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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
2
Readable inventory lists horses and cattle including unbroken mares colts and ponies. Farm implements with drills bines plows harrows sulkies and harnesses are offered along with household furniture and bedding items. Sale appears to be part of a local rural auction listing.
Fragmentary want ad text notes fowl and pig feed items with pricing, plus a listed buggy and scattered names. Contains unclear phrases and partial listings, offering a glimpse of a classified page section.
Readers are reminded of upcoming electoral meetings across Gladstone and surrounding towns. Candidates including Moesers Aughey Badman and H V Carey will address electors, with dates listed in the advertisement. Reports note a large crowd at the Town Hall where Premier Sir Henry Barwell and Mr R D Nicholle spoke on Labour policy and general politics. disruption by some hecklers is described.
On Monday at 8 p m the Town Hall hosts a District Band of Hope rally with the Laura and Gladstone Bands of Hope leading the programme Representatives from Gallache attend The meeting will be addressed by A Kealing secretary of the South Australian Alliance for the abolition of the Drink Traffic The Mayor W Odgers presides at the event.
Letter to the editor denies any agreement between the Labor and Country Parties and accuses the Premier of repeating a falsehood. It notes Labor plans to run candidates in multiple districts while the Country Party stayed out of Liberal Federation ranks. The Premier cites a Labor source claiming talks with Mr Gunn and Mr McIntosh could lead to no Labor runs in Albert or Stanley.
An update from Port Pirie notes F. T. Jones remains in hospital and near release. T H Harper departs to Tartanoola after a railway promotion with a farewell reported. Fred Leverington of Gladstone, recently ill with pneumonia, has passed the crisis and hopes for full recovery. W Coe, ill for weeks, shows improvement and can move about. Rev. M Kilian of Broken Hill is appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Port Auguste, praised as a scholar preacher and administrator. M A Wilson, former Gladstone police head, transfers to Ardrossan amid community views on his duty keeping the town safe. Mrs Wilson and family wish him well.
A London Times leading article argues Prohibition in the United States exposes a clash of political and social ideals beyond state rights. It says the issue tests liberty, religion, and governance as organized lawlessness grows and liquor trades shift to unscrupulous hands, with consequences for rich and poor alike.
In Murray Bridge elections and April 5 nominations fill the scene. Weather sunny with a full moon March 21 frames a bustling political scramble. Prohibitionist activity and local notices mix with shopping plugs and curious trivia from the era.
The London Daily Chronicle and Evening Standard critique American prohibition as tragic and testy. They cite prosecutions of elites, corruption, and assassinations while noting declining drunkenness according to Home Office statistics.
The Returns announced noon Wednesday for assembly nominations: Henry Newman Barwell, Robert Dove Nicholls, Duncan Menzies, John Jardine, Albert Oliver Badmar. More than the required number confirmed. further proceedings postponed to April 5.
The Northen district legislative council slate lists Mersin W Morrow G Ritchie and others with party labels Liberal for Giddes and A L Mor gin, Country Party for Milia Collins Travere and Blesing, and Labor for E E George.
An advertisement touts Sender & Sons Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract as widely attested by medical authorities and usable for colds wounds burns ulcers piles and itching in children. Auckland customer Mr J Hopkins endorses the product, claiming long trust and superior results over substitutes.
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