Store Closes For January Holiday Break
Tixtends to her customers and wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year. The store will be closed from January 1 to January 12.
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
2
Tixtends to her customers and wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year. The store will be closed from January 1 to January 12.
Mrs M McLeod directs Elder Smith to auction her Belalie farm holding comprising 320 acres in sections 188 and part 322 EK Hundred Belalie. The 4 paddocked property includes a stone house, modern conveniences, bore water and wind mill, with 10 percent deposit on hammer fall and balance in one month. Auction in Jamestown with full details available from the auctioneers. Also offered is Mr P D McLeod’s farming plant, stock and furniture.
Laura receives instruction from Mrs C H Zwar to sell household goods from her stepmother's home. Items include a Model T Ford, piano, dining set, beds, chests, crockery, furniture, sewing machines, tools, and various household equipment in orderly condition. Proceeds to benefit estate.
Listings of church services and religious meetings from Indress to Crystal Brook and beyond. Include Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodists, Catholics, and Salvation Army activities with times for Christmas Eve and Day, Sunday schools, and holiday schedules.
Local notices recount Christmas leave and holidays for RAAF and RAN personnel from Laura, Gladstone, and Jamestown. Families host sailors and soldiers, with travels to Victor Harbor and Adelaide, plus a Camp swimming carnival and updates on former Jamestown residents linked to Moonta High School.
FOR SALE Ford Roadster Model B4 engine excellent order well shod single or double rooms permanent or casual board or meals at ARIADNE Residential Irvine Street Jamestown Phone 72 WASTED to InnsRellattelle Harness Horse J V Franci Jamestown
Notice to farmers under the Commonwealth Wheat Acquisition Regulations prohibits selling or disposing of any wheat without written consent from the Australian Wheat Board. Seed wheat sales require genuine seed wheat transactions and application on a Board form from the Adelaide office or P.O. Box. Noncompliance may lead to prosecution and advances on wheat may be withheld. Percy Hutto, State Superintendent, Adelaide, 18 December 1942.
South Australian Railways announces timetable changes for December 24 and 25. The Bowmans to Gladstone service leaves Bowmans at 8.35 p.m. December 24, connecting with the 6.40 p.m. Adelaide to Port Pirie train, and the Gladstone to Adelaide service departs 9.20 a.m. December 25 connecting with Peterborough and Port Pirie trains. P. Cherry, Railways Commissioner secretary.
Gladstone Institute invites applications for a librarian. Include qualifications and salary expectations. Submit by Wednesday January 6 1943 to President R Dodiman or Secretary Miss J Ballantyne with details of duties obtainable from the President.
Amid war news Australians mark Christmas with prayers for peace and tribute to the fallen. Messages of goodwill reach across continents as families in Jamestown and Gladstone reflect on sacrifice, faith, and the future, while church services list Christmas Day and postholiday schedules.
Mr and Mrs Brown of Gladstone express gratitude to Mrs Lehman for quickly contacting Red Cross Headquarters which brought word of their son George who was reported missing in the Middle East on December 1st. They now say he is out of the hospital and doing well.
J. W. Siggins and family and the M and Mis group of Laura express gratitude to all who assisted at the fire on their property on Tuesday December 15.
Retail shops in Jamestown will close at 5 20 P M on Thursday December 24 and remain closed Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday December 25 to 28 192?.
Early Thursday morning a patient from the Timestown Auspiral Me hospital wandered away causing anxiety among relatives and residents. Police and townspeople searched the area until Mr Crank Wall found Mr Start on Mr HAL Mall's farm in a creek Friday morning. He was weak but unharmed, wearing only pajamas.
The local War Loan Committee reports Jamestown subscriptions reached £7600, marking an advance over prior loan totals under the leadership of secretary R. McLennan.
Harvesting is underway with Tamers yielding about 90 12 bags per acre. John Williams of Canawie District notes the current wheat season as the best in 27 years at Glen Providence. Sample weights around Jamestown run 62 to 65 pounds per bushel.
Mr. W. J. Baynes returned from the South East impressed by new watering places for travelling stock in the Naracoorte District. Troughs at intervals are supplied from private wells or bores under council arrangements. Nearby, clear areas support cleaning gas producers with motorist notice boards.
The Naval Board reports King approved dispatches for Lt. D. Burpley RANVR in undisclosed circumstances. Lt. Junney, born in Gladstone South Australia, enlisted in Brisbane December 1910. He went overseas as a sub lieutenant September 1941 and became lieutenant December 1941, now serving overseas.
Train alterations announced with departures from Bowmans on December 24 and Gladstone on December 25 connecting with Peterborough and Port Pirie services. Red Cross Jamestown report notes extreme heat relief at a meeting and Mayoress awards for babies Suzanne Walker Peter Hall Dianne Gilfillan. Depot to reopen in January.
The appeal of Sacrifice Day for prisoners of war on December 23 gains support as a second shipload of food clothing and medical supplies departs from Lawrence Marques in Portuguese East Africa for POWs in the Far East. Many have been moved from Malaya to camps in Formosa and Korea where winter snow is long and the Red Cross shipment sent December 4 includes warm clothing for 25 000 men.
The Gladstone tau arranged a Christmas treat for the wives and families of Sub-branch members on Friday with a large attendance and a joyful atmosphere. Mr W Jarrett led community singing and Rev R V Grant showed Papua pictures. Miss Betty Harris recited while refreshments and sweets were provided by the chairman Mr C Edson, secretary Mr L J Bath, and the committee.
Adelide Camouflage Net Makers planned no holiday this Christmas as CAVA closed until January 1. Workers took home extra string while the depot opens December 23 and January 6 to distribute materials and revive nets. When school reopens January 11 there will be urgent calls for beginners at duwestown depot, with net makers welcome in the New Year.
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