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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
2
Readable items list Merino ewes 20 head plus 76 fat wethers and 160 forward store wethers. Includes 300 Lincoln and Marino wethers at foot, ages from one to four years, plus hoggets and prime steers. Also notes pigs, oranges, terms for land and stock with cash discounts and prepaid charges.
The acting clerk announces opportune registrations for DCE Omar and meetings at multiple hotels in Port Germein and surrounding towns from July 5 to July 26. The notices indicate actions against owners of unregistered dogs and cattle after the listed dates, issued by the council.
The town of Gladstone amends the dog registration process under Act 820 1454 noting registrations expired on a placeholder date and new registrations will occur from a Lak to 14th. The registrar and authorized officers will oversee registrations and enforce penalties for unregistered dogs with civic efforts in Gladstone.
The District Council of Gladstone announces that all dog registrations expired are to be renewed by July 1 1917. After July 14 unregistered dogs will be traced by police and registrar officers. The registrar will attend Gladstone for on the day and place to register dogs as required by law.
Fragmentary OCR indicates names such as Gladstone Archdescon Nash and George Sym with titles M A and references to p m and Nash MA. Reading incomplete, no clear event.
The notice lists 9 160 sheep 38 cattle and 40 pigs to be auctioned at Crystal Brook on Friday next. Also announced are the Gladstone Institute annual meeting Monday at 8 oclock, dog owners renewals due by July 1, a farewell for Mr J A Gallaceh at Gladstone Hotel Thursday at 4 pm, and a piece on Corp Key and Sergt Corbett detailing local military service and wartime service.
Local items report the Gladstone Ornamental Foundation meeting at Bo'atock, a forthcoming auction at Wirrahars, and district dog licensing by Port Germein's Mr B Davies. A July 17 masquerade ball, a July 20 Australia Day road race, and recent Soldiers Fund receipts feature alongside obituary notes and staff changes in Gladstone.
A garbled historical fragment references wartime topics, dates, and scattered facts about politics, dates in 1917, population mentions, and various personal notices. It names several individuals and places in a jumbled mosaic of half-formed sentences and estimates.
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