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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1926
Page
3
Readable sale notice lists drastic discounts on ladies frocks skirts coats and millinery with items like 60 percent off today 1/6 to 4/11 prices and special offers on gloves belts collars and parasols. Includes limited quantities and several color options.
Reported from the Mebhodiat Church noting Sunday morning service orderly conduct and evening singing. The article mentions parish events, member activities, and plans for a spring dance at the village hall, with several locals attending and remarks on ongoing community life.
The Georgetown News reports Bondsy’s meteorological authority logs a heat record with unusual conditions in early February. A party voyage, led by Mumford and Fisher, travels from Adelaide toward Marvea to attend gatherings and ceremonial events at Central Mount Almast, with plans to visit Zebuen Yo.
A local Wirrabara gathering occurred at Keel Hall on Wednesday night with attendees discussing social and community issues. The event honored patrons and featured remarks from Mr J and Mr B, with several local figures named among the speakers.
Merriton details a cricket match with Huddleston in strong form and notable catching. Individual performances include Crouch, Leach, Morton, Liddle, and Combes with multiple wickets or runs amid a hot spell and unsettled weather.
A garbled OCR snippet discusses numeric requirements and speculative phrases about an insider named Alice Matches. The text resembles a disjointed sports or scoring fragment with unclear references and damaged context.
Boy Scouts held a two day camp at Fort Germein with aid from parents and civic leaders. District Commissioner J H Sargent presented Scout Master C Lines with his commission. the group traveled by car, enjoyed meals, swimming, sports, and a church parade. A mishap injured David Smallacombe but he recovered with hospital care and support from Port Pirie community. The party returned home January 21 and organizers thanked volunteers including J Growden and W Growden.
Saturday meeting forms a committee to dispose of funds raised for the oval. The group aims to transform surronding grounds into a model convenience while cautioning that proposed buildings may complicate the 1000 Romies scheme.
A February 1885 bazaar for St Kilian's Church at Caltowie raised £125. Ladies at stalls included Mrs McDonald and Misses O Loughlin O Dea Hil Mason Dowling Casey, with refreshments run by Mesdames Kitson Sexton and others. A musical program featured Miss Hall A Kearney Holland and Mr Smith.
Georgetown defeated Gladstone with Nankivell scoring 112 in a match on the George town grounds. The Georgetowns posted 149 for three, Gladstone 116, with key scores by Carthew 33 Hewett 15 and Nankivell 112.
A collage of aphorisms and tidbits on weather, money, love, politics, and daily life. It weaves observations about moon phases, crop luck, leadership, thrift, and moral maxims with scattered names and figures, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper mood.
Minutes from a January 26 district meeting list transfers from Lands Department, tenders for firewood on Narridy road, and repairs on Narridy Creek. Resolutions cover road works near Harvey's, water pipe projects, drainage at Noonan’s, and governance issues including rabbits, fines remission, and disposal of commonage hall.
A jumble of scores from local contests shows Gillam and Guerin victorious in several matches, with Braos, Mervin, and Doth among winners. An Irish prisoner claims no fight, saying police were separating him and others during a confrontation as a magistrate questions their actions.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a patent and trademark dispute with mentions of Premnee of tunconebich and a scandal around a trade name. It references a court in Victoria and an absent friend of the bar seeking relief in a case about cleanliness, with disease prevention claims and cure mentions.
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