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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1928
Page
2
Auction listing shows hundreds of sheep and lambs from primes to fat wethers including Merino and Dorset crosses with ages and killable weights. Cattle include prime cows and young prime cattle plus galvanised troughs and two quiet ponies. Term as usual with title cert in Crystal Brook district. 6d.
Town Clerk invites tenders at his office Institute Gladstone up to noon on Wednesday February 16 1928 for a reinforced concrete kerbing project about 25 chains in length. Full particulars available from the Town Clerk.
On the Farm situated 1 mile west of Gulnare at 1 p.m. the sale lists 6 GATTLE 40, two Sunshine Harvesters, ploughs, cultivators, combines and Harrows, tractor, engine, bins, tanks, poultry equipment, and sundries. Included are a Fordson Tractor, 400 gallon and 100 gallon tanks, incubator, et al. Nearly all items are used or seasonal, with several pieces noted as nearly new.
Theory resumes duties Thursday February 9 in Georgetown and Friday February 10 in Gladstone from 5 to 6. The notice indicates scheduled duties over these two days in the specified locations.
For sale is a six room residence with good cellar bathroom bath and Stevens heater and shed space. The property on large allotments 73 74 75 has water to all parts via Beetaloo and bore engine pump and tanks. Described as a good paying proposition with inspection invited, listing by W H Sedinary Mil Street Gladstone fd.
Music item notes special offerings for Circuit funds with hymnal titles The Lord is Loving and He is Good to All. Read as short church program entry indicating contributions.
At Crystal Brook on Wednesday next Messers Elder Smith & Co will offer 2370 sheep 45 fat to prime cattle pigs poultry and sundries See advt for full particulars Programmes for the Gladstone Returned Soldiers sports meeting to be held on April 21 can be obtained from secretary Mr F Buckenara Gladstone Over 128 pounds is being distributed in prize money and the principal event is the Allies Sheffield of 55 5 and a half
The Georgetown Racing Club announces its annual meeting on March 2 with a seven event programme to be decided. Programmes are available from secretaries R B White and E V Mce Gregor Georgetown. Distinctions conferred on Sanders and Son's Pure Volatile Eucalyptus Extract include awards from New Zealand and Amsterdam exhibitions and royal patronage for a medicinal product praised for treating infections, headaches, burns, and other ailments when used as directed.
Seven stone rooms and bath with verandah and cellar on the same block as a small two room weatherboard shop. Includes a U G tank shed and fowl house. Fixtures and fittings as a going concern priced at £575. W.1LW.O.
Residents are notified that the reopening of St Alban's Parish Hall Gladstone will take place on Friday February 17 at 3 30 p m A dance will be held in the evening Full particulars may be seen on hand bills The Gladstone High School opened its 1928 session on Tuesday with a satisfactory number of students enrolled Staff remains L Carthew head teacher L Green and Miss Walker Students performed credibly at last year s examinations Sander s Eucalyptus Extract advertised for health and coughs warning of imitations
A sale draft lists 14 acres in wheat and 26 acres planted with lucerne. Approximately 40 acres of Rich River flats divided into seven paddocks with a rocky river, a permanent spring, two wells and two windmills. Includes a four room stone house with enclosed kitchen, sheds, slaughter house, new pig yard and cow yards.
Notice to advertisers and contributors that all copy for contract advertisements and contributions for the Areas Express must reach the Gladstone office by 12 a.m. noon Tuesday for changes and 12 a.m. Wednesday for casual ads.
A compact classifieds notice lists a Double Flock Mattress priced at £1, a Mrs. Pott's Iona set at 7/6, a Large Miller Lamp, and a contact at Methodist Manse Gladstone. Also advertised are 16 building allotments in North Gladstone offered by H. C. Bennett with 6 to 7 p.m. posting.
A local ad urges customers to demand the authentic SANDER'S WEUCA LYPTI EXTRACT at the Gladstone Pharmacy, claiming a single best option and warning against imitations. The notice emphasizes genuineness and directs readers to the unnamed pharmacy for purchase.
The Crystal Brook Methodist Church held Harvest Thanksgiving services on February 5 conducted by Reverend Norman Lade of Port Pirie. Miss Brooks sang, and Mr Lade preached on a grain of wheat. A Scout event followed, gifting the Shield to the troop and noting Ron Brechin’s departure for Adelaide High School. A past concert by Miss Halene Taylor and companions drew attendees, with praise for Miss Kemp’s piano and Mr Sparrow’s recitations. Football and croquet results and local bowls fixtures from nearby Jamestown and Caltoowie are listed, noting scores and standings.
Amateur Turf Club meeting ran on Saturday with trial stakes and hurdles races. Potential winners listed include Pistolraf or Good Whiley in trial stakes, Ramorny or Sir Alba in division, Lord Hatan or No Chop in hurdles, Sirius or Sim Cha in Wilgena handicap, Fruition or Cheosan in Bungaree Cup, Phoenix or Amant in Welter, and Anton Prince or Biskra in Kidman Stakes.
Gladstone Ornamental Grounds Committee met on Tuesday evening with F E Delsar presiding. The balance sheet showed receipts over £107 and expenditure about £71. Plans include repairing seats at Tresylva Park, placing a new net on the tennis court, posting age limits near swings, and spending about £40 on a new training shed. Members Dr J Stewart and J P Matizan were named, and lights from the continental are to be hired out.
A historical overview of petroleum's global impact highlighted by Shell's role in 1927 era aviation feats. The piece notes Brock and Schlee’s 12,000 mile Atlantic flight aided by Shell Spirit and Shell Oil, Allcock and Brown’s unmixed petrol crossing, Captain Lawrence Hope’s 540 mile King’s Cup record, Koppen's Amsterdam Batavia mail route pioneering flight on Shell fuel, and Bentley's 3,500 mile solo Cape Town flight, all showcasing Shell’s pivotal energy influence.
Sydney Catholic Press argues against intense gorilla debates and imagines Homo Sapien evolving into Homo Vigilans in about X,000 years. The envisioned traits include bulging rearward eyes, long mobile ears, ultra-sensitive smell, flea-like muscular limbs, a crocodile hide with luminescent callouses, and a future where Nature may neglect appearances to preserve a species.
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