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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
2
A snippet lists residents C. L. Hewett of Irvine Street Jamestown and E. T. Daly of Jamestown with phone numbers 82 and 42 respectively.
Breeder Communicate C Brereton at Mannanarie Road Jamestown advertises a stud Shorthorn bull of milk ing strain offering breeding services.
Gladstone auctioneers Goldsborough Mort & Co offer the herd of J F Fisher whose share farming term expired. Lot list shows calving dates from 1941 to 1942 and young stock aged 2 to 3 years. Cows are by Pella and Delma studs from W P Eckerman and E W Pflaaner. Afternoon tea to aid the Red Cross.
Ratepayers are reminded that under the Local Government Act 1934 a five per cent fine will be added to all rates unpaid after 28 February 1942. J. J. Kerin, District Clerk.
Blaskett Jamestown offers a wide range of ready made Navy suits at moderate prices. A reliable man ineligible for military duties seeks appointment as authorised dealer in this district. The J R Watkins Company advertises daily used household products at 18 Victoria Street Adelaide. Cotton athletic singlets trunks shirts and trousers promoted at Blaskett's Jamestown.
Ratepayers in the District Council of Georgetown are notified that all rates are due on 28 February 1942. Unpaid rates after that date incur a 5 percent fine under the Local Government Act 1934/39. By order, 7T ACOTT, District Clerk.
Refined lodging on Irvine Street Jamestown offers single or double rooms with permanent or casual board and meals. Contact ARIADNE Residential by phone 72 for rates and availability.
The schedule lists 8 a.m. Holy Communion and 2.40 p.m. service at St. Alban's with Sunday School at 7 p.m. Evensong and Sermon at Gladstone 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. Harvest Thanksgiving led by Rev. C G Carvasso with special choir singing.
The annual meeting of Gladstone Institute subscribers will be held in the Library on Monday February 23 1942 at 8 p m. Agenda includes the annual report and balance sheet and the election of officers. President R R Dodman will preside.
The notice lists church events for the Salvation Army and Holiness meeting at Canowie Belt and Jamestown. It includes times for Sunday School at 2.30 pm and Salvation Meetings, with 11 am service and 6.30 pm gathering. All are welcome.
GALE In loving memory of our loving father and grandfather Mark Gale who passed away at Jamestown February 20 1941 Time takes away every grief but true memory turns back every leaf Inserted by his loving daughters and sons in law L and F Couzner and grandchildren Emily and Bill Heness and family and Alf and Harriet and family Jamestown
Port Pirie Hospital front line nurse and several service personnel visit Gladstone with a railway stationmaster change at Jamestown. Citizens attend weddings, recoveries, and a heroic rescue in Adelaide while charity events fund the Red Cross and store depot needs.
On Monday night January 16 Mr and Mrs Wyn Hockey of North Parade quietly celebrated their eldest son Tpr Wyn Hockey coming home on leave. About 30 guests including Wyn’s comrades attended a games and dancing evening with supper. Tpr Hockey cut the cake and received a key. toasts were given with For he’s a jolly good fellow sung. Mementoes were given and Auld Lang Syne closed the celebration.
Farmers are informed that agricultural statistics are now due and should visit the Police Station to provide their data. Statistics must be submitted before the end of March.
The Gladstone Women's Welfare Club will meet at the Primary School on Tuesday at 2.31 pm to present the annual report and balance sheet and elect officers for the ensuing year. All parents and friends are invited. Goldsbrough Mort & Co will conduct a dairy sale at J S Fisher's in Gladstone on Friday offering 28 dairy cows 10 heifers a bull and a separator.
Last week farmer George Wilkins brought a remarkable egg to the Review Office from Hornsdale. An extra large hen egg measuring 24 inches in diameter contained a second complete hard shelled egg inside and a clear albumen filling between the two with no yolk.
Keith Burgess son of Mr. and Mrs. Burgess of Jamestown was hurt Friday night when a bicycle spill caused a sprained left wrist along with severe shaking and bruises. Doctors expect two to three weeks before he regains use of the hand.
Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Foreign Correspondent” stars Joel McCrae Laraine Day Herbert Marshall and George Sanders in a sweeping production at Jamestown Institute Saturday night. The film features grand set pieces including London Waterloo station and a trans Atlantic seaplane crash with 500 extras. Also on the bill are Walt Disney cartoons Crime Doesn’t Pay Our Gang Pete Smith Od dity and newsreels.
Reports from Gawler on Saturday list winners in hurdles divisions with Tara's Hall Beth National Debt and The Watcher Tolique among top finishers. Two year olds Shakreal Univari Gay Poet, and hurdles trials highlight Attractive Bonny Comique Tero Lestrious Raftrees Duverney. Standard handicap and flying handicap events note entrants Monvale Great Treat Regulus Mirthbrook Kingbaz Rabboni Live Wire Kentish Boy Mis Dean and Futurity Stakes contenders High Caste Iyarrabil.
Comprehensive car insurance premiums are cut by 15 percent again, 25 percent below pre war levels. Commercial vehicle rates drop by 123 percent. The new rates apply to policies due from January 19, with earlier renewals receiving the full reduction. Retreading tires is urged to conserve rubber.
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