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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
2
A meeting of Ratepayers of Georgetown Ward will be held in the Supper Room at Memorial Hall Georgetown on Saturday February 23. The agenda includes the question of cultivating part of Park Lands. By order of the Chairman District Office W Odghrs Feb 16 1929.
The District Council of Gladstone invites sealed tenders by 12 noon on Friday March 8 1929 for contracts to supply and deliver hard stone at HLM Gaol Gladstone gravel or metal road works near R H Cone rubble road construction on Gillis road near the railway forming road near G A Smallacombe gate metal or rubble road in a gully on Beeta loo road west of C H Lines gate. Specifications and particulars available at the Clerk's office with a ten dollar deposit and stone samples. Not all tenders may be accepted.
Turley's installs a Frigidaire plant with ample capacity to ensure a permanent supply of good fresh meat. The owners acknowledge the outlay but expect public appreciation of the advantages and urge customers to buy Turley's Frigidaire meat.
Sunday February 24 1928 Church of England second Sunday in Lent schedules Holy Communion at S Alban’s Gladstone and Georgetown, Evening Prayer and services listed. Rev J W Barrett of Callovie to lead at Georgetown service times noted.
Gladstone 11 Rev Plowes conducts anthem service inviting all. Yansya 3 Mr W L Palmer featured speaker in religious gathering.
Gladstone Corporation to prosecute anyone breaking young rum trees in the streets as warned by Town Clerk C Budge.
A Friday fire in a paddock near Boogoolie, likely started by a passing train. Finlayson butter factory whistle alerted fire crews who arrived as Boogoolie Station workers helped suppress the blaze. About three acres of feed burned. wind moderated the damage and no further harm occurred.
At the Gawler Races on Saturday last Mr G H Andrews of Gladstone won the Third Class Plate with Seal Speed. The horse had previous wins at Port Pirie Crystal Brook and Port Augusta. The victory drew little surprise given the dividend and underscores country owners’ success in staying competitive.
The first meeting of the Gladstone branch for 1929 will be held this evening. Members will present harvest reports from the farmers in the branch.
Road contractors are invited to tender for several contracts by the Gladstone District Council with tenders closing on Friday March 8.
Qualdsbrough Mert and Co hold their monthly market at Brook on Wednesday offering 687 sheep 40 cattle 29 acres land pigs poultry and sundries. See advertisement for full particulars.
A meeting of ratepayers from Georgetown Ward in the District Council of Georgetown gathers in the Memorial Hall supper room on Saturday February 23 at 8 pm to discuss cultivating part of the park lands.
Messre Golisheoreh Mort and Co Ltd hold a clearing sale at Gui nare today starting at 2 p.m. on account of Messrs Syms Bros. The sale includes 11 horses a tractor 2 cows implements and sun dries full particulars appeared in last week's issue.
A useful rain fell at Gladstone on Wednesday morning, registering 37 points. The downpour refilled empty tanks, refreshing fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and lawns, lifting residents’ spirits with relief from watering worries.
Miss Kathleen Bond daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bond of Avyocon Georgetown has earned the diploma of Associate of London College after additional honours. She won the bronze medal in Intermediate Grade Piano and Elementary Grade Violin and passed Grade III Piano and Grade IV Theory with honours at the University of Adelaide.
The Sander’s Extract won First Award and Gold Medal at N Z and U S exhibitions in 1926. Analyses by Professors Inglis and Delavay confirmed purity and potency. judged best at Supreme Court Melbourne. endorsed by medical authorities and Royal Patronage. The product is a medicinal eucalyptus oil claimed to treat infections, headaches, wounds, burns, and piles when used as directed.
An advertisement touts SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT as a cure all for coughs colds flu asthma and infections. It claims superiority with awards and mentions legal recognition in Melbourne and Amsterdam while warning against imitations and urging purchase at Gladstone Pharmacy.
About twenty members of the Gladstone Troop of the 9th Light Horse held a smoke social in Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening. Lt. H T Harslett presided and noted soldiers serving King and country resist militarism. Toasts honored the King, Mallen Comrades, the Gladstone Troop, and the Regiment. Capt. B C Jarvis urged attendance at the Light Horse Camp at Gawler starting March 19, predicting a stronger local troop. The event ended with the National Anthem.
Jamestown Agricultural Bureau announces seed wheat contest with classes for two-variety seed wheat, champion variety, and milling variety. Entries due March 1 1929, judging before March 13, judge's decision final, red wheats excluded, exhibits unpolished wheat, prizes include a trophy and 1 1 shilling, fees apply, committee oversight by Glassen Symonds Rodeghiero Moore Orchard Daly Greig.
The Federal Coun try Party bulletin warns that the timber dispute follows the Waterside strike, threatening thousands of workers and homes. It contrasts bush 48 hour weeks with city 44 hours, cites Queensland’s Theodore Labour Government actions, and argues Labour leaders push class war while governments have limited wage control.
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