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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1947
Page
4
W C Johnson reports on monthly rainfall with uneven thunderstorm distribution and oppressive conditions. Cereal crops harvested. lucerne yields subpar with grasshoppers and grubs damaging crops. Stock good overall though older ewes face twanl pregnancy disease. lambing may worsen it. Fallow work targets weed germination and Bathurst Burr control.
The Jamestown Public School Mothers' Club held its first meeting of the year on March 6 at the Public School. Mrs. Draper was elected president with Mesdames Hutson and Tidswell as vice presidents. plans include a playground, a library, and a luncheon room. the next gathering will celebrate the club’s birthday at the Methodist Lecture Hall with a trading table.
Leigh Creek coal may yield liquid fuels and petrol via hydrogenation. Trials in England aim to convert bituminous and brown coal into diesel oil lubricants and petrol. German experience during and after World War I shows costly but feasible production, with potential savings for South Australian motorists in the future.
The Eights Tour itinerary lists daily departures and arrivals across towns including Yon, Peterborough, Laura, Gladstone, Crystal Brook, Jamestown, Wirrabara, Orroroo, Carrieton, Peterborough, Cal- towie, Jamestown, and Yongala. Open hours for health sessions noted. Raby Hesith Train to close during Easter holidays and some visits omitted.
Forty members attended the Jamestown Sub Branch meeting presided by E. Wight. Invitations were extended to Peterborough and Burra Sub Branches for dinners and a reunion on March 22. Delegates A. D. Bray and J. M. Molineux were chosen for the Mid Northern conference. A picnic at Bundleer is planned for March 16 with cricket in the afternoon. A social with the ladies club is set for March 25. A winter badminton club is to be formed. The next meeting will be April 11 instead of Good Friday.
In an old warning style the ad urges using Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills to support kidneys liver bowels and skin pores in fighting infection and poisons. It warns that sluggish organs cause headaches backaches dizziness biliousness foul breath and coated tongue.
Printed and published by the proprietor L. M. WW. Judell every Friday morning at the Review Office in Jamestown.
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