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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1922
Page
2
The notice advertises a sale including a piano and two bedroom suites at the Anglican Church office. It also lists Holy Communion at Gladstone 11 am by Rev. P. H. Channell and evening services on Violet Day with sermons on forgiveness and home missions.
A local sale of sheep cattle pigs and sundries is planned at Gladstone with Mesera Elder Smith and Co handling 2018 stock. Local official Malville visits Gladstone and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel. A nearby euchre tournament and dance state side events. Weather turns cold with a 32 degree reading. Gladstone public school reports strong attendance and inspector praise with two students earning certificates in a Sydney sketching competition.
Bagot Shakes and Lawie Ltd report their usual Gladstone market held July 18. Flooded rivers limited guarding of sheep and lines of fat sheep were stranded, causing a sheep shortage for butchers. Cattle 36 yarded, 35 sold. sheep 1385 yarded, 832 sold with fat wethers and ewes priced amid wet conditions. Pigs fowls horse gear and harness sold as part of the sale.
A vintage advertisement touts Bauder and Sons' Eucalypti Extract as the unequalled remedy for colds influenza bronchitis and lung troubles. It claims supreme court endorsement from Victoria and emphasizes purity reliability and effectiveness for internal and external use with a warning to insist on the genuine product.
Ministers in Gladstone district gather at the Methodist manse to form a Ministers Fraternal. Present are Revs Barvill Talbot Kilmartin from Laura, Evonusy from Crystal Brook, E Jew from Calto wle, Plowes from Georgetown, and P H Chennell of Gladstone. The gathering includes a Bishop address on church union and evening social with department reports.
Glanstone Corporation meets July 21 with Mayor E A Gale and Councillors Cre Smallacombe Osman Ay and Jones present. Minutes read and confirmed. Overseer report received. Jones for Friendly Societies seeks main hall use for Angus social. finance approved with payments and grants. Resolutions grant free hall use to Jones and authorize drain inspection on Washington Street and permit Mr Howard to rope bull in lower paddock area.
A poetic meditation on a home built from love rather than grandeur. It contrasts a palace crowned with towers with a true home created by fond hearts, comfort, faith, and health, claiming only love can make a house truly home.
Laubman and Pank Certified Opticians in Adelaide announce a forthcoming visit to this town in the next few weeks. The exact date will be advertised in the paper. They state they are exclusive users of a specially designed electrically lighted sight-testing apparatus for accurate glasses prescriptions.
The annual Gladstone Institute report details 24 meetings including eleven ordinary and eight special committees plus conferences and subscribers meetings. It notes officers such as President BE Barclay and Treasurer W Odgers, reporting improved library circulation, increased subscriptions, and forthcoming land transfer arrangements with the Town Council, while praising committee effort and expressing optimism for next year.
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