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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
4
Jamestown Institute announces new library hours with public reading and subscribers rooms opening on specific days and times. The notice outlines subscription costs for adults and juniors, reading limits, and hall facilities including electric light, grand pianos, stage, and seating for up to 500.
The Ladies Branch of the Agricultural Bureau met December 5 at Memorial Hall with 24 members and 2 visitors. Janie Sargent won first prize for the Christmas Cake. G. Smallacombe placed second. The event featured biscuits and recipes demonstrations by several members, with a future meeting scheduled for January 7 on the Baby Welfare Train with Sister Lapworth presenting.
NATIONAL UTILITY POULTRY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION Jamestown sub-branch met December 6 with strong attendance. Members focused on non-layer breeding calls and discussed Christmas dinner plans. Demonstrations featured purebred white leghorns and Australorps. next meeting January 2, 1933 will cover autumn hatching. contact secretary S C Kelly to join.
An invitation is issued to families with infants highlighting free nursing services at the clinic. The program asks for voluntary contributions and emphasizes no charge for nursing care.
Gladstone Ornamental Grounds Committee held a session chaired by A. M. Flinn with attendees including Mesdames W. Coe F. C. Speiswool J. Page H. M. Pascoe B. A. Gale and others. They appointed stall converters arranged a brass band program and planned the Continental event for January 30 with admission 1/2 for adults and 1d for children over 12, free under 12.
A mash of quips and anecdotes from a past era featuring jokes about fools, manners, marriage, and daily life. The collection includes snippets from waiters and conductors to magistrates and teachers, with brief exchanges on love, work, and town scenes. Strong lines reference social quirks and humorous misunderstandings in a bustling social ledger.
Summary of doubles and mixed doubles matches with scores: Howley-Dowd lost 9-8 to Higgins-Page, May-Kerin defeated Angley-Dunne 95, Dawes-Noonan defeated Noonan-Angley 93, Howley-Noonan beat Kelly-Noonan 6-9, McCarthy-Noonan beat Miller-NoArie 6-4, Noonan-Mlay beat Angley-Hiskey 7, Dawes-Travers beat Bond-Angley 9-3. Mixed results include Howley-McCarthy over Wiggins-Miller 3-6 and Dowd-Noonan over Angley-OBrien 5-8. Singles draws listed with several matches and a final St James four sets to Georgetown four.
Bundaleer South bowled well and restricted the tourists to 75 all out. McDonald led the bowling with 3/1 as J Boyle and Allingame supported. Bundaleer’s top scores came from G. McCarthy 21 and C. McAskill 2 not out. Tourists’ G Oliver made 22 and B Von Gertouch 30 in a steady chase, with Gibbs and MeAskill sharing key wickets.
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