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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
4
The Pirie Excelsior Band held a large public gathering in Ballarat to honor long-time supporters and members, including veterans and local officials. The event featured a ceremonial tribute to past service, a report of finances, and appeals for continued community support amid wartime strain.
An old newspaper fragment shows an advertisement for Betroch Priva and Olles Tele Paper from FAD. The notice highlights a product or service related to telegraph or paper trades with limited legible detail.
The document details industrial activity at Me Brokn Mill Proprietary Company Limited during a period around New Year. It notes ore processing, integration of plants for pulverising, tailings handling, and furnace work. Shipments to Port Pirie, limestone quarries, and zinc refinery updates accompany broader steel works progress and plant maintenance.
The obituary notes the death of Arthur William Wurm in Port Pirie on Monday at age twenty. A son of Mr and Mrs Wurm, he faced kyphoid illness and heat while returning to recovery. Wurm was active in church and community roles, including Sunday School superintendent, Church of England Men’s Society, Young Men’s Association, and Lactuebe Club, and held Lance Corporal in C Company Battalion. The funeral cortege featured Tar Coast Club members and company employees, with tributes from Ebs Board of Directors and Tacrosse Club.
Fragmented OCR text notes branch service items and routes including Ballarat and London via Suez, with multiple figures and references to dates, places, and historical names. Contains garbled phrases about Turkish plunder and exhausted conditions, lacking coherent narrative or clear events.
Port Pirie Court Returns detail magistrates court statistics for 19 LOcsL including revenue 101 17/85 receipts and 0 2246 in fees. It lists summonses issued 25.19 0/3, verdicts 2637 10/8, judgments by default 2422 15, and counts of various offenses from sheepstealing to assaults. It notes indictments for crimes such as emitting etc with counts for committals and proceedings under multiple acts.
Saturday tennis at Blonehenge Club featured Gentlemen's Doubles won by Johnston and McDonald over Hayball and Renta. Mixed doubles saw Johnston Mitchell defeat Hayball Nicoll. singles included Miss Evelt and Miss Warn with several close scores as spectators discussed the surprising outcomes.
The Balaklava Liberal Union branch met Saturday afternoon in absence of president Mr T. Neville. Acting president Mr O Uppill led a crowded meeting approving a Wooroora District Committees agenda for February 24 at Hawley Bridge. Delegates named G C Neville A W Robinson R TL Butler and H L Burden with Uppill as emergency. Discussion covered the state election, unity of the union, plebiscite opinions, and criticism from the Daily Herald. The secretary announced Liberal campaign plans and a Balaklava rally set for March 17 with candidate remarks soon.
Balaklava district council meets with F McArdle chairing and F W Loader clerk. Items include Kiely increasing Gleeson and Smith contracts to 18 chains, requests to clear and grub roads, and discussion of main road funds. Salvation Army permission for open air meetings granted. electric lighting deferred.
A Port Adelaide meeting discussed cutting liquor hours to aid workers amid labor tensions. Speakers argued reduced drinking supports employment and tax costs, while critics warned of increased broking and unemployment. Data cited included England and Victoria wage figures and the social burden of drink on the community.
An assembly discusses liquor restrictions and reform, with debate over enforcement and revenue. Speakers praise temperance aims while noting mixed local backing and questions about practical impact on taxation, crime, and public order. A subsequent thanks note credits supporters and clergy for organizing the gathering.
In Port Pirie on Saturday a temperance meeting addressed by Rev J C Hughes and supporters argued for early closing of liquor shops. Speakers contended cutting hours would not end sales, cited legal loopholes, and framed the issue as a question of citizen liberty and social responsibility amid ongoing referendums.
Readable cricket score notes from Balaklava venues detail Templeton-R and Halbury compositions with top scorers and sundries, plus Bowmans Port Wakefield and Balaklava Ramblers lines. Scores show Templeton 202 led by Sincock 16 and Phillis not out 4, Halbury 34. Bowmans 136. Balaklava Ramblers 216.
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