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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
4
A large shipment of Aluminium Wats has opened with prices described as the lowest ever offered in Gladstone or elsewhere. Glassware, Hleetroplate and Enamelware are available in large quantities at greatly reduced prices.
Gladstone High School visited Jamestown and Peterborough for a multi sport meet. Jamestown defeated Peterborough 5 4 in tennis style play, while Jamestown beat Gladstone 5 4 in another match. Cricket saw Jamestown dominant, Peterborough dismissed for 33, and later draws with Gladstone in two sessions. Intermittent rain hindered play and a long day of events included The Hundred Yards heats won by Staude, Cadsow, and Locke from Jamestown and Gladstone.
The Committee of the Leesue Relief Fund makes a final appeal to readers to finish funding the house in Gladstone. Funds are exhausted though a committee member helps. about sixty pounds are needed to complete construction and ready the building for occupancy in a few weeks. Contributions in cash, store, or wheat are welcomed through Mr Will Growden and other agents.
The Gladetone championship billiard tournament reaches the final stage with four unbeaten players remaining: Messie E. Lee, J. Duffy, W. You, and B. Sheth. The goal game promises high interest as spectators await the eventual gold medal winner.
Racing notes from Port Adelaide including Boxing Day features Exeter Trial Stakes Birkenhead Trial Hurdles Christmas Handicap Glanville Handicap Jumpers Flat Race Weight-for-Age Cheltenham Stakes and Semaphore Welter. Key contenders include Queen of Orange Buzz St Speed Alocosia Sweet Magne Orania Argosy Boy Comic Knight Benoni Bitalli Tressvale and Kardina meeting entries Kadina Christmas fixtures noted with watchlists and season wishes.
The Country Party in Biseley concluded its plebiscite with Mesers Bidman and Aughsy the top two finishers. They will contest Stanley against Premier Sir Henry Barwell and Mr BR Nicholla at the next State elections. Momea Odgers and Daley tied for third place.
In Georgetown district a puppet show and concert drew a large audience at Memorial Hall with performances by local children led by Trevor Wilkin and Doreen Frez bairn. At Clover Hill, pupils conducted by Miss Sant delivered a second program with humor and song. A Teneriffe dragon tree aged 1,500 years is now on display.
An advertisement by J Hopkins touts Bonder and Bons Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract as a remedy for wounds ulcers chilblains itching and other ailments. The text claims long experience of 42 years with good results and notes bottles available at a fixed price from Sander's Extracts.
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