This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
1
Mayor thanks council members for reelection and notes healthy finances. Unemployment relief funds and grants announced. By law enforcement urged for sale yards disturbances. Committees appointed. mayoral allowance set. rate kept at 1 shilling 8 pence with amendment under discussion.
Gladstone Institute committee met with eleven members to discuss placing a watch on the flagpole danger, honoring late custodian W L Evans, and funding staff appointments. They planned a memorial grave wreath, opened the lodge room on alternate Mondays, and considered hiring a librarian and custodian with set wages.
A fragmented report covers racing notes with uncertain horse names and odds and details of a town council meeting. It notes wage concerns, a split vote on an amendment, the mayor casting the deciding vote in favor, and the annual balance sheet being adopted. It also outlines daymen positions and pay rates, with committee steps to handle applications and payments recorded for general and government grants.
In Crystal Brook district farmers report bumper yields with some fields reaching nine to eleven bags per acre and a depot tally of 45 000 bags, though below last year's. Learn to Swim Week is proposed by Mrs Corry of the Women’s Welfare Club with plans for shelter near the pool and six learner hats. Gladstone bowlers visit Crystal Brook and local croquet and tennis reports detail club results. A St Catherine’s Christmas tree event and Golden Jubilee greetings for Gladstone residents close the article.
Mr and Mrs W Hancock mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their Gladstone home after arriving in the town 43 years ago. Auld Lang Syne was sung at a supper as friends called to greet them, and toast was offered by Mr C Budge.
The annual Strawberry Fete at Institute Hall Gladstone attracted many visitors from Georgetown and nearby districts. Activities included stalls with produce ice cream and sweets, afternoon tea, a children's stall, and a well attended evening dance raising a net £47 with £9 3s 6d in a separate dance tally. Winners in competitions included J Meers J Caulfield Fay Head J Duffy Miss T Gale and Miss L Noonan.
The Gladstone Corporation presents detailed revenue from general and special rates, licenses, grants, and miscellaneous sources for 1932, plus administrative expenses and main roads expenditure. It records overdrafts, balances, and the final totals for receipts and expenditures, certified by the town clerk and auditor.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.