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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
4
Public Reading Room and Subscribers Room operate on Monday Wednesday and Saturday from 11 pm to 6 pm and Tuesday Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 9 pm. The Hall and Supper Room available for engagement. Secretary sets charges. Seating for 500 with electric light and stage scenery.
A long column of light humor and quips covers social types and mishaps. Jokes touch on loves disappointments, weddings, manners, and stage whispers. Nods to forebears and topical manners show in a brisk parade of punning vignettes and dash.
Minutes show council decisions on rate relief, gates on leased roads, fencing payments, and action on noxious weeds. Tenders approved for road works and contracts 194, 238–240 with specified sums. Debates cover subsidies, by laws on silent cops, and inspections by councillors and overseer.
Mr G Quinn explains pruning citrus is needed when trees are small to shape branches without crossing or crowding the center. As trees grow, thinning prevents inner crowding and dead wood. aim for a dome like canopy and keep an umbrella like shade. Shorten dangling lower limbs to raise fruit and leaves above soil, over several years to protect trunk. Remove shade blocking branches in spring or early summer when sap runs, prune dead wood anytime, and smooth large cuts then cover with lead paint to promote healing.
Jamestown Colts chased 137 set by Yarcowie with Terowie players in attendance. Yarcowie top scorer E Brook 31 and S Darken 33 put up a 137 total. Colts replied 209 for 9 in 85 minutes with R Trevorrow 51 and K Evans 93 sharing the stand. Bowling highlights include R Mann 0/34 and E Brook 3/30 for Yarcowie. J Rosie 2/8 and M McCarthy 4/30 for Colts.
Crystal Brook reports slow reaping due to wet weather followed by a hot spell aiding recovery. Wheat yields reach up to 27 bushels per acre with above average quality. A Narridy Cricket Club dance at Narridy Hall was a success with J Hill as MC and P McBride providing music. Flinders South Tennis Association inter club matches resume January 20.
A dense OCR-like table shows rainfall data for many years from 1880 to 1931, with monthly figures and totals. The document lists measurements, dates, and values across multiple columns, indicating long term precipitation tracking.
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