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The Institutes Association reports regular library additions and invites suggestions for new books. Members may propose titles, with approved hooks or topics to be procured by the committee.
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1945
Page
4
The Institutes Association reports regular library additions and invites suggestions for new books. Members may propose titles, with approved hooks or topics to be procured by the committee.
The notice catalogs rabbit, fox, water rat, kangaroo and sheep skins along with wool hides and tallow among other goods.
Advertisers urged to prepay small advertisements due to lack of clerical assistance. Rates set at 1d per word with a 2s minimum for Entertainments and 1s for other adverts. Postal notes or stamps accepted with copy. Casual adverts priced at 4s per column inch.
The Jamestown District Council met in the Council Chamber on Friday February 23 1945. Present were Crs Cronin Bennett Cummings Swearse R H Catford Frost Noonan Hall Smart the Overseer and Clerk J J Kerin. Items covered included vehicle and road works, planting trees on roads, fencing issues on leased roads, wage raises for staff, and arrangements for forthcoming meetings. Correspondence ranged from fencing removals to road leases and excuses for not granting excursion fares. Financials and paysheets were reviewed and approved.
At Gladstone District Hall Mr and Mrs E. E. Clothier hosted a social for their son Ray on his eighteenth birthday and eve of joining the RAAF. About 250 friends attended with Allan Wharton as master of ceremonies. A cake, entertainment by local youths, and a Supper followed a program includingHigh School students presenting a gift from peers.
Council approved extensions and new contracts for graveling and formation works in Yatina and Warcowie wards. Contracts 24, 27, and 29 detail chains lengths and rates, with total sums around £75, £45, and £243 15s. The meeting date was shifted to Friday 23 April due to Good Friday.
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