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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
2
A financial summary lists balances and expenses from December 1014 to November 1015 including general rate, special rates, bank overheads, salaries, printing, legal and maintenance costs. It notes charitable contributions, road taxes, and a balance in the clerk’s hands with a public notice urging peace and goodwill during Christmas.
The Bush Fires Act of 1918 declares a restricted fire period in the District of Fort Grimein from October 15, 1916, to March 6, 1916, prohibiting burning debris stubble or scrub and any lighting of fires during this interval. The council enacted this order on October 884, 2918, as recorded.
A reflective message on the season urging sincere goodwill amid a world of horror and bloodshed. The passage laments time’s cycles and questions what more can be said to express kindness in troubled times.
A condensed wartime address argues the root of bloodshed lies in German materialism and the absence of goodwill. Christianity, not force, is deemed the lasting force to end devastation, with future peace dependent on nations embracing goodwill over conquest.
A dated letter from the Adelaide Young Men's Christian Association Army Department thanks a local press for support of the Active Service Button Day and expresses appreciation to the community and workers in December 1916. The text also contains a fictional prose interlude unrelated to the appeal.
A garbled OCR style collage cites debts, ships, imports, and political figures. It mentions Blate debit of 44500 pounds, references Liberals, Kaiser, Constantinople, and the British Empire, with digressions on pens, drinks, and social manners.
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