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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1943
Page
2
An annual subscription of 10/6 reduces 10 percent of all fees for the member as a patient at the Hospital. A £1/1/ subscription covers the member's family with the same concession. Members also have a voice in Hospital Management. Help the Hospital and yourself with this investment.
Mr S Boyle of Jamestown will visit Gladstone monthly while Mr 5 W Thomson BDS is on RAAF service. Consultation at Mr Wurm's Chemist Shop on the fourth Monday each month from 10 am to 4 pm, starting 24 May.
Ave Est late C Bock Wicklow 300 mixed ewes 12 months wool good condition 400 mixed sex lambs tailed 1st March F Heaslip Glenroy Carrieton 480 wethers July shorn 16 months old well grown $20 Ewes 5 vrs large frames good order pure Koonoona blood Ave M 8 Hawker Dillowie Hallett 175 wethers 14 months Oct shorn good order Ave Mt Gipps Pastoral and Mineral Co Limited Yaleownna 570 mixed sheep in wool comprising wethers ewes and lambs A/c Harry Smith Kudgee 700 wethers off shears in good strong condition A/c various owners 12 fat ewes 45 mixed sheep 260 ewes and wethers 1 yr well grown to be drafted to sex 65 wether hoggets Mutooroo bred carrying 12 months wool 35 stags 88 ewes s m not mated 300 ewes rising 12 months early shorn good order 100 wethers rising 3 yrs late shorn forward order 30 fat wethers 20 fat ewes 20 fat lambs 100 mixed sheep cattle including 1 fat steer 1 fat heifer 20 pigs 10 horses right ages good types hacks trolley and draught Ave Mr J Rundle Jamestown 3 hacks 1 buggy riding hack all guaranteed quiet Sundries include bags oats Conditions at sale Any client requiring terms must make arrangements with the auctioneers prior to the sale.
On Tuesday August 3 at 2 p.m. Elder, Smith & Company Limited conduct the first sale followed by Goldsbrough Mort and Company Limited for the second sale at Gladstone Market.
The listing details 975 sheep including 59 M.S. Woolley Hoggets and 40 M.S. Shorn Lambs, 20 4T Ewes shorn April, 140 Gool Sound Mouth Ewes May shorn with 130 Merino lambs, 50 F.M. Woolley Ewes with 40 Merino Lambs, 13 weathered draft horses, 10 Suckers pigs, and sundries such as an incubator and furniture. Further entries invited.
A W Sandford reports butter in South East and West Coast regions showing satisfactory feed conditions, other areas backward and rains needed for spring and summer. Blue Valley butter remains in strong demand for its vitamin content and keeping quality. price 1/5 and 8d per pound local delivery. Eggs show steady seasonal supply increase. Ist quality Hen 2s, Ist quality Medium 1s 10d, Duck Eggs 1s 10d.
Laura auctioneer receives instruction from MR C H LEHMAN to sell a 12 acre Lucerne farm with solid six-room house, outbuildings, two 100 gallon tanks, sheds, and a large furniture assortment including dining suite, organ, gramophone, kitchen equipment, bedding, harness, and farming implements. The sale begins at 3 pm with items listed on A/c Mr A WATERS and includes a tip dray, two iron tanks, and farming gear such as ploughs, harrows, and cultivators.
Sam Stanley a clever comedy juggler magician and wumorist headlines a lively performance billed as a real showman night of fun and entertainment. Raymond, organizer, advertises admission two dollars with half-price for children including tax.
Pte L G Lehman spent leave with his wife at Laura. Mrs Nyda of Terowie visited Laura with Mr and Mrs Klemm. Mr and Mrs J Condon of the North Laura Hotel left for a City holiday. Nurse Schaefer of Crystal Brook spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs E Dymock at Laura. LAC Wurm spent the weekend with his parents at Laura. Gladstone visitors include Mr and Mrs A E Warren of Adelaide staying with daughter Mrs H T Hlarstall. Miss Joan Budge oper ated on at Laura Hospital and is progressing satisfactorily. S C John Kelly returned to duty after a holiday with his parents, accompanied by Miss Kightly. Pte D Brown met a serious motorcycle accident, fractured skull and broken leg, unconscious for days but improved. Lodge St David visitors to Gladstone noted as entertained by Mr G T Henderson and Lodge members. Wirrabara birthday notices for P J Curnow aged 70 and E H Piper aged 68 celebrate long-term L.L. support.
Local church listings for Jamestown and surrounding towns outline weekly services across Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Salvation Army and Holiness groups. Notable names include Rev D I M Anthony, Rev S K Wiseman, Rev J C Gibson, Capt Brooks, and Archdeacon Dunn, with times from early morning to evening and multiple congregations in Canowie, Appila, Wirrabara, Crystal Brook, and St Silas Crystal Brook.
Mr. R J Cooke of Laura reports a happy gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W W Jolly home Gladstone on July 15 to mark Hazel Ballantyne’s coming of age. Guests tea, Mr Jolly gave a golden key, wishes a bright future, and a Diggers Ball followed with a cheerio for the guest. Ballantyne left Gladstone to join Brinkworth branch of Eudunda Farmers.
The Gladstone Diggers Rest Room committee thanks Mrs. Neil of Yandi ah and the Engineer's Camp via Cpl. Wilson for gifts of a stool and crockery box. Two Liberal-Country League pre selection candidates are A. D. McDonald M P Leighton and Norman Vowles Spalding. Jamestown jumble auction raised £55 with Cyril Harmer as auctioneer and Mrs Ronald’s 25 shilling turkey noted.
The Gladstone Women’s Welfare Club celebrated its seventh birthday Tuesday at the Primary School with a lively, well attended event. A birthday cake from Mesdames Flavel and Klemm, a drawing by Mrs. Lines, and a prize won by Miss S. Treasure highlighted the gathering. Mrs. Mundy presided and Miss Budge organized activities. Cereal crops for pasturage reported by Mr. J Molineux described oats and barley sown after February rains, yielding a tall stand and promising grazing for cows and pigs.
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