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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
2
The article laments brick shortages hindering home building in the country, arguing brickmaking is a national industry. It urges the Department of Repatriation to help establish brickmaking in country centers to provide employment and housing for returned soldiers, noting high city brick costs, freight, and supply imbalances.
Mr Pars visits Gladstone to observe the ueval practices sympathy from residents. A cricket match will be played at Gladstone tomorrow afternoon between Laura and Gladstone. Gladstone selects Pageoo, Mantera, Lynch, Motaren, Thompcoe, Nankevil, Wilson, Brow, Cheek, Gilien, and Edwarde as players. Play starts at 2.90. A Port Pirie team will play at Gladetong on Monday, Jan 31. Readers are urged to review a town relocation advertisement.
The article notes the Manchester ana costing £15,800,000 to construct, measuring 354 miles long, 26 feet deep and 120 feet wide at the bottom. It also mentions Royal Australian Railways strike delays, gold valued at 20/ more than usual, a housing shortage of 800,060 in England and Wales, and 3,000 women preachers in the United States.
The monthly Giedetous OG meeting chaired by Mr W H Omany discussed a Winter Foundation Day event. A programme of vocal instruments was deemed impracticable, committees were appointed for lighting lanterns and grounds, refreshments were arranged, and proceeds from the Baldiera Memorial and ornamental grounds fund were to be shared. Upcoming sales at Gladstone and local notices noted.
A public meeting at Town Hall considered Imperial War Relief with Mayor R E Lives presiding. A committee was formed with power to add members, appoint Miss White as secretary treasurer, and open a Saving Bank account. Messages noted £22 from Bishop of Willochra and £56 from Mr and Mrs Lines, with subscriptions invited.
Mr and Mrs J. T. Adams of Large celebrated their wedding Friday last. Mr G. Butler, longtime Narracourte resident, has been found dead in his house.
A fragmented letter discusses the Progressive Country Party backing a new political alignment. It criticizes Liberal and Nationalist ties, questions political expediency, and argues for decentralization and farmer interests within a unified rural policy.
A fragmented discussion notes that Prohibition has spurred widespread liquor smuggling and similar illicit trades. It argues the Volstead framework creates a profitable, criminal underclass and questions the effectiveness of border controls and enforcement under the new law.
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