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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
2
Sth Sunday after Trinity services listed at St Alban's Gladstoneill with Lay Matins at 7 pm and Evensong led by Rector. St George's Georgetown hosts Lay Evensong at 7 pm.
Booleroo Centre, Murraytown, Wirrabara, Wilmington, Melrose, and Port Augusta form vigilance committees to oppose a connecting railway to Port Augusta on the west side of the Flinders Range. Delegates will meet the Commissioner of Public Works in September to press broad gauge linkage and the East West line.
Gladstone Council discusses Heath Act amendments to allow ratepayers two thirds of Health rate with septic tanks. Meetings include motions on footpaths, an endorsement of Dr Stewart for medical officer, and authorizations for pamphlets and stone work. Minutes note correspondence and over seer’s finance report.
On Friday August 7 J A Gallas will offer a first place lot of household furniture. Mesara Elder Smith Co will hold their regular market at Gladstone next Tuesday with 1541 sheep 48 cattle pigs fowls and sundries. A home mission meeting at the Gladstone Methodist Church Tuesday next features a lantern lecture Snowy Queensland by Rev T W Shapley. Huddleston Methodist Guild plans a fair Wednesday October to be detailed later. On Monday evening Gladstone Football Club hosts a euchre tournament and dance in the Town Hall with good prizes. A special train for the football match Gladstone v Georgetown will run tomorrow from Gladstone at 2 35 pm returning at 6 with 10d fare. Northern Railway Committee members were in town last Monday.
The meeting notes propose tuning the hall piano and forming a sub-committee of Growden Howard and Hann to cultivate the block. A motion to destroy the trees in front of the hall was carried.
Mr W M Hynes told a Liberal Union social in Koolunga that victory requires both individual effort and collective action. He warned against Labour plans he described as taxing land, pursuing land nationalisation, and curbing private enterprise, praising Peake Government policies on public works and land reform while criticizing Verran Administration failures.
A speaker urges reavers to note Labor Party aims include increased spending on naval bases and other programs funded by revenue, warning of tax rises. He argues protection would shrink customs revenue and promotes land tax as a revenue source while opposing preference for unionists in Commonwealth employment, asserting merit and equal opportunity for all Australians.
July reports include Senator J W O Loghlin addressing Georgetown Institute audience and Liberal Union plebiscite debate with Hawking Trestrail Dolling Nicholla and Paltridge. A funeral for Thomas Hill in Georgetown cemetery. Foresters Court Harmony talks. rain relief boosts season prospects. local shooting and rifle events scheduled. miscellaneous local notices and economy notes.
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