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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
3
The article argues that Australians enjoy liberty under a constitutional framework and should resist autocratic rule. It praises arbitration in industrial affairs, recalls harsher pasts and Bolshevik Russia, and urges every free person to defend the Arbitration Court against any attack.
Obituary notes Corporal Charles Key dies in Jamestown Hospital. Town alerts readers to Memorial Ball adverts, farm sales, street closures, and council job notices. Politicians plan rallies in Northern District towns with Liberal candidates addressing voters. Agricultural conference sessions set and farewell event hosted for retiring residents.
The ceremony praised Mr Tall born 1843 Barking Essex who trained as a blacksmith then worked in New York and Canada before settling in Gladstone Australia. The report notes his long career in railway service and business, plus a detailed ledger for Louis Jockey Club Ltd showing receipts of £7149 15/7 and expenditures of £6859 11/5 ending December 31 1920.
An advertisement touts Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract as an unequaled cold remedy and healer for bronchitis lung troubles diarrhoea rheumatism and skin diseases. It asserts antiseptic properties superior to other eucalyptus products and notes court validation in Victoria.
Minutes of Georgetown District Council meeting held at Narridy on February 4 1921 with Dr W A Hill chairing and members including P J Harvey J Darley W G Thomas and J Tyrantes. Reports correspondence road matters road openings closings and exchanges noted along with relief works proposal for Spring Creek Water Scheme and next meeting set for March 16 at Yacka.
A letter from July Hopkins of Auckland recalls 42 years of using Sander’s Eucalypti Extract. He dates his first exposure to 1876 after a family emergency and notes consistent internal and external use with favorable results. He compares a substitute unfavorably to Sander’s product.
Residents of Eastern Gladstone faced a powerful flood Monday night as heavy rain swelled the creek to record levels. The surge overflowed streets, damaged fencing, flooded homes, and disrupted railway service between Gladstone and Wilmington with a motor mail link replacing trains from Port Pirie. Local stock losses were rumored but later partly clarified. damage included uprooted vegetation, mud, and scattered debris, with authorities enforcing no widening of the railway opening despite repeated flooding.
Flood waters after midnight Monday inundated at least twenty five dwellings and businesses in Caltowie. The Tur ner residence, cellar, storeroom and goods were damaged while the Mid north Co operative Society mill, Batten Bros chaff mill, J Steicke shop and Bank of Adelaide offices sustained heavy inundation. Several adjoining homes had water reach bed tops.
Wholesale style sale offers men s summer crash trousers from 0 6 with various line quantities plus 5 striped poplin crash suits at 32 6 and 45 marked down. Zephyr shirts with reinforced necks and slipfronts clear at 8 6 while Galatea washing hats drop to 1 6 each. Don t miss these bargains.
Wheat in shed halves under water force stack removal. Railway line washed out on Gladstone side with embankment damage and six inches of lime in town streets. Parklands fences washed away. kerosene found amid debris. Public school closed. rain gauges show 0.78, 1.05, and 3.26 inches. District Council urged to protect rail line.
A Georgetown motor cyclist returning from a cricket match with Gladstone was halted by two cows driven by a small boy on Port Street. One cow refused the right of way, sparking an argument that forced the rider onto the road. He suffered a severe shaking and a slight injury to his side before leaving to tell the tale.
Messrs Broderick and Co announce they will visit Gladstone on Tuesday next and stay five days. Residents needing footwear are advised to inspect their show of boots and shoes.
Forty years ago the Areas Express notes rising wheat quantities and a price of 3/9 per bushel. It also reports local political moves with Hon. Chau Mann retirement from Branley District and W G Bean agreeing to be nominated for Stanley District. Haselgrove and Moorhouse announce candidacies for Stanley.
A collage of stray phrases covers weather shifts, fall tides, and calendar echoes from March and autumn. Names, places, and odd quotes mix with sale notices and local bygone sayings, reflecting a fragmented page of a historical newspaper.
A sparsely attended Georgetown Defence Rifle Club meeting on February 23 presided by Capt. M. H. Page saw regrets over A. S. Toglia’s departure and honors for Mr Inglis and Mr Thomson with the O'Brien gold medal. Upcoming shoots against Spalding and Laura clubs planned amid prizes.
Clare district report notes heavy loss as Teacha trounces the local team 92 to 67 on Saturday. The piece also covers farming trouble with black spot on grapes, railway earthworks, courthouse activity, and Licensing Court decisions including refusals for Stanley Hotel and Court House Hotel renewals.
Mr H J Swift of Edwardatown was fatally struck by a train at Albert Park on Sunday. The report notes the recent shipping strike caused eleven weeks of wage losses to workers, with overall figures unmounted.
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