Forty Years Ago From the Areas Express July 10 1878
A report from the Areas Express recalls parliamentary decisions to build a gaol at Gladestone and finances allocated, though no work occurred, with prison transport to Redruth. A race meeting is set for January 1879, with Pengelly as secretary. Church and council elections, reader appointments, and a wagon accident near Laura are noted along with a public meeting to urge extending the Gladstone line to Laurard.
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C Maon
Gladetone
Redruth
Laura
Gladstone
Laurard
Cook
Megara Wilson
Sabine
Bille
Bowker
Prior
Forsaith
Gliddon
Andrews
Pluckrose
Hunt and Spicer
Australia Day Committee Plans Benefit Buttons Sale
At a Gladstone branch meeting on Monday the committee decided to procure 500 buttons for sale and to accept the railway employees offer to dispose of them. Resolutions include writing to James Town re band, authorising butchers stallholders to buy a beast, arranging for local youths to pick olives, enlisting a Yangya school teacher to assist, collecting subscriptions, and noting railway ball proceeds of £27 3s 0d.
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Gladstone
Jamestown
Wilmington
Peterborough
Kumpick
Booynccles
Yangya
Gale Ben
Gladstone Ornamental Grounds Committee Meeting Notes
Gladstone ornamental grounds committee met July 9 with chair Daeble and members Pareone Shepherdson Han etch Evans Growden and F Pitman present. Minutes confirmed. Correspondence from Gladstone Corporation banking committee. chairman bought two coppers for the committee. Growden reported gravel at Tresylva and council approval for use one day fortnight. Evans repaired echo at Tresylva. good job. Names Osman Wynes and F T Reynolds added to committee. Motion to abolish annual subscription of members. Regulations: £2 for trees and shrubs. Parsons and Shepherd to locate planting spots. Caretaker instructed not to allow residents to plant flowers at Tresylva without chairman consent. Ploughing at Tresylva to be handled by executive. Water pipes at Tresylva to be repaired. Mrs Fox to look after two climbers at Tresylva. For bronchial coughs, Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised.
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Meesrs Daeble
Pareone
Shepherdson
Hanetck
Evans
Growden
Hoo. Een
F. Pitman
Gladstone Corporation
Bhanking
J. Growden
Corporation
Tresylva
Evane
Tresylve
Measra Osman
Wynes
F. T. Reynolda
Messia Parsons
Shepherd Con
Treeylve
Georgetown District Council Election Results and Public Notices
Georgetown voters chose Hill and Allen as town councillors with 41 and 67 votes respectively after a lively July 6 ballot. In other news from Balaklava and Port Wakefield, a charity concert raised funds for the brass band and a Wounded Soldiers Fund event drew large crowds. Local rolls of honor, August 1 ceremonies, and cricket club actions were also announced for community engagement.
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Georgetown
Moegsra
A. Fieenisn
Ad C. A
Allen
Freeman
Hill
Smellacombe
Eyre
Messrs
Red Cross
Messie
Lundray
J. R. Barton
League
Butler
R. J. McDonald
M.P
Sid
Balaklava Brass Band
Coursn
Misa Erica Chapiro
Adelelaide
D. W. Hendrickson
Misa Laura Marshall
A. Traega
Mies Cheplin
Gipsy Aira
L. Veun
F.C. Tilbrook
Olga
L .& Stone
Colo
Hejre Kati
Mesars W. Long
D. Gwan
F. C. Tilbrook
H. Pertridge
Mr A. Metall
Iretchman
Mias O. Pillar
Missea Edna Wooler
Alma Spears
Lucas
Mesars BH. V. Frayne
G. Bridgman
Port Wakefield
Frulic
Forester
NUJOL Endorsed For Nursing Mothers Milk Safety
An old warning urges nursing mothers to avoid violent purges and constipation that may harm milk and infant vitality. It promotes NUJOL as a safe lubricant remedy to keep stools soft without affecting digestion, produced by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and sold by chemists and stores.
