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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
2
Goldsborough Mort & Company Limited announce an auction for the estate of Late RB A Klingner. Items include Oak bedroom and dining suites, chairs, sewing machine, beds, linoleum, curtains, kitchenware, garden tools, a 12 gauge shotgun, glassware, and 18 fowls. Terms cash at sale. Furniture described as in excellent order.
Tenders invited for allotments 46 47 48 on Port Street opposite the Railway Station Gladstone. Premises include stone wood and iron structures. Tender forms available at EL T Harstett Gladstone office. Tenders close Adelaide noon June 23 1945.
Notice declares all pigs trespassing on sections 321 322 316/17 3235/4 326/7 3389/9 and closed roads in Boovoolie hundred will be destroyed after June 5 1945 and all other stock impounded. E G and Ballantyne Gladstone.
A. W. Sandford & Co notes uneven rainfall across districts, delaying pasture growth and raising concerns over butter supplies until pastures recover. Cream intake rose slightly and butter output increased, with demand for the Blue Valley brand noted. Local wholesale prices state best quality butter at 15 shillings 8 pence per pound, with prints and delivery extra. Egg production improves as pullets begin laying, while board rates remain unchanged for eggs and poultry.
A Jamestown notice advertises a sale of items including golf sticks and bags, electric wireless devices, a .22 rifle subject to police purchase permission, and various furniture pieces such as oak sideboards and cabinets. It lists names and contact details for the seller and review office and mentions a prize or reward.
Listing from M. and Mc Leod in Jamestown noting Lost-Spiral Spring-Les catalog items including 45 Volt radio batteries heavy duty 147 Superdyne 20/6 K250 14 volt Radio A Batteries priced 25/9 and a contact phone 82s for the supplier.
Sunday services listed for Jamestown and surrounding towns including St James Church of England Rev. J.C. Gibson and Rev. Noske for various parishes, Baptist Rev. Alan Dennis, Salvation Army officers Capt Drummond and Lieut Franklin, and multiple churches in Laura, Wirrabara, Crystal Brook, Gladstone, and Georgetown with times and duties for June 17 combined church anniversary at Georgetown.
The Jamestown CWA Branch extends thanks to many helpers who made the CWA Hall and football match a success. Special appreciation goes to MC N Jackson amplifier Brian Bailey floor organizer Bill Collins and workers Rundle Abbott and Coat for their substantial contributions.
Friday notes from 1945 list visits and holidays across Gladstone, Auburn, Prospect, Laura, Jamestown, and Mt Gambier. Names include F Allen, F Baker, A Leslie, J McInerney, J Stewart, R Hammond, E Fitzsimmons, Rex Yeates, C Telford, Maisie Patten, Roma Warner, Gordon Lines, and C Budge MBE with various family and service details. Gordon Lines reports RAAF discharge after 34 years, now in Laura.
Mrs A Chellew returns home to Torrensville from Jamestown where she visited her parents Mr and Mrs Jas O Leary. Pte J Russell AIF on leave with his mother in Jamestown. Pte Robinson also home on leave with his mother. Pte Ben Axford AIF home with parents Mr and Mrs W O Axford Belalie. Rex and two sisters also in services. Constable Ken Jolly Port Adelaide on leave at Gladstone with his parents, a leading Pt Adelaide footballer atop premiership list. Jack Lister rests in Jamestown after a month in Whyalla Hospital from steam crane accident injury. one arm remains sore.
At the Theory examinations in May 1943, pupils of Miss Nancy Lawrie A Mus A were successful. Grade VI Doreen Simpson 100 honours Enid Cornish 98 honours Grade IV Gwenda Toholke 93 honours.
St Alban’s Ladies Guild held a social afternoon at the Parish Hall Gladstone entertaining the Methodist Ladies Guild and others. A musical programme arranged by Mesdames E Saunders and S W Thomson featured performances by Mesdames C Thomson W Thomson and Miss M Lines. Competition winners included Mesdames G Yates Tl Fogg and Miss L Smallacombe and M Lines. A trading table and afternoon tea concluded the pleasant event.
Mr H Hutchens of London now in Jamestown offers piano tuning through the Piano Timers Assoc. The FFCF reports £68 18s 9d raised since June 1 1944 with 37 socks 7 pullovers 2 balaklava helmets 297 handkerchiefs 60 facewashers 6 mittens 1 muffler sent to HQ. A catering dinner at Hornsdale Couring on July 21 is planned as next fund raiser.
At a Friday meeting a £12 cheque was sent to TQ. Mesdames Mundy Gale and Miss Lines chaired the shop which realised £3 16s 6d. A bridge event follows each Wednesday during the Red Cross contest with weekly and aggregate prizes. Miss Irma Bowers is named Miss Red Cross 1945 by the Junior Merrymakers.
State Soil Conservator Mr. R J Herriot will speak on soil conservation phases relevant to local conditions at St James Hall on Wednesday June 13 at 2 pm. Promoters of the local branches of the National Catholic Rural Movement invite all interested to attend. supper will be provided.
Hollywood style spectacle arrives in Jamestown on Saturday with Scheherazade romance and desert warfare set against oriental panoramas. Stars include Jon Hall Maria Montez Sabu. The bill also features Mister Big and a School of the Theatre act led by Donald O Connor Gloria Jean Peggy Ryan.Wednesday June 13 offers The Marx Bros in The Big Store with Tony Martin and Wallace Seery in Barnacle Bill as support.
Mrs O L Noske presided over a well attended Wednesday celebration at Belalie North with visitors from Jamestown Mannanarte and Canincie Belt Guilds. A musical program featured Mrs Napper Miss Beryl Davis and Mrs Edwards. winners were Miss Grace Smart and Miss Beryl Davies. Mrs W Cordon and Mrs Edwards assisted as cake was cut by Mrs Noske and shared at afternoon tea.
At Memorial Hall Gladstone residents queued for new ration books over the weekend. G W E Gale led a staff including R Mundy J Sharris and R Thompson as 1028 books were issued. Const Schneider checked occupation survey records while D Boucaur supervised the fast service. Annual totals rose from 1660 in 1942 to 1768 in 1945.
Jamestown hosts from Port Pirie stay with residents over a weekend. CWA hall, Show Grounds football match, and Women's Basketball Association premiership entertain the visitors. Ball at St James Hall. golf with locals. proceeds total £16 16s 3d plus tea money £10 10s 6d split between CWA and FFCF.
Corporal Ralph Blackey of Dunbach Ferrare demonstrated remarkable bravery during Bougainville operations. He kept a Matilda tank gun in action for over three quarters of an hour after a round caused a cheek wound while clearing jams. He continued loading, firing, and aiding the crew despite pain, under the direction of Sergeant Allan Squires. He is recovering at an advanced station and is the son of Mr and Mrs Herb Hockey.
Eileen O'Dea daughter of Mrs O'Dea and the late Mr Martin O'Dea of Jamestown married Brian Oates son of Mr and Mrs Hedley Oates of Berri at Holy Trinity Church Crystal Brook on May 26. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Father Shiel with a reception at the Institute for about fifty guests. The couple will reside at Berri.
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