Rose Marie Delights Gladstone Audience at Friday Show
A large crowd attended Rose Marie at the Gladstone Institute on Friday evening with visitors from Laura Georgetown and Crystal Brook. J C Williamson Ltd presented a strong company led by Miss Marcery Jacoby as Rose Marie with notable scenes, music, and the Totem Pole ballet. The production featured scenic effect, costumes, and songs like The Indian Love Call and Rose Marie, earning warm applause from locals and visitors alike.
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Rose Marie
Gladstone Institute
Laura
Georgetown
Crystal Brook
Es Thone
J. C. Williamson Ltd
Gladstone
J. C. Williamson
Rose
Marie
Marcery Jacoby
Quebec
Lady Jane
Irma Hushson
Edmund Butterworth
Jim Kenyon
Rosa Marie
Leo Boyce
Black Eagle
Dick Shortland
Emile la Flamme
Doris Hopkins
Wanda
Ethel Brander
Eileen Pollard
Harry Kitts
Edward Hawley
Herman
New York Dinner Shows Wealth Scale at 1700 Attendees
A 1700-person dinner in New York highlighted vast wealth as attendees represented a total capital of £400,000,000. The report notes Britain’s drunkenness cases, 230,000 in 1903 versus 72,000 in 1928, reflecting changing social behavior.
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New York
Great Britain
Manganese Proves Essential to Plant Growth
The U S Department of Agriculture reports manganese is essential for chlorophyll production and crop growth. Experiments show manganese-deficient soils hinder tomatoes. adding manganese boosts yields up to about 60 percent, illustrating research informs practical farming.
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Department of Apriculture
U. S.A
Oswald Schreiner
Oo Park
Mississippi Valley
Greek Currants for England Season 1927 28
England imported 124 542 454 pounds of Greek currants for 1927 28 valued at about £1 656 780. The piece discusses price differences in production costs between Greece and Australia and the impact on Australian growers along the Murray River, highlighting market preferences and complexities in marketing relative to production.
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England
Greece
Murray
Australia
London
A.D.P.A
Crystal Brook District Council Minutes Report January Session
District Council of Crystal Brook held a meeting with chair A McNemath and members Robinson OShaughnessy Gwm and clerk P H Giles. Minutes read and confirmed, Overseer's report adopted, land and road matters reviewed, funds allocated for Rocky River crossing, vermin destruction planned, tenders discussed for roadworks, and annual road inspections scheduled.
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Crs
A. McNemath
Robinson, O'Shaughnessy
Gwm
P. H. Giles
Hamahines
Ada
J. Hill
W. H. Thomas
W. J. Munilay
Electrc
Mr Gadd
Stanley
New Cowthows
Crystal Brook Water Service
Regent Mayment
Rocky River Crossing
Gladstone
O’shaughnessy
Guin
C. Arbery
Trenaman
Cr. Robinson
Dr. Guin
H. A. Trenaman
Dr. Robinson
J. L. Sims
Miss Young
Brandis Street
Jarmyn’s Corner
Equal Rights Ambition and Everyday Struggles in Verse
A speaker outlines personal ambition and equality with a human, tender heart, contrastingly noting a desire not to soar above common fate. The text then shifts to a travel narrative detailing the Majestic line’s round trip to America and the substantial cargo of meat, vegetables, eggs, butter, and flour aboard.
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America
Liney Majestic
Mixed Farm and Orchard Properties Near Laura Auction
Advertises 1854 acres of mixed farming and grazing near Laura with 500 additional arable acres, 360 fallow, subdivided, fenced and watered. Houses, rents, and options include 8 shillings 8 pence per acre, 1000 pounds for a 6 room house with 10 acres and 300 trees, 1200 pounds for a cafe and 7 room house, and 1050 pounds for two Gladstone properties earning 132 pounds yearly. Also Laura houses from 4 to 7 rooms on 30 acres and more.
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Laura
Lucerne
Gladstone
Dr Marge Indian Root Pills Promote Health Remedy
A persuasive note touts Dr Marge's Indian Root Pills as a simple weekly-dose preventive to cleanse and tone the system. It claims to address stomach troubles constipation indigestion and liver complaints with a formula used by thousands and supported by neighbors testimony and rising sales.
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Marge
Ladies of Gladstone District Offer Dressmaking Classes
Branch classes of Port Pirie Technical School in Dressmaking, Art Needlework and Millinery begin at Memorial Hall Gladstone. Fee 1 shilling 1 pence per term 13 weeks per subject, payable in advance. New term starts Tuesday August 21 and ends November 17. Ass Roberts will attend Tuesdays morning and afternoon.
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Port Pirim Technical School
Memorial Hall
Gladstone
Ass Roberts
World's Finest Portable Gramophone Ad in Australia
An advertisement touts the Columbia No. 109 portable gramophone as Australia’s greatest value at £6 8d. It highlights British workmanship and the Columbia Viva-Tonal discovery, promising tone and volume not previously offered at this price.
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Australia
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R. J. Finlayson, Limited
MR. Farmer
Forgan
J. & R. Forgan Limited
Crystal Brook and
Port Pirie
Commonwealth Savings Purpose Account
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Rose Marie” AT
Bowman Street
Morgan's
FL Bundey
G. W. H. Gale
Dalgety & Company Ltd
Barnett Glass
Dr. Morse
E A. Gale & Sons Builders
Undertakers
Sixth Street
Cleveland & Sons
Northern Assurance Company
Keatest
Adelaide
Ladies OF
Gladstone and District
Columbia Records
Regal
Melrose
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