M Duffy and family of Gladstone express sincere gratitude for telegrams letters floral tributes and expressions of sympathy after the recent loss of their husband and father. Please accept this personal thanks.
All classes of lawn repaired set and sharpened by experts with many years experience at the Woodworkers and metalworkers tooling plant in Adelaide. Specialists perform work using rotary or straight line grinding and honing. Prices reasonable and sent through Review Office James Town Areas Express Office Gladstone.
Sunday services listed for Gladstone Georgetown Jamestown and surrounding districts across multiple denominations Advent and Evensong times noted. Reports include personnel changes visits and local educational milestones amid a busy pre Christmas schedule.
Delia Lennard daughter of Mrs M A Lennard of Peterborough marries William George Leesue son of Mr and Mrs Jack Leesue of Gladstone in St Anacletus pré Cathedral Peterborough. The ceremony was by Very Rev Fr W A Nesdale Adm with Nuptial Mass and a reception at the Railway Hotel.
The notice announces the death of Mr White of Gladstone. Included are details of local events from December 1920 and earlier, mentioning a standany fete at Gladstone Methodist Church, a cricket score where Port Pirie 165 beat Gladstone 62 for 7, and municipal elections with names such as J. H. Sargent and W. Hancock serving as mayor.
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