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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
3
Old public notice urges farmers to invest in a mutual insurance company owned by the Farmers Union. It promotes avoiding external insurers and stresses profits returning to Union members. It calls shareholders to contact the organization for policy details and participation.
A damaged fragment recalls Empire Day on the Domain with crowds praising loyalty and the Mayor presiding as the National Anthem closes the proceedings. The piece notes tension between union and disruption forces and mentions a parole arrangement related to patriotic observance.
Turf anticipations and race meeting notes list divisions and entries such as The General Motus, Day-Jones Tosmore clash, First Division contenders, Old Course Trial with Black Fox, Birthday Cup with Paratoo and Cruza der, and Storm or Champion Jumpere. Teams Morwood Handrosp and Thorngate appear among entries, with venues and possible challengers noted.
An Empire Day decree read in public schools urges pupils to study the nation’s history and the Union Jack traditions. It recalls explorers like Matthew Flinders and early settlers, honors soldiers, and calls on students to cultivate character and patriotism as future citizens. A salute followed and children were granted a half holiday.
A historical letter recalls a scam around Bandor and Bons Eucalypti extract claimed to cure many ailments. The writer describes being deceived for years and notes a 1878 personal experience with the product and its supposed remedies, including household use and alleged miraculous effects.
The column reports on Mr J F Pearce recovering from a poisoned foot after weeks away. Brooks earns a promotion to Gowier and will move soon. E H L Davion resumes bank duties after leave. H Bennets suffers asthma flare ups. C Budge of Gladstone is laid up with rheumatic pain.
The text presents incomplete lines about a person or idea cast adrift, facing despise from kin, while a remembrance lingers. It mentions bronchial pain and resignation, with odd phrases like Woods Gront Peppermint Cars and Allah hare, indicating garbled OCR.
Fragmentary parliamentary correspondence describes an Imperial War Relief issue with a receipt for a payment of £0 cited from the Gladstone Central Office. The text is garbled but references government staff, private letters, and an itemized ledger noting expenditures during a wartime period.
A May entry records a death and funeral notice for a local resident in a small community. It references questions of burial markings and a waning memory of a figure named John Kally with uncertain details.
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