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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1932
Page
4
The Northern Fire Fighting Association urges farm safety with practical steps including firefighting gear for every farm and leather or green flaps on long handles. Aimed at households near prams and haystacks, the message promotes keeping a vigilant watch, banning smoking near bales, and fostering district fire prevention activities.
The Memorial Park Committee and RSA members welcomed a large turnout at the Continental on Saturday as over £40 was raised. The park was lit with colored lights, stalls were set, and a Road dance program accompanied by a municipal band, with donations and volunteer work highlighted. Mr C R Hawke officiated the transfer to the Corporation, praising the civic effort and promising continued support for upkeep and improvements, including a planned children's playground. The Memorial Park Committee, led by F Rice and W Glasson, thanked key workers and noted the staff and volunteers who contributed to the evening.
Council minutes show apologies for Cr Tiver. Reports on repairs to Bridge and Parker's Road. Cheque on Contract A held until approval by Mr. Ashby. Acting Clerk R Morris appointed, paid 14/6 daily from Jan 2. Rates remission granted for stock fencing loan, and kerbside petrol pump by-law discussed. Balance sheet approved. various tenders listed. stubble burning period extended to Feb 1. Lucerne burning ban until Feb 11.
This OCR fragment presents a dense table of rainfall figures by month across years from 1880 onward, centered on Jamestown. It lists numerous numeric entries and codes, indicating monthly totals or indices, interspersed with stray marks and unclear annotations. The piece functions as a data ledger rather than a narrative report.
Cricketers Jamestown Colts bowled out for 168 with top scores by N Smour 22 and W Dickson 17. Bundalegre reply ends at 121 as J Dawes leads with 3 for 13 and J Jeffs claims 4 for 17, securing a tense finish.
The Gladstone Institute announces new books for its library and a subscriber plan offering access to 546 books and 864 magazines over a year for 15 shillings, 8 shillings for half year, or 4 shillings 6d for a quarter. W. L. Evans, Librarian, invites readers to join.
The heat wave tops 117 noting less sports activity except swimming which draws crowds at dusk. Learn to Swim week planned with a carnival for learners. D O Connell elected president of the Club replacing Slee who moved to Two Wells. Farmers report harvest slow but steady carting continues. Road contracts under the Federal Aid Grant spark local disappointment as non residents win bids, though a metal road extension to the Spalding boundary to Jamestown proceeds.
The Caltowie District Council records readings of the Rangers Surveyor and Auditor reports. Matters include unemployment relief Christmas Cheer funds, weights and measures compliance, Jamestown Hospital contribution, bankrupt estate rates, highway subsidy changes, a fencing and water piping loan petition, tenders for Federal Aid Road contracts, and a Local Govt Areas commission visit. The Clerk is to verify loan capability, contracts 18 and 19 to be re advertised, and the chairman reports on council boundaries and a hoped boundary preservation.
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