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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
2
Advertisement lists reduced prices on Stuart Crystal items, English Wedgwood sets, tea ware, vases, knives, forks, spoons, bakeware, enamelware, and tools. Many items cut from high listed prices with quantities and multiple discount amounts, calling attention to brimming stock and great bargains.
Dalgety and Company Limited will offer by auction on Thursday June 19 a mixed sale from A/c Mr H G Prazibilla and Various Owners. Entries cover 180 wethers, fat wethers and lambs, ewes, hoggets, and many cattle including cows and calves, plus sundries such as machinery and feed. Terms require a deposit with balance on possession subject to Treasury consent. Afternoon tea at sale yards.
Auction at Wirrabara previews direct off trucks from Northern Stations. Sheep include 350 Wether Hoggets 340 Ewe Hoggets and 700 Wethers. numerous mixed age ewes and lambs drafted for fattening. Mr A Woolford and J Heaslip offer dairy cows and heifers, fat steers and dairy stock. farm implements and household listings complete the sale.
L A U B M A N & P A N K LTD announce their Certified Optician Mr G W Jacobs will visit at multiple locations with scheduled times: Wilmington Globe Hotel Saturday July 5 from 1 20 pm to 9 00 pm Melrose North Star Hotel Wednesday July 9 from 2 30 pm to 6 00 pm Appila Hotels Thursday July 10 from 9 30 am to 12 noon Booleroo Centre Hotel Thursday July Wth July 1 30 pm to 6 00 pm Wirrabara Institute Friday July 11 from 9 30 am to 1 00 pm Laura Kenny's Hotel Friday July 11 from 2 00 pm to 6 00 pm.
Butter demand remains strong for the Blue Valley brand with high vitamin content and good keeping quality. Production rises slightly in June with heavy rain needed in some areas to soak backward subsoil and feed natural grasses. showers this week should help. Egg supplies are short against local needs due to restricted railway traffic. no change in Eye Board rates. First quality hen eggs cost 2/3d, first quality medium 2/-, duck eggs 2/-.
Mrs. W Nourse and others holidaying in Gladstone. Mr P Slyva back on sick leave with a sprained ankle. E Jolly visits Gladstone on crutches after a timber mill accident. Mr and Mrs Gribble away on holiday. Mrs V Harvey and Mrs G Coleman guests at Gladstone. Peter O Shaughnessy retires after years on the District Council of Crystal Brook. Tributes paid by R E Hosking and A E Thomas. History is bunk jokes close the item.
The Director of Rationing Mr J S Cummings announced substantial reductions in woollen overcoat coupon ratings to take effect Saturday June 7. Unlined men 6 women 6 children 4. lined man 11 woman 10 child 7. Old ratings were higher across unlined and lined. Only woollen overcoats are affected.
The Laura Coursing Club will cover its meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday June 24 and 25, featuring the 24-dog Stake. Nominations close Friday June 20, and the draw will be held at the Laura Hotel the same night.
A hoarded old advertisement promises one pint of Heenzo Cough Remedy for two shillings. It claims the concentrated formula eradi cates coughs colds croup bronchitis and influenza and can be mixed at home with sweetened water to yield a safe remedy for adults and children.
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