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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
4
A lively Port Pirie gathering celebrated local industry and railway links. Speakers praised colonial expansion, proposed inland rail extension, and the town’s role in trade, with emphasis on predictably improving sugar and grain transport to wider markets.
An insert promotes Dyan Ointment for piles with testimonials from J B Wickham of Eringe Street and Solomontown Port Pirie. It outlines Dr Barnardo’s Home quarterly aims and notes 9,050 children under care, plus 1,000 disabled and 1,000 babies, urging support during election times.
A report on the Mananka Mission now at Forster River Murray details the 1887 beginnings by Mr and Mrs Daniel Matthews. Mrs Matthews and her daughters thank donors for clothing subscriptions and support. The event features Father Christ reciting a poem and distributing gifts to attendees amid thanks for Aborigizer and wind mill donations boosting village aid.
A distorted report quotes Mr Thoward describing an assault while at work. The account mentions Safe View Chaubeslutt and Dissphiew Keely noting the incident. It references a remedy called Chamber-Ten Cal Distrhyen Remedy with strong effects.
A large South Australian gathering of landowners near Balaklava protested an exorbitant land assessment. Speakers argued for a combined fund to fight the valuation, criticizing uneven rates and urging organization to protect farmers’ interests while planning appeals to state and federal authorities.
Council proceedings cover road work at Dreshey’s Creek and near G Anook’s section, repairs completed at F. Muith’s creek, and ongoing maintenance. The meeting approves annual financials, tax repayments, and committee appointments including Kuss and Young & New fond. Notices on price boards, footpath privileges, and future closed roads are discussed along with tenders for rubble work and tree clearing.
On January 23 the Dalkey meeting approved several works including 200 yards of main road maintenance, Balaklava and Pinery roads, and rubbling and rubble repairs near Uppill, Woods, Jirny, and Pecum. Jno Buieth applied for £9 for a cup dlngon toll road near Dalkey. Correspondence noted from Crown Lands and Kadina about allotments and appeals.
An article clipped from the American Motherhood extols a milk based cure for consumption. It advocates feeding rich milk from a well fed cow, testing milk fat content, and gradually increasing intake to a full quart twice daily. Case anecdotes describe rapid weight and strength gains, coughing relief, and hemorrhage reversal when followed precisely, with warnings against unsuitable medicines.
A scanned note describes a method to estimate weight by multiplying a length by width and height, converting units through division by 27, and adjusting for cubic yard measurements. The text is garbled with many misspellings and incomplete phrases, but outlines a basic approach to determine weight from dimensions.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Lyra Bowling Aner Faint and several unclear names. It includes stray phrases about giving something to hams and a reference to a senate, but lacks a coherent narrative or identifiable event.
Fragmentary report notes whooping cough causing more deaths than starter fever. Text warns of misprint and unclear data but highlights higher mortality linked to whooping cough among the observed period and location.
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