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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1934
Page
4
The Library opens for exchange on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays from 3 to 6 pm and Tuesday to 2 pm. The Hall and Supper Room offer engagement space. Charges and terms of application remain set by the Secretary.
Mr D H Woodward, general superintendent of Broken Hill Associated Smelters, returns to Port Pirie after a round the world trip. He visited England and Wales and the United States and Canada and Mexico, assessing metallurgical works and noting high standards abroad. He discusses Port Pirie lead purity, zinc recovery potential, and compares global smeltry practices with local operations.
The visitor notes a reasonably good lead demand and a slight English industrial improvement while criticizing America’s National Recovery Act. He compares Britain favorably to other nations and mocks American union pressures, finding Germany’s Nazi controls and forced labor alarming during his broader tour.
James Hunde of Collingrove reports on effective top dressing of pasture with super and potash, noting tenfold gains on 25 acres and urging routine trials by farmers. He compares plots with and without manure, observes stock responses, and calls for state wide experiments similar to those in New South Wales and Victoria.
Fifty years ago Outsiders beat Gladstone Club by 86 runs in a Saturday cricket match in Adelaide outlines. The article lists players for Outsiders and Club-Nicholas with details of England versus Australia test in Adelaide, ended 233 for 9 after a weather hit Saturday. Other items cover a Gladstone Band of Hope program, a two innings Ferrys versus Kitsons cricket match at Caltoole, local prices and a tailor shop fire in Gladstone, and Redhill versus Crystal Brook cricket result 241 to 36.
Cash in Clerk's hands on 1st December 1935 shows General Rates including Fines for 1933/4 actually collected 970 pounds 16 shillings 14 pence. Special Rates including Fines for 1933/4 collected 646 pounds 18 shillings 83 pence. Arrears of General and Special Rates including Fines noted. Licences show Dog 33 pounds 9 shillings 9 pence Motor 1 pound Dray 1 pound Slaughtering 2 shillings 2 pence Other 45 shillings 4 pence. Government Grants Grant-in-aid 2 pounds 6 pence. Miscellaneous Revenue Fees-Depasturing 112 pounds 18 shillings 6 pence Pound 3 pounds 3 shillings 4 pence. Reimbursements for Work Done or Service Cemetery 47 shillings 9 pence 9 Materials Sold 201 pounds 6 shillings 6 pence Refund Unemployment Council 5 pounds. Refund Officer of Health 2 shillings 16 pence Rebate in Insurance 14 shillings 9 pence Cheque Return 4 shillings 14 pence 1116 pounds 3 pence 6 pence 2811 pounds 7 shillings 9 pence 6 1316 pounds 3 pence Miscellaneous 3 pounds 2 shillings 0 pence Bank Balance 1st December 1933 23 pounds 15 shillings Loss of cheques 217 pounds 3 pence Amount received from Government Grants for Main Roads Council's Contribution for Main Roads a6
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