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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1942
Page
2
Notes report slight cream can shrinkage as farmers deliver less milk due to advancing lactation, with pastures drying and supply strains rising. Demand remains steady for the brand’s butter, which is praised for high fat content and freshness. delivery times extend as shipments adjust.
Auctioneer Laura acts on instructions from MRS to sell household contents including a Model T Ford, piano, dining set, seating, beds, chests, cupboards, clocks, lamps, stove, safe, tables, chairs, sewing machines, a bevy of small items and tools, and various household fittings in orderly catalog.
Exhuls to her Customers and the Public generally best wishes for a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. The Salon will be CLOSED from January 1st to January 12th.
Public notice states that any person who contravenes the Transport and Road Acts will be prosecuted by order. W. Naismith, Town Clerk.
A brief social noting a gathering at Catholic Hall in Limestown on Saturday December 26. The notice mentions accompanying guests and limited details about the event.
JOR SALE Borwood Wagshaw offers a harvester new or near new for £200 or near, 50 acres reaped, owner relinquishing farming. Gaston Header four to five years old, ex order, £17 10s. SH Tractor Tyre 13.50x32 used twelve months, £8. Alpha Laval Separator 35 gal with main spindle required, £4. Also new Lister 30 gal ball bearing Separator. A G Heal Crystal Brook.
Short classified ad seeking a small grazing property within easy distance of Jamestown. Contact J. Rundle at Jamestowns, phone 55. Also a separate notice for an experienced cook over 40 years sought for Bentley's Hotel Clave, phone 13.
The Jamestown area plus Laura, Wirrabara, Crystal Brook and nearby towns publish Advent and Christmas service schedules. Denomination notes include Church of England, Methodist, Presbyterian, Salvation Army, and Baptist with times from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Special services feature Rev. K J Chatfield and Rev. Guthberlet. Also references DWAC guidance for farmers during wartime.
DWAC Miss Helle Stallman and others visit relatives at Laura while Pte AM pledges leave with father. Camp personnel and families, including Mr W G Pledge and Mr and Mrs Tillard, attend reunions and socials in Gladstone and Adelaide. Notices mention enlistments, holidays, and joint dinners with friends and local residents.
Readers are urged to save petrol and tyres on Sacrifice Day to support the War Fund. Mr J Rundle shares driving tips to economise fuel and wear, while volunteers, including Miss Gwenda Harstett and Bob Yates, contribute through Red Cross efforts. District War Agricultural Committees organize local support across Gladstone and surrounding areas.
JREVINED offers single or double rooms with permanent or casual board of meals at Artadne Residential Irvine Street Jamestown. Phone 74.
Mrs Mitenen Martin of North Pirade held a birthday party on Saturday with many friends visiting through the day. A real party and afternoon tea followed at 4 pm. Mrs Martin is in good health and looks forward to a happy Christmas family reunion.
The Fighting Forces Comforts Fund held a successful December 4 dance at the Institute with about 25 attendees, many visitors, and a Lauya Orchestra performance led by MC J D Hawke. A women’s committee supplied refreshments. Proceeds exceeded eight pounds.
A fragmented notice describes a Women’s Committee organizing a display of curios to fundraise for May services. It mentions a lead organizer ti. de Le Vantais and notes plans for a Monday event with a focus on appealing items and a forthcoming meeting, though several words are garbled.
Mr J V Kitschke requests that readers note his harvesting operations for the 1941-42 season were not fully accurate in previous publication. The explanation states the figures were not strictly correct. Despite revisions the pastor believes the Kitschke family, including his two young sons, did a remarkably good job and worked hard.
The first load of wheat for the season arrived in Jamestown in December brought by H. C. Przibilla a bun dealer. It marked the opening weigh on Irvine Street’s new weighbridge and was delivered to No. 6 Pool of the Australian Wheat Hoard supervised by B T Daly agent for Joh Darling & Son. The grain weighed 65 pounds per bushel and came from a crop yielding WW bags per acre.
The Free French send greetings to Laura and a student named Austin Condon in North Mit Hotel. A letter from the Chief Information Bureau in Brazzaville thanks him for his radio listening and notes plans to broadcast on several wavelengths. It requests local press support to widen Free France coverage and ends with long live the Fighting French.
The xwinmaine pool opened recently and proved popular with soldiers and children. Roy Smudhcombe led with 602 marks while Nita Thomson was second with ATA marks. The New Season's wheat is entering yards as the season progresses.
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