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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1932
Page
3
Eudunda Farmers marks down all summer goods for speedy clearance before stocktaking. The policy prohibits carrying over to next season. Many lines offered at specially reduced prices to encourage an early clearance.
Shop Early and See the Best with cash terms. Crape de Chine cotton fabrics silks hosiery men and women’s wear on sale. Special prices on ladies silk gloves 6/1 to 4/19, girls College hose 3/6 for 2/11 pair, shear weight silk hose 7/11 for 4/11 pair. Bonde silk hose 10/6 for 8/6 pair. Striped poplin shirting 2/8 yard, Fuji silk 2/6 yard. Limited quantities.
Readable sale item lists men and boys suits and vests with prices for Worsted and Tweed suits. Includes cotton athletic vests, silk bound vests, cotton tweed trousers, woollen bathing costumes, flannel trousers, grey motor dust coats, and boys knickers offered at clearance prices with some as low as 2/6.
A newspaper notice promotes a boot and shoe department sale with men’s shoes in black tan and brown including rubber soles from brands Whybrow Marshall Tresco all first grade shoes priced at 19/6 per pair. Ladies shoes sizes all available on sale at 13/6 and 15/11 per pair. Additional tables offer 2, 3, and 4 sizes at 8/11 and children's shoes in two big varieties at 5/11 per pair.
Hardware items on sale include butter churn at 17/6, Texaco motor oil 23/6 per gallon, Old Judge sauce pans from 12/6 to 6/6, aluminium tea pots 3/11 to 2/11, Meakins plates 8/11, earthenware bowls 2/11 to 5/17, butter coolers 3/, Hickory hammer handles 10d, Grossag electric iron 19/6, aluminium tea spoons per dozen, wire enamel and cement. Limited quantities.
A jumble of humorous maxims, odds and ends, and light quips fill the page. Sequences of aphorisms mingle with phone contact notes for Gladstone and a few dated references, delivering a carnival of puns and social commentary without a single clear news event.
A collection of local residents and visitors are noted on holidays across South Australia. Names include Mr A Trengove on a Jamestown visit, Mrs S Boyle and Master Ross Boyle at Prospect, and several families spending time at Seacliff De, Coogee Sydney and Moonta Mines while others journey to Melbourne or Semaphore.
The headmaster invites parents to obtain affordable first year textbooks and asks for notes on secondhand books in fair order. He seeks donations of used texts to support students in need, with books loaned to children facing hardship.
Correspondence from Cultowle and M. PB Lehahy criticizes Maiden Lodge horse judging at the Jamestown Show. They argue the first prize hunter was too light and two other horses better reflected hunter type, urging reexamination of judging standards.
The South Australian share of the 44d Commonwealth wheat bounty is estimated at about £750,000 for farmers, with payments to begin by month’s end. Farmers must provide complete details on forms, lodge one or two claims per season, and send declarations to the buying firm head office. The Commonwealth Solicitor-General confirmed the bounty is payable directly to farmers.
Nominations for all races close on Tuesday January 26 1932 at 5 pm with Gordon's Racecourse Agency Adelaide or the Jamestown secretary. Weights declared Tuesday February 2 1932. acceptances due by Thursday February 4 1982. Fees apply for non scratched horses.
On Wednesday afternoon a cross fire started at North Gladstone near the Gaol Reserve. Mr. A Smallacombe raised the alarm and residents and police officers extinguished the blaze after about half an acre burned. It is alleged the spark from a passing train caused the fire.
The article notes a new act requiring bicycle reflectors for day and night use and a bell on each bicycle. Police have been instructed to enforce the act strictly.
A quirky poem contrasts beasts and men, noting animals avoid wine and liquor water, while humans live to seventy, though many live longer than other creatures. The verse hints at moral contrasts as beasts die young while some men reach old age despite vice.
Forty years ago Arthur Hughes broke a collar bone after being thrown from a horse near Boogoolie Station. McDonzail treated him. A cricket match Gladstone versus Crystal Brook was played. Gladstone won 106 to 76 with players listed for both sides. Sir John Bray named Agent-General for South Australia and to travel to London soon.
A Sydney reader Mr A J Bryden recalls kidney trouble and backache, praising Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He reports three generations affected, pain eased after seven bottles, and continued use advised. Dow's pills sold by chemists and storekeepers. beware of fakes.
The Port Pirie v Georgetown cricket match from the January 7, 1882 issue records Port Pirie scoring 120 and Georgetown tallying 0. Players listed include Fynes J, Po Murrie, Turner W,aul Hendry, Sandford, Inglis, Rea, Fietcher, Sando.
Dividends on the first and second horses are paid when seven or more start. Includes 10/6 and 2/6 totals. Kerin serves as secretary, contact Jamestown 42 for information.
Teams Colts and Veterans prepare for Saturday 2 pm sharp cricket clash on the local pitch. Players listed include Moy, Carthy, Jeffs, Rosie, Watters, McCarthy, O'Brien, Naismith, and Deering among others.
A fragment from a history page notes a Valentine era quip about fountain pens and perseverance and includes musings on experience, misreadings, and a series of humorous exchanges about work, love, and weddings.
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