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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
4
The Christian Endeavour movement gathered in a Port Pirie hall with speakers urging broad brotherhood and practical Christian service. Delegates from diverse communities heard sermons and observations on church work and youth outreach as a path to revival.
June 8 program at the Opera House featured Vivie News performers with Tally and Hanley in comic and musical pieces, including La Belle Pagnita. Donations by Mines and Smith funded performers. tribute to Mr. J. Gillen marked his passing and service, with Lodge activities and a Druid social drive at the Institute highlighting community talent and fellowship.
Fragmented reminiscences recount Surveyor General G W Government’s boundary marks near Port Pirie and Port Broughton, recalling 1913 rainfall, farming caution, and a celebratory Port Pirie voyage with the Border Chief. The piece details bygone shipping and social events aboard a 1028 ton vessel, including jovial mischief and a loud gathering.
A garbled reminiscence outlines Adelaide area development, with references to churches, bank figures, local businesses, and early social life. It mentions a petyate aunt, Mire Martin Rye, Chertee at the Inte Beam Kassel, and Adelaide Bank connections. The passage recalls buildings, schooling, and a 1879 shift in town life, noting Probst Browe and Port’s Buildings as early commercial sites and a football match between Fort Pine and Port Pirie.
The Balaklava branch held its annual meeting on a Saturday afternoon in January. Officers re elected included H. P. Burden as president and Banyay as secretary, with attendance averaging ten at seven meetings. discussions covered wheat competition, noxious weeds, and rolling cropping. A new member joined, and two members were struck off for not paying yearly dues. The report highlights a £4 13s balance and £3 11s wheat account, plus papers read on Take-all and Noxious Weeds.
A South Australian farm meeting discusses controlling weeds like stinkwort star thistle and wild turnip. It urges cutting and uprooting twice yearly for several years, notes funding and enforcement concerns, cites artichokes as fodder, and emphasizes shared farmer effort and potential amendments to weed laws.
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