Brinkworth Tribute Honors Retiring Clerk Budge
Mr S S Sergeant auditor to the District Council traveled to pay tribute to Mr Budge one of the finest clerks. He noted old age forced retirement and spoke of his four sons three serving overseas and one rejected Syd Sergeant asked his father attend any ceremony Gladstone honored Budge and a carload of friends accompanied him The evening ended with supper provided by the ladies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkworth
S. S. Sergeant
Brinkwor
Budge
Mr Budge
Sergeant
Syd. Sergeant
Gladstone
Mr. Budge
Sargent
Galveston-style War News and Local Notices From Georgetown
Georgetown columns report on wartime troop cautions and gossip suppression, Red Cross Thrift Stall activity, harvest conditions with barley and wheat yields, and Defence Dept rifle call ups. Mentions Navy promotion for Glen Denhardt, Syria letters from Private T R Wilkin, and a Sydney Fund donation list including Dr Jue Stewart 1000.
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Weiesday
Dew
Red Cross Thrift
Avens
Yoom
F. C. Boyce
Seene
Cockburn
Joan Wellington
B. Sargent
B. Shephard
Defence Dept
Glen Denhardt
Hobart
T.R. Wilkin
Syria
J. C. Thomson
Gladstone
New Sydney Fund
Jue
Stewart
Soldiers Honoured At Gladstone social and departures
Pte Bill Botting and Mr Reg Waldeck were honoured at Gladstone District Hall before leaving to join the ALF. Speakers praised their service, with remarks on Botting’s youth and Waldeck’s move from teaching to military service. Community leaders urged sacrifice and national unity amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Botting
Reg. Waldeck
A.lf
Gladstone
C. Buiaige
J. F. O'Neill
Pte
Potting
My Waldeck
ALF
Boy Scouts
F. C. Grabb
High School Council
Waldeck
E. H. Andrews
Bill Prior
Pte Botting
Mr. Waldeck
E. C. Parsons
Pte. Holling
Wal Jeck
Air Force
C. G. Varresso
Mesars. C. Edson
R.S.L
Ralph Holmes
Methodist O'K's
R. R. Dodman
Gladstone Rainfall Through Early 1900s Data
A fragmented rainfall record for Gladstone lists yearly totals and months across multiple years from 1896 to 1942. The garbled OCR includes figures like 1896-11.68 and 1901-12.03, with numerous stray numbers and months such as July August and September, plus totals and anomalies, reflecting a weather ledger.
Be Prepared Scouts Honor Service At Town Gathering
The chairman gave Pre. Bott ius a pen and pencil and Mr Waldeck a shawl and money belt in thanks to local soldiers. Woollens were presented by townspeople while Waldeck thanked the group for their kind remarks. He cited his wife and infant as motivations to fight and praised the Scouts role and values. A tablerw with Hale Britannia and they are jolly good fellows closed the event.
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Pre. Bottius
Waldeck
Svand
Pte Boling
Sporting Notes from Pr Adelaide Saturday Hurdles
Hurdles events listed with unclear names and horses. Exeter Stakes features Pildesmic King Syce Pennant Lad. Challenge Stakes includes Baukshaw Ware Wines Queen Baneha. Townsend Hdep Dorinda and Semaphore Holey recap unclear. Quality Stales Woolcombe Dream some Queen Bacchs appear in notes.
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Adelaide
Exeter
Pildesmic
King Syce
Pennant Lad
Baukshaw
Warewines
Queen Baneha
Townsend Hdep Dorinda
Shakent
Semaphore Holey
Son of
Aurous
Black Diamond
Mongale
Quality Stales
Woolcombe
Dreamsome
Queen Bacchs
Gladstone Honour Roll Names Volunteers Rejected
A historical note lists names of volunteers rejected from Gladstone district honor roll, including Alison Appleton M R Hlesing Bolling Brown Cottle Creber Duncan Dunstone Durick Evans Flavel Glastonbury Tate Lewers Hobbs Smith Stewart Magner Pearce Potter Thomson Waldeck Wilkin Wood Wilushurst Kellock and others, reflecting wartime service records.
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Stone
King
Alison
W. Appleton
M. R. Hlesing
N. Bolling
Sradock
Brown
G. Brown
T. S. Builder
J.T. Carpenter
W. Cottle
Lewers
Ron Hobbs
J Hobbs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gladstone Business
Georgetown
Eudunda Farmers Co-Op. Society Ltd
A. C. Read
J. S. Wurm
M.P.S
Laura
R. J. Finlayson, Ltd
Philips
London
Madrid
Los Angeles
Philips Radio
E. Keller
Hone
H. T. Harslett
General Commission
Horwood Bagshaw “Imperia
Goodyear
Malvern
W. L. Palmer & CO. Certified Opticians
Matthew
Emporium
Cavill
E. A. Gale & Sons Builders, Contractors & Undertakers
Linth St
The
G. Insurance
W. G Cook
Saf.u. and
C.sc
Jim Stewart
EL Kupsch
Fruiterer
Cross Street
A. J. Noll
He, Holmes
Main ST. Gladstone
Oma
Sporting Notes
MR. Boyle
Crystal Brook
F. W. F. Drage
Cross St. Gladstone
Methurst
Gladstone Hotel
Harry Dodd
the Booyoolee Hotel
Ted White
Community Hotel
Nuriootpa
Nathan Beer
Eley Bros
General Blacksmiths
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