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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
3
A working bee begins at 9 a m tomorrow at Gladstone High School and 2 30 p m at the Catholic School to complete sand bagging. Farmers with old bags are asked to bring them. Primary School sand bagging is finished. afternoon tea is provided. Principal R A Mundy thanks volunteers for last weekend.
In Jamestown local residents support a plan to share and expand air raid shelters for wives and children of soldiers serving in defense of Australia. The ARP branch backs the idea and wardens will assist, relying on townspeople to show mutual help and consideration for dependents nearby.
Australian wartime enrolment notice requires all male residents aged 35 to 59 meeting conditions to enrol within specified centres. Exemptions allowed for certain cases, with penalties up to £20 or imprisonment. list of enrolment offices and areas included.
James Pilkington’s fat bullock sold for a Darwin Army Nurses benefit at Jamestown Market. Dressed weight 658 lbs, with estimates near 659 and 656. Final gain £26 12s 6d after donations and tea proceeds, aiding brave nurses at Darwin.
Gunner Jim Hynes was honoured by the Fighting Forces after Divine Service on Sunday. Speakers, gifts, and a wallet presentation followed at the church and later a separate function at the Sisters of St Joseph Schoolroom by the H A C B.5. The St Marys Hibernian Lodge hosted a farewell for J F Murphy of Gulnare. A Children's Frolic raised funds, with judges awarding prizes for best costumes. weekend visitors and local society notes filled the rest of the report.
Across Australia women respond to wartime bombing with rapid Red Cross aid. Branches seek two and two and a half inch bandages stitched from donated material, even if joined. funds should not be spent. Chief aim remains food and clothing for prisoners of war, with emphasis on frugality and local stores. W H Sheppard urges generosity beyond self interest, noting Red Cross protects home front and honors those who fought for freedom.
Mr James Rundle notes widespread bot fly infestations among regional horses with several fatalities. Eggs hatch on legs and can be killed by sump oil every ten days. He also reports pig worms, and brought 250 bot fly larvae and 50 worms from a sow to the Review Office.
At a March 4 meeting the Jamestown Cheer Up Club decided to distribute its war funds. £100 into an interest free loan, £64 for surgical dressings for four first aid stations under Air Raid Precautions, £7/10 to the Home Guard unit for medical dressing materials, with the aim of safeguarding local lives in event of enemy action.
A Jamestown district notice seeks names of men living in or near Jamestown who have enlisted for military service in the 22nd ALF and Royal Australian Air Force. A list is being compiled amid difficulty obtaining complete details, and relatives are asked to supply omitted names or correct initials.
Peter Joseph McCarthy, a respected Spalding resident born in Kapunda in 1873, died March 4 after a lengthy illness. He married Catherine Daly in 1909 and leaves a widow, one son, and seven daughters. A former farmer and Dalgety & Co. representative, he supported the Catholic Church and played cricket. Funeral at Spalding Cemetery on March 5 conducted by Rev. Fr. Noon.
The Y M C A expands services to call-up camps across the state with three new staff members. A mobile service is planned for isolated centers. Camps report huts at capacity and high demand for stationery, literature, games, magazines, and weekly papers. Concerts and cinema entertainments brighten troop life.
The R A A imposes new night driving standards due to lighting restrictions. Drivers must stay within speed limits of 20 mph in brown out and 214 mph in black out, keeping speed to match headlamp illumination. Many motorists already add white bumper bars and white edges to improve visibility.
Mrs T A Lange shares a Lord Lamington style cake recipe listing ingredients for cake and icing. Ingredients include butter milk eggs sugar flour cream of tartar baking soda vanilla and coconut for coating the squares after baking. The icing combines sugar water butter cocoa and vanilla to cover and finish the squares.
Line patty tins with pastry and fill with currants sugar apricot jam and candied peel. Mix butter sugar cocoanut and an egg into a topping and place over the tarts. Bake in a moderate oven.
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