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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
2
The annual report of the State Forest Department notes immense tree destruction in the state. The firewood shortage already affects households and urges decisive action to curb continued loss and its long term impact on timber supplies.
The State Forest report highlights 20 807 acres planted or regenerating by June 30 1916 and 862 270 trees in stock. Of 436 682 trees planted, 350 999 survived about 18 percent loss. Distribution reached 308 491 trees to 2 870 applicants, with 80 013 sent from Bundaberg to New South Wales recipients. The effort improves homesteads and town streets though waste occurs when recipients overestimate care needs.
Advertisement shows laborers needed at Port Lime Sme with wages of 11 shillings per day. The article notes war casualties, cites estimates of over 5,000,000 killed and 13,000,000 wounded since the war began, and mentions a somber daily killed/ storage figure. A Bundey night service at the Inco Methodiat Church will honor Jifa work with the ate Me Boehin to the church and Sunday school. Local officials respond to Belgian Relief Fund donations, seeking wheat and funds. London reports emphasize acute need. In Gladstone Parish Hall a social was held for Miss Mary Connolly by St Peter's Church Choir, with musical performances and a crochet cushion gift.
Fragment from an old ad praising GANDER'S EXTRACT and HANDRA'S EXTRACT as reliable remedies. The text claims protection from mucalypine oils and numerous infections, touts universal applicability to wounds, colds, neuralgia, and other ailments, and urges readers to use these extracts as safe household cures.
The above talented company spear in the Gladetown Town Hall on Feb 9. The programme includes conge, banjo eglos, jug sling, and more. The seven member company are all returned soldiers. This visit offers Gladstone residents a chance to hear something good. Roll up and bear the boys who fought on Gallipoli.
At Georgetown Magistrates Court on Friday January 26 1917 Francie McGuire was fined and jailed for using indecent language and fighting in public, with seven days to pay. Also Toho Ranege was charged for unlawfully supplying Francis McGuire with beer during a prohibitory order, receiving a fine and imprisonment.
Mr A De Baray a chemical expert in Melbourne testified before the Bupeama Court of Victoria that Sander Extract claims to banish a wide range of ailments from typhoid to indigestion. The advert claims insist the tincture restores health through its purported sanative virtues, urging readers to use the genuine product for tried and approved effects.
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