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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1940
Page
1
Four listings repeat Matthews Emporium at Gladstone with the phone number 78. The note emphasizes the Matthews store presence and contact in Gladstone.
Jamestown Racing Club Limited ran on Wednesday January 24 to raise funds for the Red Cross and Comforts Funds. Strong acceptances for the Summer meeting were noted. Fifteen percent of net profits will go to charity. The course and lawns were in fine condition with watering well received. Shops closed at 1 o clock courtesy of the Jamestown Employers' Association. Officials named for race day include Judge Lance Taplin Timekeeper F Hall Scratching Stewards F O Loughlin T Horgan Clerk of Course P Daly Totalizator L Judell E H Brooks Gate Manager M McCallum.
Jamestown council notes poor Gladstone to Peterborough rail passenger run with 25 minute waits. A flood risk near Miss Mitchells home prompts inspection. fire siren and pump overhaul debated with scrapping urged. dog control and cemetery hedge damage also discussed.
The Royal Automobile Association urges motorists to use correct hand signals before stopping or turning and to slow down for fuel economy. It highlights two signals and stresses signaling at least 100 feet ahead. It also covers battery terminal markings and windscreen wiper maintenance for safe operation.
Australia can be proud of its war effort with British destroyers using mechanical depth charge throwers. The devices, manufactured in Australia, were deployed in the North Sea and used in attacks on numerous U boats since the war began.
The council debated a spoon drain to carry flood water across the road. Dr Wehrmann supported the plan and it was carried. Dr McCarthy urged railways improvements noting Adelaide to Jamestown and Jamestown to Peterborough services were slow and unfair. The motion to notify the Railways Commissioner passed unanimously. A letter of sympathy for the late Mr W J Quigley was also moved by Mr Wehrmann and carried.
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