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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1928
Page
4
The London College of Music announced successful candidates across piano violin and elocution categories. Names include Crystal Brook Centre students and many with hons distinctions and associates licenses, with multiple levels from primary to licentiate.
The death of Mrs Honoria Carmody widow of the late Mr Michael Carmody is reported in Peterborough. Born in County Clare 83 years ago she came to South Australia with her parents at eight. Married in 1868 she and her husband settled at Mannanarie, first settlers there. Seven children survive: James Gulmare Michael Adelaide Patrick Booboorowie Thomas Peterborough Lasson Western Australia H Watson Broken Hill and J Shane Peterborough.
A public notice-style advertisement extols Doan's Ointment for all forms of piles, urging prompt use to prevent serious rectal diseases. It cites Mrs. E. Pankhurst of Bondowie Street, Gladstone, claiming her husband found relief after one pot and remained symptom free four years later. The ad notes the product is sold by chemists and stores, urging buyers to ensure they get Doan's.
At 10 am Saturday November 6 1927 the 2 000 000th car from Dodge Brothers rolled off the final assembly line just over 12 years after the first Dodge was built on November 14 1914. The record marks a peak for the auto industry as Dodge plans a larger dealer network and a full line of passenger cars and trucks for 1924 amid a factory readjustment led by President Wilmer.
The Gladstone Corporation held a meeting on February 1 1928 with the Mayor H T Harslett and councillors present. Reports were read, and decisions included appointing representatives to the Northern District Councils and Corporations Association meeting, cleaning the water table on Main Street, widening road works at the new crossing, seeking a 50 percent rebate on installing plugs, and erecting notice boards at the Rocky River crossing and east of the school. Road kerb tenders were called, the Town Planner invited for a visit, repairs on the No 2 drag were planned, and the night man advised to improve duties and provide weekly reports.
Gladstone scored an easy win over Spalding at Spalding on Saturday last, totaling 228 runs with H R Hill retiring on 105 and Syd Harris 78 not out. Spalding managed 56 as Hewish and Thomson led Gladstone bowlers. Hill and Harris starred for Gladstone, while Paddick, Duffield, and Vowles contributed notable scores.
A miscellaneous column of short wits and notices with proverbs, partial jokes, and trivia. It mentions a maid named Dawn, a New Moon date, a Siamager Clearing sale ad contact, and a miscellany of facts from taxes to the first moving picture, with varied names and places scattered through the text.
University of Adelaide 1927 intermediate results show under sixteen candidates named by subject. History Barclay B E Gladstone. Geography Scholz A W Gladstone. Mathematics I Cummings R E Judell V Jamestown. Mathematics II Cummings R E Jamestown. Physics Dunstan A E Jamestown. Shorthand Pollard F M Dunstan A E Jamestown. Certificates offered to successful candidates with markers indicated.
A partial ledger lists Jamestown pupils including Claire Boyle 31 Ena Carter Cleggett Mary G. Crouch Marjorie J. My Dickson Phyllis A. Vivienne Joell Pollard Frank M. Mildred E. Tyler and others across various subjects and codes observed as a school roster.
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