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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
3
The Gladstone Club visited Blyth on Saturday for an enjoyable afternoon of bowls. Results list players for Gladstone with numerous names and scores such as 155, 21, 22, and 23, including Osman Odgers M Page Pas Mundy Barter Page Parsons Hawke Noblet Builder Botting and others.
The Red Cross Circle reports a well attended meeting on January 26 with finished socks and mufflers for members. A wool depot at Mrs. Cook's shop rear counter will operate Tuesday afternoons for locals and outsiders to pick up wool or join. The next meeting is February 9 with Dr. Stewart delivering an address.
A reader suggests a weekly installment on First Aid in the emergency care scheme. The letter stresses that First Aid is foundational but not mastery, warning against overconfidence and highlighting the need for ongoing practice and experience beyond initial training.
The Gladstone Women's Croquet Club reports two recent matches. Hewett and Fisher lost 14 to 26 to Spackman and Burgess. Harris and Lines defeated Smart and another partner in the second game.
The Red Cross Circle held a ball and buffet supper Saturday night with Will Gond’s orchestra, charging one shilling and tallying £6 10s as a solid turnout. A dust storm ripped through in late afternoon followed by rain and varying gauge readings, while local schools reopen and residents report health updates, harvest progress, and holiday travel across Georgetown.
On Saturday January 13 parents of the Huthes Gap School held an evening to bid farewell to Miss N. M. Rice who relocates to Beaufort. A large crowd attended with local and surrounding friends. Dancing followed recitals by Miss Mary Halse and Mr Coles. Music by Miss Andrew Pilkington S Are Brite Mrs L Martin and Mme WW Heal. A gold wristwatch was presented by Mr H T Head. Speakers included Mike Stephens W O Robinson Curtin tennis club and Mrs J Halse. Miss Rice thanked the community for the social and gift.
Tattersalls Saturday features multiple racing pairings and qualifiers. Seacombe Hdep and Muljarra appear in a mixed field with several contenders like Cren den and Rainbar. Other entries include Vice-Regal Hdep and My Quality plus Welter and Hiawatha.
Messrs Elder Smith & Co. Ltd announce a monthly market at Gladstone on Tuesday offering 4 090 sheep 20 pigs and sundries with sale of livestock and related items anticipated by buyers in the district.
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