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Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Eala
Lieut Col Butler Aims 500 Man Enlistment Drive
The State Recruiting Gemmine reports Lieut Col Butler plans a frank suburb and country tour to recruit 500 men for the front. He will assess eligibles in each town and issue a clarion call without pressuring enlistment, citing three battalions cut by lack of reinforcements. After six open air talks at Broken Hill, 21 applications followed in three days, 16 fit.
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Butler
Ile
Defence Department
Broken Hill
Sander & Sone Eucalypti Extract Meears
A letter from J Hopeing of Auckland New Zealand dated 26 June 1918 extols Sander and Sona Eucalypti Extract. He claims 42 years of use with cures for neuralgia and related ailments and notes a substitute failed compared to the original product used at home.
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Meears
Sander & Sona
Horey
J. Hopeing
Auckland
N.Z
Turbulent Times in Anxious War Era Headlines
Fragmentary notes from a wartime era recount Ireland fighting, Britain facing shortages, and public notices. Mentions include Lordships, a bishop’s sermon, factory gun production, deaths in various towns, rate damage estimates, and political disturbances. Names such as Mehmed VI and King George appear. Data mix yields a broad, unsettled snapshot.
Balaklava Agricultural Bureau Holds Special Meeting Actions
The Balaklava Agricultural Bureau met on Saturday July 6 with chairman J Spilane presiding. Correspondence from the Wheat Harvest Board on weevil in wheat was discussed and postponed. The balance sheet was adopted as secretary B R Banger resigned. H W Kidney elected secretary. A committee to draft a program for future meetings was named.
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Balaklavs Agricultural Bureau
J. Spillane
Wheat Harvest Board
B. R. Banger
Waa
Spillana
Chateman
Mir H.W. Kidney
Baunyer
A’ Co
Bawyer
Bia Sar
H. M. Tock
Horaes
Mesart
H. Roediger
0. Uppill
H. Masters
A. F. Niddleton
Middleton
Tuck
Roediger
Ingenious Rats Trap Proposed by Pall Mall Gazette
A correspondent suggests a method to wipe out rats by luring them with meat and oil of rhodium on a brick atop a water-filled tub linked by a brown paper bridge. As rats climb the brick they fall into the water and drown, allowing rapid neighborhood clearance.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Ye Olde Groves School Boarding House Notice
Fragmentary notice describes a girls boarding school with references to health, grounds, and water features. Mentions a principal and a phone contact in Glenelg. Content is unclear due to OCR errors, but indicates school boarding and related amenities.
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Onkoor
Glenelg 21
Greek man tried for unlicensed beer sale at Port Pirie
At Port Pirie Police Court John Zaharapoulos a Greek man faced charges for selling beer without a license to Peter Gums. A plea of not guilty was entered. Witnesses testified to beer and wine found at a cafe and offers of bribes to stay silent. Zaharapoulos wept during the proceedings as an interpreter was requested.
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Port Pirie
D.C. Sec
John Zaharapoulos
J. Bond
Peter Gums
Mfr
Michael Franges
F. W. Pergusom
Philadelphia
Poretee
Peter
Lucas
Linas Mosella
Gulies
Bond
Emery
Arthurson
Florence Street
T v
Hack
Bat
Port Pirie Heroes Lieut A E Woreson Killed in Action
Word comes that Lieut A E Woreson, son of Mr FR Wood of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters, has been killed in action. The young officer was highly regarded, tireless in his studies, and his loss is deeply mourned by family and community.
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A. E. Wore
FR. Wood
Broken Hill
Steamers of FP and O Branch Service Put In Service
The Steamers of the FP and O Branch Service are modern vessels with wireless telegraphy and electric light. Each steamer carries a doctor and crew, currently on government service, and will resume single-class passenger service to Durban, Capetown, and London at specified rates once released. Details from agents.
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FP & O
Durban
Capetown
London
Alberation
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