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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1931
Page
2
Auction offers include sheep cattle horses and pigs with quantities listed for each category. Land under mortgagee instruction at Caltowie comprises road frontage and measured blocks. Sundries include seed oats and encyclopaedias. Terms at sale. further entries invited. arrangements required with auctioneers.
Rev. H. A. Williams presides at Jamestown service at 8 a.m. Mothers Day ceremony follows in the Schoolroom. Children’s Service at 2.30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Story of the Cross at 7 p.m. in Caltosie 3.45 p.m. Evening Prayer and Story of the Cross.
The Rev. T. G. White and Mr. W. L. Palmer returned from the Adelaide Methodist Conference and a farewell social was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Sandow in Gladstone. About 50 ladies attended, led by President Mrs. A. Smallacombe, gifting Mrs. White with a silver sconce dish as thanks for three years of residence and church service.
A fragmented ad lists many grocery and household products with prices and a drapery section. It includes peaches, condensed milk, cheese, ammonia, coffee essence, Vita Brits, tomato sauce, dried apricots, velvet soap, and clothing items like boys blouses and ladies aprons with New Policy prices.
On Monday and Tuesday Lug wheat fell to 1/73 per bushel the lowest price in the state's history. By Wednesday it edged up to 1/88. Despite the low market, growing land values for land tax purposes remain high, fueling farmer indignation.
The Corporation of Jamestown received £35 14s from a federal relief grant to clear a rubbish depot area. It supplemented £26 5s for trollies, beams, and labor, aiding forty unemployed workers and clearing about three acres. Citizens are urged to maintain the depot area.
The local Salvation Army branch hosts Harvest Celebrations on Sunday and Monday March 15 and 16 with special singing decorations and a Monday night music program. Admission is 6d with fruit and goods sale at close and refreshments. Gifts to the corps officer Captain Faulds are gratefully acknowledged.
Mr ami Sirs and G Coe of Gladstone are away on holiday. Miss N Campbell leaves for Melbourne for two weeks. J B Fisher returns from Parkes. Mrs Duval returns from Adelaide. W Cook junior returns from Adelaide. Mr and Mrs W G A Thomas move to Hucklesvan district for farming. Mrs H Parham celebrates her birthday with well wishes. L W Farmer transferred from Gladstone Bank of Australasia to Adelaide.
The ad warns neglect of skin irritation can spread become chronic and hard to cure. Doan's Ointment is promoted as the latest remedy with global cures. Mrs Hailes of Peterborough credits Doan's for clearing a facial rash after trying other remedies. Down's Ointment is sold widely. ensure you get DOAN'S from Foster-McClellan Co. in Sydney.
In opening matches of the Country Cricket Carnival in Adelaide this week Gladstone's J W Thomson and J Travers posted strong scores and wickets for Wirra- Nara. Thomson 134 and 93 not out. Travers 4 for 72. Port Pirie versus Gladstone crowd drew many spectators. afternoon tea concluded the match.
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