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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
2
Advertisements detail requests for wanted lost found and to let items with scattered text referring to sales of Ford cars and housing notices. The readable lines mention Humphers and Glacal Lifty Sees and a possible reward for information, indicating generic classified notices from a historical paper.
Fragmented OCR shows multiple names and dates around March with venues like hotels and centers. Details are garbled, names repeated, and days misread. content resembles a public notices or schedule page with inconsistent spellings.
Fragments show a Sunday service time around 11 am and references to Rev. A. E. Jones and Mr. Gordon Emallacombs with partial names and unclear place context. The readable bits indicate a church or religious society note with likely sermon and attendee mentions.
Frees express Bagot Shaker and Lewis plan a market at Gledetone Tuesday offering 1125 sheep 23 cattle 11 pigs and sundries. Harold Ponk of Laubman Pack visits Georgetown and Gladstone Tuesday or soon after. Laura Lodge of the R A O B will open Thursday evening with Grand Master of Australia presiding and a special train chartered for visitors. The Great Western Pictures drew a record crowd at Gladstone Town Hill with Her Country's Ill and pirates of Santa Creu with a Vogue comedy. Gardiner Bros head to Adelaide to meet Fred returning from Palestine and will tour en route. The sentiment ends noting many owe but lack a wife.
Yesterday afternoon a corporal and sergeant were tendered a welcome at repad Town Hell. J. P. Themeon to arrive home tomorrow with public welcome at eight in the evening. Corporal Lewis praised for gallantry with Military Medal. Mr Bitmeed’s son Jack to a lieutenantcy in the British Rifles. Bitmeed family notes. Rev J Baymont reports loss of grand son Bigwiller Sibley. Mrs Sibley injured but recovering after pony trap accident. she saved a child and is improving.
Jamestown high school boys defeated Gladstone by 184 runs in cricket with top scores by D Dowell 8 and M Keough 81 for Jamestown while Gladstone's Ren Lappard 57 and Bourling 0 were notable. Gladstone girls also lost to Jamestown by seven sets to five as the visitors were later entertained at Gladstone School.
A witty housewife laments the burnt steak as a newlywed Mrs New iywed recalls common costs. The exchange hints at everyday domestic life and economic concerns expressed through clipped dialogue and misheard phrases.
An article catalogs rivet achievements by workers at Cockatoo Island and other yards. It notes daily counts of rivets, including 75 rivets daily and notable bursts like 11,308 rivets in 9 hours at a shipfloor. It cites records from Farrat in London and D. DuVian, plus references to Pacific Coast and World’s Work publications.
An advertisement page highlights W. 10731 seed merchants promoting leading seedmen, nurserymen, and florists. It touts quality flower seeds and setting stock for East Agricultural trade avenues.
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