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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1941
Page
1
A new line of sheetings ready-made sheets towels white flannelette calico cretonnes curtain nets and silk repps has just arrived. The goods are described as group bought and unbeatable values offering a wide selection for home decorating.
Minutes recount boundary top dress request for Hospital Road show £5 cost estimate. Reports detail repairs at Turcowie Booleroon and washout work, plus a series of grants and leases. Recruitment, telegraph updates, and rate of pay approved. various transfers, and a transfer offer for a pony grader discussed. Meeting closes with holiday greetings.
The writer visits Gumeracha Adelaide 24 miles from the city during Christmas. He describes the town after bush fires two years earlier, local losses including a fire destroyed Croquet Club and a motor car, and notes thriving gardens, dairies, and industries. The piece recalls New Year travel, clock mishap at Adelaide platform, and hopes for a peaceful ending to the war.
The Jamestown TAAL recruiting drive urges more RAAF volunteers. It calls for air crew and technical staff as well as storekeepers clerks guards mess stewards and office orderlies. It stresses that every volunteer serves the war effort and offers a path for men not fit for pilots or engineers to contribute meaningfully.
Melva Margaret Quinn and Douglas Malcolm Kavanagh were married December 1 at St Anachetus Cathedral Peterborough in a Nuptial Mass officiated by Rev Dr Walsh. The bride wore empire satin with orange blossom halo and carried cameling orchids. bridesmaid Miss Valda Quinn wore pink net with pink gladiola. guest list included 40 attendees at Delhi Cafe. The couple will reside at Mt Burr South East.
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