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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
4
Advertisers are asked to prepay small advertisements in these columns. Rates: 1d per ward. Minimums: Entertainments 2s, other adverts 1s. Postal notes or stamps accepted with copy. Casual adverts are per column inch.
A compiled list of Jamestown area residents enlisted for service is being assembled. Efforts seek corrections and additions for names including Heimann, Tirwke, Martin, Jones, Marsh, Williams, Hawker, Wheatley, Campbell, and many others, with volunteers and rejections noted.
A long list of names appears as Gladstone honours roll volunteers from the district. The document records numerous individuals, including Appleton, Abell, Sleaing, Bradack, Husigne cher, Carpenter, Creber, Crawford, Durick, McAllister, Math, Martin, Osborne, Pearce, Potter Habits, Simners, Stewart, and many others acknowledged for their service and contributions.
The Australian Wheat Board outlines the nomination procedure for Wheatgrowers nominees. It details eligibility, required nomination forms, where to lodge them, and the potential for a postal ballot if the contest proceeds.
Will Fahey a prominent Spalding player and church worker died at home after a long illness. A favorite local personality, he served in St Matticks Society and the John Baptist Guild, helped organize sports in Spalding and Washpool, and was a delegate to a Catholic Rural Conference in Adelaide. He leaves a widow and several sons and brothers.
Lady Gowrie speaks at a remembrance gathering honoring Army Sisters serving and who have served. The address mourns lost nurses and prisoners of war, praises those on the battlefront, and expresses gratitude for their sacrifice and courage across Greece, the Middle East, Singapore, and other fronts.
Reports highlight complaints from producers in rural districts about the five-machine fixed prices for pigs at auction. Heaviest hogs fetch 0.80 per pound first quality, 0.40 for second, and 0.30 for third, with deductions for dressed weights. Prices are set to ensure government and licensed works receive pig deliveries for processing. Producers are urged to arrange slaughter plans in advance at the works under the scheme.
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