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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
2
Local shop advertises hat making and trimming services with discounts for orders up to 30 shillings, hats in stock offered at half marked price, girls and maid hats in velvet priced at 7 shillings 9 pence, Coresta fabrics reduced 2 shillings per pair, and special black velvet welting at 1 shilling per yard.
A catalog of coats and robes with heavy discounts. Black Velour coats priced from 75 to 419 shillings, Grey and Purple tweeds, fancy teed coats, gabardine robes, serges, and wool gowns all feature marked down values and special offers. Names and specific prices listed for multiple fabrics and sizes.
Woolen Goods advertises coats in leading shades with mixed pricing and clearout offers. Sports coats and outfits for girls and women show substantial reductions including 25 percent off dresses and assorted price points for sarves and dresses.
Fashionable fabric sale itemized list with Wool Gabardines Serge Velours and various tweed like fabrics in Grey Fawn Navy and Black. Includes yardage and price per yard with heavy discounts noted as half price. Includes child and ladies wear materials and pattern lengths.
Beavy White Flannelette 1/ yd colored flannelette reduced natural flannel to 2/9 yd others 3/6 3/9 bloom flannelette 1/8 1/6 yd grey fleecy stockingette 6/3 for 4/9 unbleached calico meat bags and white calico at bale price
Classified cloth sale advertises unbleached 80 inch sheeting at 4/6 for 3/9 and 3/9 for 3/3, 54 inch options at 2/8 for 3/4, white 64 and 80 inch goods at various prices, plus flax toweling 30 inch wide at 1/9 yard. Includes market note on value and quality.
Table Damask records show Jo Damask 54 in 43 for 3/9 7/9 for 6/11 with high quality design. Tableaghad Table Damask lists 60 in 4/3 and 4/6 for 3/11 and 66 in 6/6 for 4/6. White Turkish Towels measure 44 by 23 inches at 1/11 each. Christien Celebrated Turkish Towels feature heavy texture and large size with special 3/6 for 2/9 each.
Hosiery items listed with Bonde Silk Avkis Hose 2/6 pair, Black Cashmere 4/6, Putty-shads Reavy Rib Silk Hose 10/6 for 8/9, Men's Bib H Hons 4/6 pair, Black Cotton H Hose 9d, Black Cashmere H Hose from 2/ pair. Lines not specified subject to 10 percent sale discount.
Woolen goods priced for bedding from Australian wool blankets to cot and single bed sizes. Items include double and extra large blankets with sizes 72 by 90 inches and 81 by 99 inches, plus various prices for wool and down quilts, checks, and chemical dock bugy rugs. Includes discounts like reduced pair prices and noted sizes and fabric counts.
A newspaper advertises a sale on men s wear including Pelaco Pajamas with marked-down tag prices, colored working shirts, navy drill shirts, weed overcoats, fawn gabardine, tweed suits and undershirts. It touts a ten percent discount on belts and shoes, with various discounted prices listed.
The District Council of Gladstone invites tenders for specified works. Tenders must be received by noon on Friday July 14.
District clerk presents the chairman's annual report amid abrupt changes. Officials confirm oversight of budget and governance steps following unexpected leadership shifts. Community concerns rise as details await full disclosure and next steps.
A fragmented trading page lists Wooeeberry Jam in 9d tins Glass Jars Apricot 6a jars Quins Jelly 10d tins Herring in Sauce tins Lexia Balsine 104d and other items Envelopes 10 packs Beat Bills 2/6 Airolite Patrol Table Lamps 75 shillings Adelside price Lastares offer Buy from us and save risk of breakage
Classified fragment lists wants and adverts for room to let and tasks. Mentions four roomed house on P Street, underground tank, driver for baker, farm head with farm implements, blacksmithing, and various local names and locations.
An election for auditor for the Gladstone council is planned for tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. Candidates Hi Harassit and W Winkler are listed. Central Brook event on Wednesday next offers cattle, poultry and sundries near seating. Gladstone District Cows vote on Saturday, July 14 1848. Monday night features committee wind-up, joint executive fund and new management meetings. Friday advertises Hl. T. Harslett sale of furniture and effects. Miss Myra Pearce's kitchen evening drew a large group at Gladstone Town Hall, with a farewell speech and presentations. Dancing followed with supper served in the library hosted by several ladies.
A Gladstone Institute gathering on Monday adopted annual reports and balance sheets and thanked retiring officers. Delegates discussed next elections, heard musical items, and noted future coverage next week. A yer textile ad and medicinal claims appear in a fragmentary, technical note.
The Gladstone Rifle Club held its ninth annual competition on Saturday June 10 with 10 shots at 50 yards. S G Coe won both Scratch and Handicap titles amid variable wind as high as 20 degrees. Scores include G Coe 476 and lines 44, others such as AH Smith 46, LR Grubb 40, W Odgers 43. Aggregate standings list W Lines and S G Coe leading the date. A member meeting is set for July 14 to decide trophies for Mesers, Richards and Lewis.
A mosaic of quotes and numbers references London life, politics, health, crime, and society from the era. It mentions schooling illness, Prime Minister Bruce, privacy, international tensions, and census style figures, plus whimsical exchanges and local notes.
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