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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1938
Page
2
Gladstone Tuesday art Thursday 10 to 1 Bat Tuesday 10 to 1 Georgetown Monday 24 Crystal Brook Monday 9 to 12 Web 9 to 6 Friday 9 to 9 Latra Thursday 2 to 5 Phones Gladstone 4d C Brook 124 Access details show multiple venue slots and contact numbers for Gladstone Georgetown Crystal Brook Latra and Web listings.
GOLDSBROUGH MORT & COY LIMITED will auction goods with sale conditions and prior term arrangements. The Australian Mutual Provident Society plans a Special Policy replacement for life of Michael Patrick Duncon, lost. Obituary notices follow for Mrs Elizabeth Humphris and Mrs J L Herman. Community updates on market day, sporting notes, and Gladstone Cycling Club meeting report renovations to a bicycle track and upcoming sports meet.
Jamestown defeated Crystal Brook 96 to 83 in a January 15 croquet match. The event featured pairs including Mesdames Medlin Williams Thomas Treloar Luck Williams Rabbitt Wilson Humphris Moore Thomas Thompson Symonds Bailey Peake OShaughnessy across multiple doubles contests.
William Francis Fitzgerald, 29, has been missing from Gladstone since January 3. Police and Australian Workers Union organizers, including co operated Fitzgerail der Jonge, conduct extensive inquiries in Gladstone and nearby areas. He is believed to suffer memory loss from injuries after a motorcycle fall last year. He is described as 5 ft 10 ins tall, well built, dark brown curly hair and eyes, a scar on one cheek, clean shaven, and wearing navy bike or grey flannel suit at disappearance.
The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League launches a campaign to raise between £12,000 and £13,000 a year to continue relief for veterans and dependants not covered by the Repatriation Department. The drive ends on Anzac Day with branches nationwide supporting those aged, disabled veterans and widows who lack pension proof. An auction at Sunnyside Georgetown is planned for February 9 to fund the effort.
The Gladstone Cycling Club ran a weekend 18 mile road race won by J Dowd of Georgetown with K Spackman of Spalding posting the fastest time 16 seconds behind. Prizes included a trophy for Dowd and a sash for Spackman. A boys under 14 race saw H Hobbs win with Growden second. The club plans future oval track racing and voluntary work to restore the old track.
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