Holiday Socials, Dances and Local News in January
The district enjoyed a quiet holiday period with petrol rationing and heat. A Christmas Eve dance raised over £5 at the pool club, and New Year’s Eve featured a Mad Hatters Ball with prized hats and a busy social calendar led by notable residents. Private Ron Smallacombe returned on leave, sparking community gatherings. The Red Cross and V.S.D. organized Ugly Man campaigns, concerts and fundraisers planned across February to May, plus a thrift shop profit. A drowning scare at Solomontown beach and a large oats crop fire also marked the period amid heat waves and scarce bat sewers affecting wheat bring-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
C. J. Page
Alex. Crossman
Miss Power Freeling
Miss J. Wellington
Sydney
C. H. Martin
B. Bat
L. H. Batten
Yvonne Dansie
John Bull
O. Batten
C. A. Signet
M. Hiskey
J. Wellington
F. C. Boyce
J. A. Lyons
M.P
Messrs J. J. Angley J.P
Des. Martin
Baptist Church
C. R. Crawford
G. J. Noonan
E. E H. Lang
G. Ferme
W. McNamara
R.S.L
L. H. Battery
Mollie Hynes
Red Cross
J. L. Noonan
Messrs
D. O'Connell
G. A. Smallacombe
Butch” Hinton
J. A. Lyons M.P
Clinton
Gladstone
Shirley May
Adelaide
Gladstone Rainfall Figures From Historic Records
A compact summary of rainfall measurements across years and months for Gladstone, listing totals and monthly figures from 1893 to 1941. The data clusters show varied precipitation, with notable totals in several years and recurring monthly labels for comparison.
New Sydney Fund Donations To Mr J C Thomson
List of donations received for the New Sydney Fund through District Clerk J C Thomson Gladstone includes contributions from Dr John Stewart ten pounds Mr and Mrs W H Cockburn five pounds five shillings Mrs M B Sargent five pounds R E Lines six pounds Mr and Mrs P Millard six pounds Mrs A B Shephard two pounds two shillings Mr J C Thomson one pound one shilling Gladstone Scouts five shillings Des Prior five shillings Mr and Mrs W Tyler five shillings and others totaling small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Thomson
Gladstone
Sydney
Jno. Stewart
W. H. Cockburn
M. B. Sargent
R. EL Lines
P. Millard
A. B. Shephard
Gladstone Scouts
Des. Prior
W. Tyler
Gladstone District Volunteers For King and Country List
A local notice names numerous men from the Gladstone district who have offered their services for King and Country in the present conflict. The roster includes Allison, Appleton, Blesing, Botting, Bradock, Brown, Carpenter, Cottle, Duncan, Dunstone, Durick, Evans, Flavel, Glastonbury, Hale, Hobbs, Hillard, Hughes, Jolly, Knapp, Lawrie, Magner, Mighall, Pearce, Potter, Smith, Stewart, Stephens, Stewart, Thomson, Waldeck, Wilkin, Wood, Wimshurst, Andrews, Mellen, Growden, Page, Kellock among others. The notice serves as a communal pledge and record of enlistment intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Obituary: Mrs Mary Ann Reid dies in Port Pirie aged 53
Mary Ann Reid of Angle Street Solomontown died December 26 after a Christmas Eve seizure. Born Crystal Brook 53 years ago, she was a longtime Pirie ALP worker and supporter of the FFCF Red Cross and St Barnabas Mothers' Union. Survived by husband W Read four daughters and one son Warrant Officer Harold Keld is their son and Mrs Jean Hubbs of Gladstone is a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Pirie
Mary Ann Reid
W. Read
Angle St. Solomontown
Crystal Brook
Pirie
A.L.P
F.F.C.F
Red Cross
St. Barn
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Gladstone Business Directory
Georgetown
V.S.D
St. John Ambulance
Harold Wilkin
Solomontown
Pirie Hospital
E. E. Lang
Jim Myatt
Sax White
Des. Brogan
Broken Hill
J. A. McCarthy
A. J. Noll
J. A. Flavel
Mr. Walsh
Barmera
Ellis Donhardt
Vic Barlow
Margaret Sullivan
C. J. Eiffe
P. M. Thomson
Naracoorte
Greenmore
Eudunda Farmers Co-Op. Society Ltd
Dodge
C.c. D.K.W
A. C. Read
J. S. Wurm
M.P.S
Laura
R. J. Finlayson, Ltd
National Library of Australia
Wille
Philips
London
Madrid
Los Angeles
E. Keller
H. T. Harslett
General Commission
Horwood Bagshaw
Imperial
Malvern
Goodyear Tyres
W. L. Palmer
Matthew
Emporium
A. C. Masters
BAKER
Confectioner & Pastrycook
Tan
NEW Sydney Fund
MR. Boyle
E. A. Gale & Sons Builders, Contractors & U
Sixth St
EU Apstone
F. W. F. Drage
Binder
C.I.C
W. G. Cook
Gladstone Hotel
Harry Dodd
Jim Stewart
Carpenter and Joiner
E. L. Kupsch
Fruiterer
Cross Street
H. F. Holmes Fruiterer, Greengrocer and Confectioner
Main St., Gladstone
the Booyoolee Hotel
Ted White
Community Hotel
Nurlootpa
Nathan Beer
Eley Bros
General Blacksmiths
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