Bridge Afternoon Honors Mrs Smallacombe Before Departure
A Gladstone bridge afternoon on May 31 hosted five tables at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A Rundle. Winners were Mrs A Coe and runner up Mrs H T Havelett who presented prizes to Mrs Smallacombe, who departs the town soon. A traveling companion gift was given, tea served, and remarks praised her support of the Methodist Church and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Smallacombe
A. Rundle
Gladstone
A. Coe
H. T. Havelett
Methodist Church
O.G.C
H. Osman
W. G. Cook
L. G. Harris
J. Stewart
M. A. Schmidt
C. A. Coe
H. T. Harslett
E. C. Parsons
W. 8
Williamson
W. J. Growden
M. Appleton
J. L. Hawke
H. V. Hill
J. 5. Fisher
J. R. Page
W. Shephard
C. J. Thomson
Sister T. Harslett
Mise Borritt
Gladstone High Parents Association to Host Games Afternoon
The June 13 monthly meeting of the Gladstone High School Parents Association will be at the school at 2 30 p m. The program is a games afternoon and all parents and friends are invited. A newsboy interaction is noted in a quoted exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parents Association
Gladstone Recovers From Last Week's Heavy Rain
Last Thursday and Friday Gladstone received over two inches of rain fueling ideal farming and grazing conditions. Flooding hit Pisant Creek and Rocky River with Sargent’s dam overflow causing water to flow through the Texas Company depot. Residents barely saved homes as floodwaters rose. Gladstone Hotel saw water on the road but no damage. The golf club championship was postponed while association football matches proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Pisant Creek
Rocky River
Sargent S Dam
Texas Company
Gladstone Golf Club
Furniture Auction at Cross Street Gladstone
On Tuesday at 2 p m auctioneer H T Harslett will sell for Mrs M L Small lacombe a large lot of household furniture and effects and an Erskine motor car at the premises Cross Street Gladstone. See handbills for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Street
Gladstone
H. T. Harslett
M. L. Smallacombe
Erskine Motor Car
Gladstone Methodists Celebrate Knights and Comradeship Anniversary
The Gladstone Methodist Order of Knights and Girls' Comradeship marked its anniversary with a Saturday banquet in the Memorial Hall attended by over a hundred members and guests. Sunday services at the church drew large congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone Methodist Order of Knights & Girls
Memorial Hall
Heavy Rain Floods Hit Georgetown Farms and Streets
In Georgetown on the June 7 edition, a long soaking rain from Thursday to Saturday caused flooded streets and damaged farms. Reports describe marooned pedestrians, gutters washed out, and crops harmed, with residents recounting waterlogged garaged and a car engine flooding. A local golf match at Yagka plus a racing club meeting are noted, alongside community notes on football, cattle losses, and delays to seeding due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Eiffe
Leo. McAuley
Yagka
H. S. Freeman
J. Hay
All Square
D. Smallacombe
S. Hay
S. Freeman
D. H. Teakle
J. V. Thomson
E. L. Winton
Burford
A. J. Noll
A. L. Nykiel
Nancarrow
Garbett
E. Angley
R. Badman
E. BE. Lang
A. G. Thomas
E. G. Guiney Dei
E. Thomas
M. McPherson
Goss
Gladstone
Racing Club
J. J. Angley
R. B. White
M. H. Brugey
Messrs
D. O'Connell
W. MacNamara
T. P. Myatt
T. J. O’brien
Georgetown
Gulnare
Jack McLaren
A. Baker A. Jolly
Syms
C. A. Gullidge
McLaren Bros
Dave Noll
L. Hillard
K. Smallacombe
A. Baker
Crowe
Cyril Bennett
Adelaide
R. B. Scholefield
Riverton
Ailsa McDonald
Don Lang
Glentitul
Untold Truths Linger Beyond Tombstone Inscriptions
A reflective note on promises and truth suggesting that if tombstone inscriptions matched reality perfectly, even the devil would face loneliness.
Farewell Social and Local News From Gladstone
From Out the Past for June 6 1919 notes a farewell social for Mr and Mrs Murray with Mayor E A Gale presiding. Gladstone sees a welcome home for Corp E Lee, also under Mayor Gale. Obituaries include Hon T Price Premier of South Australia and Corporal Bertram formerly of Gladstone. Choral Society appoints officers led by Mayor W Hancock and Rev A E Green. Capt A J Pavy loses eyesight in West Australia by explosion. Shipwreck tale from Robb, late Gladstone stationmaster. Tender bids called for fencing the Gladstone Institute. Also reported death of Mr T J Mayro cordial Manufacturer. wheat priced 4/2 a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Price
South Australia
Corporal Bertram
Gladstone
Choral Society of
W. Hancock
A. E. Green
B. Bertram
Hewett
C. Adams
A. J. Pavy
West Australia
Gladstone Institute
T. J. Mayro
Timeless Odds in Cards and Time's Quiet Lapse
A witty exchange on luck and common sense frames a remark about fortune at play. The line about time’s race ending with years suggests aging inevitability and the slow roll of chance against life’s changes.
Sporting Notes Trials and Cup Events Listed
SPORTING NOTES: listing of races and entrants for ARC events on Saturday including Trials at L Eclar and Fryar's Hope with Silver Seraph, Welter Deplevisy Glenwarloch Air Dash, Birthday Cup Grecian Princess Koklani Tippera, Gang Forward Stakes El Reo Edith Miss Janine, Jumpers Flat Rotol Tronachs Tresanton, Norwood Hdcp Mirthbrook Hege manic Glentor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L'Eclar
Fryar's Hope
Silver Seraph
Glenwarloch
Air Dash
Koklani
Tippera
el Reo
Edith
Miss Janine
Tresanton
Norwood Hdcp
Mirthbrook
Hegemanic
Glentor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gladstone Business Directory
Fudunda Farmers’ Co-op. Society Ltd
A.C. Read - Gladstone
Buick
Pontiac
Chevrolet
MH. W. McKay Massey Harris Pty. Ltd
New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd
Castrol Oil
Capitol
Gladstone High School
Newsboy
National Library of Australia
O.K. and
O.M.G
R. J. Finlayson, Ltd
Gladstone Pharmacy
J. W. Norman
J. G Cox
P.O
Telephone
A. C. Masters
Robb
New Zealand
C. Rutter
Port Pirie
Vauxhall
Gladstone, Georgetown, Gulnare
W. L. Palmer CO
Optician
Jamestown
Bert Barrett
Wear Store
Jim Stewart
the Booyoolee Hotel
Ted White
Community Hotel
Nuriootpa
Nathan Beer
Eley Bros
General Blacksmiths
Sporting Notes
A.R.C
Port Victoria
West End
Miss Phyllis Cook
Phose
E. Yates
Fruiterer
Greengrocer
H. F. Holmes
Main ST. Gladstone
A. J. Butter & Son
Gladstone Hotel
Ern Cohen
Auburn and
Wallaroo
West End Beer
Sydney W. Thomson
Univ
Thurs
Crystal Brook
Mon
Web
Laura
Brook
Nla.gov
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