Gladstone Agricultural Bureau hears farmer reports and offers venue
The Gladstone branch held its monthly meeting with L G Harris presiding. A room at J W Norman’s Chemist Shop was offered rent free as a meeting and correspondence space for farmers. Members thanked him. Reports covered wheat yields with varieties such as Ranee Aussie Ben Cubbin Nabawa and Sword, oats yields, and pest impacts from grasshoppers, noting good results for Ranee and Sultan and mixed results for others. Dundee wheat from New South Wales yielded well in Laura-area farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
The
Agricultural Bureau
L G. Harris
Advisory Board
J. W. Norman
Norman
W. D. Pearce
Ranee
Ben Cubbin
J. 8. Fisher
R. Lines
R.L. Blesing
Ford
G.M. Black
Sword
R. E Lines
Turvey
E. L. Orchard
Sultan
Dundee
New South Wales
Laura
Gladstone Rifle Club Defeats Yacka in 1935 Match
On February 16 1935 Yacka Club visited Gladstone for a 500 yard double round match with 9 counts. Weather was difficult and Yacka was weakened by illness. Afternoon service was by Mesdames Coe Thomson Jeffree and Cos. Captain Richards praised Gladstone and thanked hosts for the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yacka Club
Gladstone
Yacka
Mesdames
G. Coe
S. W. Thomson
BE. G. Jeffree
Melva Cos
Richards
Community meeting pays tribute to Mr Orchard
On a motion led by Mr G M Black and seconded by Mr W D Pearce the branch thanked Mr Orchard for his interest in branch affairs. Members paid tributes to his services to farmers and Orchard replied. The matter of inviting Mr F H Francis to speak at the March meeting was referred to Mr Pearce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranee
Ford
Nabawa
Dundee
Gurka
G. M. Black
W. D. Pearce
Orchard
Blesing
F. H. Francis
Maitland
Office humor and family banter in a muddled exchange
A joking dialogue unfolds about dinner, a former secretary, a message, and a boy named David. The scene shifts to a doctor calling about daddy’s appendix and a quip about hire purchase, ending with a mother’s admonition about age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Daddy
Mother
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Gladstone Business Directory
T. Graham Ferriers & Hardware Store
Graham
A. T. Graham
R.A.A. Road Service
Kearney
Raycophone Radios Implement Machinery Co
Waymouth Motor Co
Gladstone Hotel
P. G. Moore
West End Beer
Splendid Motor Accou
Sydney W. Thomson
Univ. Adel
Genaults
Georgetown
Crystal Brook
Jones—Mladstone
C. Brook
4Th
6Th
Gladstone Agricultural Bureau
McKenzie & Lawrence
West End
Sheoak
P. R. Bradock
LEO Bros
Family Butchers
Phone
Gladstone Rifle Club
R. W. Lines
W. Richards
L. Burford
M. Harvey
B. Menz
A. Richards
A. Gruen
Weberhard
H. Murphy
A. R. Turley
Jim Stewart
Carpenter and Joiner
Genalex
Lawrie
British Electric Product
B. A. Grosskopf Fruiterer and Greengrocer Cross Street
Giadstone
Bran, Pollard and Whest
Lawn Wood
the Booyoolie Hotel
Jack Page
Nathan Beer
Cook's
Mrs. W. Cook
Gladstom
Vauxhall Light Six
Vauxhall
H. T. Harslett
General Motors
Aldayne Buildings
A. C. Masters
R. J. Finlayson
Mr. Farmer
Gladstone Institute
Hall Hall Life
F.C. Barter
Sedy
C. C. Bennett
Main St
S.A. Farmers’ Co-operative Union Ltd
Gladstone Pharmacy
W. Norman
WLP
Eley Bros
General Blacksmiths
of Aus, Ltd
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