22 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
1
A list of volunteers from Gladstone and district for Australian Expeditionary Force walls is presented with names of wounded and killed in action. The piece also notes the school's record of enlistments and lists members of the local community connected to the effort.
A fragmented OCR item lists alternating schedules and roles for local clubs in Gladstone. Mentions include Mervings, M. A.-Moeta, Jovanus A.V., and Cs Bud with meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Parish Hall, Pariah Gladstone, and Lonax numbers.
Timetable shows arrivals and departures for passengers from Adelaide via Blyth and Terowis with times noted 224 pm 5 7 83 pm. Also lists Port Pirie 1116 733 pm Petersburg 644 am 1044 am 33 pan and Port Wakefield via Balakla and Movala via Binkworth with several times.
Public notice outlines hours for the Post Telegram and Telephone Office from 9 am to 6 pm with limited afternoon closure and Saturday exceptions. It lists Adelaide Port Pirie Caltowie Jamestown Wirrabara Gladstone and other routes, holiday closures, and rates for newspapers, telegrams, parcels, and printing papers. It emphasizes tracking postal notes and outlines specific rates for domestic and international mail and telegrams.
Train timetable notes routes from Port to Adelaide and Petersburg with arrivals from Adelaide and Petersburg connections. Mentions trains to Port Augusta and Blyth, and a Sunday schedule with no connecting train to Adelaide.
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