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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1926
Page
2
A concise wire item reports an exchange titled a Friend with key name Tommmmuob Derry Aympatiy. The note presents a brief, unsigned message and implies a social or personal connection without further confirmation or detail.
A croquet event titled Croquet Gymkhana will be held on Thursday August 18 at Bra WW Growden’s Lam Findatown. It features croquet competitions with prizes, jumble stalls, music and dancing in the evening. Admission is shilling. M A Schmidt is the honorary secretary.
The fragmentary column mentions a plebiscite near March 1996 for a local ay-election in Stanley with a first count showing a minority for J. A. Lyons. It notes meetings by Gladatons Football Club, church services March 14, and a building fund appeal, plus various farm sales, a parish and school meeting on March 17, and other dated items spanning March 1886 to March 1926 with multiple names and locations in Gladstone Georgetown Port Pirie and Georgetown area.
Letters from Mr Lines of the Dentret Coaml in Gladstone request a grant of 180 to build a 6 foot wide bridge with three 12 foot openings over the Wocky et thr Redulo orang. Local supporters urge council action for better travel. Mr S May, late bank teller now Burnthalbys, expresses deep gratitude for a substantial gift from supporters and district residents. A commemorative inscription is planned to recall the years spent in Gladstone.
Mrs HA Gale Adalaids Kapunda and Mrs Hurtle Growdan travel by motor on Wednesday March 3 toward Sydney for a holiday lasting about two weeks. H B Barclay and family left by motor for a holiday in Adelaide while Freemantle trip by team. Mrs G Blick learns of brother H J Wilson’s death near Magill in a motor lorry incident. The Gladstone Methodist service features W P in a sermon on life’s end and the Huddisatos Church hosts a sermon by a noted speaker with meaningful life messages.
Obituary notes the death of Mexian Drage at age 108 after a long illness. He was a respected Laas Town Coat of the Laure Jockey Club member, longtime football player and trusted leader. Funeral drew large crowds with many lodge and club members attending, reflecting wide esteem.
Captain R Gee reports the rifle range at Mount Herbert near Bordon was readied with shifting materials costing about 486. The Defence Department found funds for club needs and donors helping, as townspeople and local reps gather for the official opening day.
A garbled collection of social maxims, jokes, and reflections touches on marriage, courtship, and labor. Scattered lines mention court life, weathered advice, and anecdotes about youth, church, and politics, all in a deranged, fragmentary voice with many misread words.
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