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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1932
Page
3
A collage of humorous maxims and snippets from daily life. The piece mixes wry quips about patience, wealth, and manners with casual notes on London traffic and a medieval Bible sale. It features jokes about marriage, school, and everyday observations, creating a light, dialogic snapshot.
The Georgetown district council met with Councillor Teaklee chairing in the chair’s absence. Officials reviewed acts and amendments, contracts for grading 460 chains, and a special federal grant. Hospitals’ contributions were recorded. audits confirmed. Notices on vermin destruction and dog registrations were ordered. road works and repairs authorised in several locations. school terms and grading details noted.
Fisherman's Bay near Port Broughton grows as a holiday spot with families from Gladstone Hudkleston Crystal Brook Georgetown vacationing for fishing and swimming. The Port Broughton Girl Guides held a camp fire concert at Patterson Bay with music by C Schulte and G Cameron. A collection boosted guide funds. Officials for athletic events included starter Amey and judges Webr Smallacombe. Participants from various ages competed in races and handicaps while sand castle building and other activities entertained visitors.
Crystal Brook championship bowls results show numerous pair and handicap matches. Notable scores include Radford 82 to Dennis 68, Weston 70 to Miell 41, Giles 82 to Peake 60, Ward 94 to Pridham 46, and Heaslip 248 to Thomas maybe. Four honours feature Wridham Symons and Tiver Roberts among winners.
Weights listed for Jamestown Racing Club meeting including Bun daleer hurdles, Lawn Handicap, Mannanar ie Novice, Jamestown Cup, Belalie Trials, Flying Handicap, and Canowie Stakes. Entries include Miss Marimba Great Chester Rough Night Spinife x, with weights and competing horses such as OZ for Lord Petunia Banzari and Koomattes in several events.
Gladstone High School resumed on Tuesday following a six week break. Transport issues and nearby center closures reduced numbers to a 50 enrollment, the smallest in years. New staff member Arnold Dunstan joined as junior teacher from Talbutt School with McCarthy continuing studies in Woo work. Public examinations by the University of Adelaide in November yielded several passes across Intermediate and Leaving classes.
Messrs Goldsbrough Mort and Co report a well attended monthly market at Jamestown with a fine yarding of sheep and pigs. Yardings include 2A97 sheep, 60 prime wethers, 27 yearling wethers, fat lambs, 114 ewes and 162 wether hoggets, plus 507 forward conditions of well bred wethers and ewes. Pigs six yarded and sold. sundries completed a satisfactory sale. Local and regional buyers attended. April lambs due, prices noted for various lots.
A letter from Hon. Gen. Secretary Gray of the Wheat Producers Freedom Association urges farmers who appealed against the 1931 Land Tax Assessment to notify the Local Court by the 15th instant to have appeals set for hearing. The notice aims to create a test case to establish a reasonable unimproved value influencing all district assessments. Emphasizing unity, the association argues unimproved ratings and land taxation are the state’s heaviest costs.
Upcoming public and school activities listed for Jamestown and Spalding include races, balls, a military ball and Memorial Park maintenance meeting February 11, Learn to Swim programs led by W W Gribble and J T Mahoney in February, a Northern High Schools Swimming Carnival March 2, and a St Patrick's Day sport and races event March 15. The Agricultural Bureau conference at Cal towle is set for March 9.
Fifty years ago the Laura residents moved to incorporate as a town. A Gladstone v Laura title match yielded Gladstone 359 to Laura 352 on a Wednesday. Teams included Cant Shepherd and Col Set Truman with players from both sides. Forties era notes list cricket and local sport scores and names from Crystal Brook to Georgetown.
Northern Areas Tennis Association reports waratah and railways clubs meeting on Saturday. Gents doubles saw Nancarrow and Dunn lose to Read and Keen while Todd and Saunders beat Palmer and Ditty. Ladies doubles featured Smuttycombe and Angley over Cook and Spotswood in a tight 7-6. Singles produced mixed results with Nancarrow Read Dunnlowe and Todd among winners and losses noted for several players. Overall counts show Waratah 9 sets to Blues 6 and Railways 0, with 87 games to 95 for Railways and Woodbines 0 sets 95 games.
Jamestown High School lists players and positions including Norman Moore and Mick McCarthy with multiple roles across guard, forward and back positions. Other noted members include Athol Richards, Dougied Oakey, Angae Atkins, Hector Orchard, Keith Person, Bleltor Medlin, Bill Kerin, Patty Judell Rex, David Davies, Eric Bottrall, Don Both, Dara Cummings, Monna Staker and additional teammates with varied assignments.
The Hacky River Cricket Association lists tomorrows matches including Nurdy against Gladstone and Georgetown versus Crystal Brook, Berade-Gladstone facing Georgetown, and Crystal Brook versus Narridy. Tennis features Northern Areas Association Reds versus Blues and Woodbines versus Waratahs.
Illustration shows Pennsylvania Governor signing the bill legalizing a pipe line company to convey oil. Thousands of teamsters resisted new transport by pipes as the first Pipe Line Company formed and crude oil began pumping on 10 October 1865. Pipe lines now exceed 100000 miles in the United States, employing about 26000 workers.
Notes list races and entrants including Aristarchus Kimberley Bel larion Seraviron Topsail Pure inga Hiep Black Wheat SH] vailo Barunga King Vice Resal Huep Kidston King Quex Welter Proud Scot Laat Trick Disher Desa Loyalty Amat Night Opera. An unrelated dialogue follows about a patient told by a doctor to stay in bed and a request to pay in advance.
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