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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1935
Page
4
Public reading room and library schedule changes announced by Samestown Institute. Notices urge patrons to subscribe and support the institute and hall facilities.
An old advertisement extols Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a universal remedy. It claims the pills purify blood and cure numerous ailments, appealing to all social classes and promising reliability, efficiency, and affordability.
An archival notice credits L. M. W. Judell and a Friday morning edition printed in Jemantows. It notes the Review Office existing under the Pro pristor title and publisher name within the period.
A mosaic of quips, proverbs, and social vignettes on love, work, money, and daily life. It collects jokes about marriage, punctuality, cars replacing horses, and common wisdom, with scenes of a car buyer, a weary office boy, and a concerned spouse. The piece blends light humor with reflections on kindness, patience, and social conduct.
The Belalie District Council met on Friday February 8 with Chairman F Cummingss and members to discuss road drainage at Mattner's Cockrane's corner and near Blake's on Yurcowie. Maintenance funds were requested for 200 yards of work and sand on Mannanario road plus rough roads at Belalie North Hall. Correspondence noted include an annual Northern Districts meeting in Gladstone on February 28, Stubble burning at Spalding on March 1, grasshopper control guidance, and a dog registration scheme starting July 1 1935.
Lucerne growers in the Booborowie district face total loss as flocks of starlings and thousands of crows signal widespread grub infestation. The pest, identified as the cotton boll worm, has stripped flowers across Mu cerne and Hyven areas, threatening thousands of pounds in economic damage. Heavy rains offer the only hope for some salvage.
District Agricultural Instructor B L Orchard reports cool temperatures in January 1935 slowed harvest but cleared bagged grain from paddocks. Warm spells did not yield clean grain. damaged kerala higher than usual due to heavy rains. Barley and early crops offered good returns though staining reduced appeal. wind damage noted. Peas yielded fodder and grazing capacity remained high. Sulan grass areas boosted January cream cheque. fallows require attention as summer weeds spread. Stock generally fair but hauling strain affected older farm teams.
Jamestown hosted a croquet afternoon with tea provided by local ladies. Matches finished with Haskard and Williams defeating Read and Shephard 26 14. Symonds and Fenphins lost 10. Hewett and Fisher beat Hockey and Ditchfeld 26 9. Grabla and Bervidwe fell to Harrie and Bennett 14. Chief R C Scott notes crop dusting advice using arsenate of lead spray.
A report from February 10 1885 lists A C Catt promoted to second lieutenant and Adderley to corporal in the Gladstone Rifle Grub. Wheat prices quoted 2/10 to 3/8 per bushel on February 13. Subscribers to the Gladstone Institute elect R Kent and J Neil to restore, with J B Warren and J S Pengelly filling vacancies. An Anglican Church fundraiser at Caltowte featured Mrs Lewis and others. Good Templars Lodge Jamestown opened with 27 candidates. officers elected include S H Rowe W T Batten and others. Metalling officers named Rev J Thorne G W C T. Wheat price 3/3 per bushel.
Forty years ago on February 15 1895 Crystal Brook beat Gladstone by 127 to 34 runs. The Crystal Brook side included J B Dawkins T Gardner R Burton F Edwards and others. Sampson Trophy second comp saw W Thomson top scoring with W Edmunds second overall. The Woman's Suffrage Bill passed the Queen’s assent. Rifle match Gladstone Port Pirie Rifle Club won 486 to 472 with Major Catt Lieuts Coe and Sampson in the Gladstone team.
Promnt service and all veterinary medicines supplied. Office and appliances for operations including gelding colts and foaling cases performed under a painless system. Phone 35 Jamestown.
The document lists monthly rainfall records for Jamestown starting from 1880, showing year by year totals and monthly figures. It includes long sequences of numbers representing each month's totals, yearly accumulations, and overall rainfall patterns across many eras.
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