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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
2
Dalgety and Company Limited will auction a large mixed lot sale from Belalie and Jamestown including 6163 sheep and 4 fat cows with calves. Properties and farm equipment shown, with 10 percent deposit and possession in one month. Further entries invited and terms available at sale.
LAUBMAN & PANK LTD of Adelaide announces light testing visits by Mr OConnor Certified Optician. Schedule includes Gladstone Commercial Hotel December 20 10 12 Jamestown Institute December 20 2 8 Caltowie Hotel December 21 12 to 3.80 etc with multiple hotel stops through December 23.
Creditor claims against the estate of Albert John Millitan late of Yacka South Australia must be sent to Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company Limited Adelaide by 17 January 1939 under the Trustees Act 1936. Probate was granted to Bagot's on 20 November 1988. Dated 13 December 1938.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co limited announces an auction offering 710 fat and store sheep. The sale details indicate consignment from the firm and timing to be advised in the official notice.
Instruction from Mr Howard Roth to tender for three or five year lease starting 1 March 1939. optional purchase offers invited. Property known as Lisloughry, near Spalding, Jamestown, contains about 6934 acres with sections 6793 13629 and 1623. includes sheep paddocks, lucerne, arable land, Baderloo creek, wind mill, stone house, Wun's cottage, sheds and buildings. Tenders close at Elder Smith Co. James Town 25 January 1929. tender acceptance not guaranteed.
The piece discusses rough Clare Jamestown road conditions despite repairs and questions promised upgrades. It also covers the opening of the Orroroo pool funded by federal low interest loans, with Premier Playford declaring the Baths open and remarks from local figures, including Jamestown representatives and Digger Premier hospitality.
An old notice urges readers to contact the Express Office in Gladstone or the Review Office in Jamestown to send Christmas messages, promising prompt service and low prices with the sender's name printed on each card.
Ralph Gilmore won the Schoolboys' class Pig Judging Competition at the Jamestown Show. The Jamestown show results were advised to the Society secretary, L M Judell, who notes the prize can be claimed.
In loving memory of our dear mother who died on December 20 1936. Inserted by Norman Flowvie and Tom.
Local church notices list service times across Jamestown Canowls Belt Gladstone and Georgetown. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Jamestown 11 am in Presbyterian Church Baptism 3 pm Salvation Army Captain Findlay 11 am Holiness 7 pm Salvation Sunday School 30 pm Anglican Gladstone service schedule includes Holy Communion 8 am and Evensong Sermon Georgetown Evensong and Sermon listed.
On Saturday December 1 the east bound service between Port Pirie and Peterborough will depart Port Pirie at 10 30 p m instead of the usual time. The change applies to all corresponding services for the day as directed by FC W Christison Secretary Railways Commissioner.
Mr. R Pannell of the Loco Department Gladstone suffered a painful eye injury last week while chopping wood at the workshop. A timber fragment struck his eye causing severe bruising and temporary blindness. It is hoped sight will be restored. Kevin Boyle son of Mr and Mrs Boyle Jamestown has paused his final exams with credit in three subjects and gained a diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the South Australian School of Mines.
A tractor truck overturn on a bend near Caltowie kills Mia Walter M Baldock and Emlyn Lewis. Lewis dies instantly. Mrs Baldock dies in Jamestown Hospital after injuries. Driver W Crittenden survives with minor injuries. Funeral plans set for Laura and Mitcham.
Reading from Georgetown diary notes the week ended with rough winds and a Friday storm that damaged standing crops. Wheat survived but Parker’s oats suffered. farmers push seed quality harvest delays. Community notes recount a large public meeting, defence talk, Tom Crack’s show, tennis at St Mary's, swimming pool opening, and local theft, church events, and Women’s Bureau activities.
A M Stevens of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co at Gladstone has been transferred to Glenelg with Mrs Stevens and family. R Berry-I-man from Mt Lofty succeeds Mr Inors as district foreman. staff bid farewell at the depot and presented a fountain pen and Eversharp pencil. W J Tyler spoke of good fellowship and wished success in the new district. Best wishes were extended for their future prosperity.
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