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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
1
A Jamestown area recruitment notice lists volunteers for military service with many names and affiliates. Relatives or friends are asked to supply missing names or correct initials to compile a complete roster for the RAAF RAN and allied forces.
A hurried presentation at Memorial Hall Gladstone honored Leading Aircraftman John Osman who has joined the Royal Australian Air Force to serve King and Country. Local leaders praised his choice, extended best wishes for safety and return, and presented gifts as townspeople offered support and prayers.
J. J. Hardie, a veteran in Australia's sheep industry, has written the novel Pastoral Symphony. It will be serialized on National Relay from July 20 at 19 30, five mornings a week. Hardie also manages Graziers' Co operative Shearing Company departments and serves in the Volunteer Defence Corps, planning two sequels after the war.
A list of baking components including 6 cups whole wheat biscuits and 1 cup sultanas plus prunes dates and raisins. It mentions sugar, candied peel, sliced cherries, nuts or desiccated coconut, with multiple cup measurements and substitutions for flavor and texture.
A historical rainfall table for Gladstone lists annual totals and sparse monthly notes from various years, including entries such as 1893 21.21 and 1909 17.58, with scattered month names like Janu Feby Mar and partial figures through 1942.
The Gladstone District lists dozens of men offering to serve in the present conflict and notes a group of volunteers rejected. Names include Allison, Holmes, Appleton, Hackworth, Blesing, Hughes, Botting, Hocking, Bradock, Jolly and many others across the district.
An advertisement offers two permanent guest vacancies with very moderate tariff and excellent accommodation. It promises access to all best brands of wines and spirits.
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