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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1940
Page
2
The Institutes Association reports regular library additions. A Suggestion Book is in the library for proposed titles. Suggestions are reviewed by the committee and, if approved and procurable, will be obtained. Subscription is six per quarter.
Auction ad lists 500 acres of Wheaton Stubble at Hornsdale belonging to J. D. Leahy. Land is sheep protected paidecks, watered by daily troughs, valid through end of March 1940. Conditions at sale include terms by arrangement with auctioneers.
The Annual Meeting of Subscribers of the Jamestown Institute will be held in Institute Bank Room on Wednesday January 31 at 8 p.m. Business report and balance sheet, election of officers and committee, general business. S. Bt. C. Boyle, President. W. J. Burford, Secretary.
In connection with the Australia Day Holiday on Monday January 28 the following train service will operate Adelaide and Gladstone. On Monday January 23 depart Adelaide at 6 35 p m for Gladstone instead of 4 52 p m. This train will stop at Gladstone with the train for Peterborough. P F Cherry Secretary Railways Commissioner.
A purchaser acquires up-to-date restringing equipment and plans to restring tennis racquets. The move signals a new home operation focusing on professional-grade stringing for players and clubs.
Local notices detail wheat certificate policy debated by the Jamestown area RSL sub-branch and growers. Reports mention Rev. Chatfield, Salvation Army appointments, church services in Jamestown and Canowie Belt, plus regional sporting notes and community updates.
The report lists multiple matches and scores from a tennis event featuring players including Phillis Weston McArthur Moore Medlin Staker Moore and Corcoran. Singles and mixed results are noted with rest of schedule and venue details for upcoming Gladstone White and Canowie Belt contests.
The Simultaneous Destruction of Vermin is gazetted for February. All owners and occupiers are advised the Vermin Act provisions will be strictly enforced. By order of the Council R W Reed District Clerk.
A South Australian letter argues that making wheat certificates negotiable would not benefit farmers who own the wheat. It contends growers need full Board value, warn of sales below value under pressure from creditors, and urge Wheat Pool bodies and politics to oppose such a move to protect producers’ interests.
Bou cher Shield team beat Gladstone by 24 points while North Eastern pennant squad edged Ole Peteborough Blue 7 of 8 rinks. Local players held winning cards as both competitions enter an in must win stage. refreshments and praise for the organizers marked the day.
The record lists team names and player pairs with scores or marks for a match between ASSOCIATED SMELTERS and GLADSTONE. Scoring lines show player groups with numbers 65 59 and 26 18 22, indicating partial results or set points across segments of the event. The fragment references Webster, Jenkins, Pain, Hughes for one side and Darwent, Mundy, Bradock, Gale for the other, with additional names noted.
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