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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
3
Treasurer receives various donations for Booyoolea Station and other local charities. A town wetting and social sales outline ticketed items, with names such as J Dood and Mutter listed among attendees. Various ladies and gentlemen are noted for bake sales, fruit, and social gatherings linked to Australia Day celebrations.
A farewell event in Owen honors Mr Jas Lachlan known as Lachlan McLachlan widely in the district. He served as manager at Owen and Balableye and previously worked with Dalkey Dietriot, transferring from the branch. Attendees included townspeople and officials who praised his community service and bid him good wishes.
The annual meeting of the Synod of the Church of England in the Diocese of Willochra met at Gladstone after a clergy conference at Sham. The Bishop read a presidential address praising war lessons toward peace, brotherhood, and social reform, and discussed missions, marriage licensing, Canons revision, church finances, and parish organization.
The text asserts SANDFER EUCALYPT ET TRACT contains all medicinal constituents of eucalyptus in refined form and claims BANDER'S EXTRACT is inferior and may be harmful. It warns that SANDER'S EXTRACT contains harmful ingredients and implies only the approved article is valid.
Special meeting notes from Gladstone district July 22 with Cre Growder and others. Tender accepted for 200 yards maintenance and contract price set to Bexton. Breddocks contract extended to Sept 30. paysheet read. accounts passed. Beongatown report details road work delays due to rain, maintenance requests, and election results for Georgetown Yackn Ward and Nurridy Ward.
A district appoints Dr Stewart as Officer of Health at thirty pounds annual salary. The clerk arranges peg placement for Notridy cemetery and notifies McDonald to complete railing work. A pipe installation is planned in the rearranged Pitt site.
A Register opinion piece by Frank Lode criticizes Port Augusts workmen on the East West Railway site. It describes idle time and slow labor, noting only a few workers stayed productive before the whistle. The author warns Commonwealth authorities must protect workers and resist union pressure while maintaining discipline.
A reader outlines two warning signals of kidney trouble including back pain and urinary changes and cites Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as effective after suffering severe symptoms. The advertisement praises relief from backache, urinary issues, and general health recovery, with pricing and contact details for Foster-Maclellan Co.
A stream of disjointed phrases covers topics from market happenings to personal maxims and historical notes. The garbled items mention markets, a British chemist, charitable contributions, travel, moral maxims, and stray statistics about London docks and whalebone. The text is fragmented with no coherent single event or clearly identifiable figures.
A July 13 gathering at Mr B J Myatt’s barn raised 28 pounds 6 pence for the Sunshine Cheer Up Society. Music was provided by Myatt, Moirx, and Head Wool. a future event is planned for August 11 with local volunteers organizing stalls and goods.
In a humorous missive the author laments a rainstorm that drenched the town and flooded streets. Citizens struggled as water gushed from the heavens turning a night of revelry into damp chaos with overturned bottles and soaked revelers. The piece features mock references to pretentious rivals boasting of civility as the flood continued toward the river.
An OCR fragment touts Sanders Extract as the most powerful antiseptic and cure-all, listing infections and ailments it supposedly treats. It includes sensational claims of instant relief for skin ailments and a broad range of illnesses, reflecting exaggerated patent medicine rhetoric of the era.
Australis Day was celebrated in Balaklava on a weekday with a poorly organized event. Much of the crowd left or stayed away as rain fell, and the grounds were largely abandoned with a focus on expected prizes and produce.
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