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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
2
Fragmentary text indicates a dispute over five percent disbursements and a luncheon provided by Calto win Indies, with proceeds to a memorial fund. Names and clear facts are unclear, but references to memorial and motors suggest a fundraising or donor event context.
A brief inventory mentions 18 horses 18 cattle 12 cattle, 100 sheep, hay bead wheat oats fig fowle and implements. Special terse note calls for harvesting wachin aay for other stock wad implements, a re Guneheon Provided.
The Frees group will offer 1,000 cattle pigs wheat poultry and sundries. Gladstone High Sobol Doawall members named Bartha J Jeffare Allos 8 J Ress Charles Budge George Bundey Allred EB 8 Clarks Gresham 8 Mashows and Jobo Brawart MA. Gladstone cricketers set to travel to Osltowie tomorrow. Representing Gladstone are Crook Nenkervil Kumnick Masters Myatt Edwards Wright Marsh Keeray Thompson and Haulett. Eqor cies Gele Lynch Care save Cooks at 2 stock.
The notice reports a cancelled March 31 advertisement by Mestre J and A Thomson aided by Mesara Bagot and Bhakes Lewis. It describes butcher Frank White of Gladstone injured on a doorstep and confined for weeks, plus Private Arthur Zowa of Boulder City and Private Zine pabin’s service, capture at Bullecourt, prisoner time in Germany and Switzerland, weight loss, and Salvation Army aid.
The notice recounts a personal history with Sander’s Euvalypti Extract over 42 years. The narrator recalls first use in 1876 to treat neuralgia and feverish symptoms, noting reliance on a chemist for a bottle at a reasonable price.
The service honored foundation work led by Hoddleston Methodiem bag perseveringly toward a waha trai ald. Mra A. V. Burith of Ade inde, formerly an ld resident of Had. Mlomon performed the ceremony. Total receipts for the Bar amounted to 297 19/9 as trustees praised the event.
The great All Australian Peace Exhibition opens Friday March 26 at the Jubilee Exhibition Building Adelaide, running two months to May 22. Premier A A Peake to open. large Australian gathering expected. Features include industrial displays, crafts, factory processes, and extensive musical programmes with daily and evening entertainments. A Park amusements section at King William Park and discounted rail fares for school groups are planned.
A clearing sale conducted by Bagot Shakes Lewis Led reportedly cleared about five thousand of Gindstons from the estate of J Fergusson jun dead. Attendance was modest but sale was successful with horses wares and fittings sold. items fetched sums such as 6/10 to 10, and 3-year Ara h 3 10 ai hastess noted.
The Citizen's Executive launches a 10,000 Endowment Appeal to support the Boy Scouts in South Australia. A country organizer will interview communities, visit schools, and public meetings will be held. General Sir William Birdwood and Lady Hackett back the drive as weeks of recruiting push toward thousands of new members.
The R A C B marked the third anniversary of Ladatona Lodge No 47 with a Town Hall gathering on Wednesday the 10th. Brethren from Lodges Nos 1031 and 68 Port Pirie Haamos and the Leora Lodge Byo Jobuaoa KOM D.C.2 attended along with Northern Areas District Prime Lodge members. The hall was decorated with baating and evergreens, and proceedings featured visiting brethren, musical items, and a supper prepared by Prima Bennett.
Elder, Smith & Co announce sales on March 23 and March 25 on two farms. On March 23 near Cairo the entire lot of Mr T. Pammaptac’s live stock, implements, and equipment will be offered. On March 25 six miles north of Gladstone a sale of Mr Whibley’s live stock, machinery, household effects, and sundries will be conducted.
Clearing sales scheduled for Tuesday March 30 on Beetaloo Valley farms under Mr C H Juyca. Auctioneers list includes horses cattle sheep and amplamantes maabold ravers in readable items.
The ad touts Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract as a supreme curative for colds bronchitis and rheumatism, claiming a Victorian Supreme Court endorsement and unique eucalyptus composition. It warns against inferior imitations and urges insistence on genuine Sander’s Extract for internal and external use.
A large crowd gathered at Gladstone Town Hall on Saturday to honor Corporal Gomer DCM MM upon his return from France. The welcome included parades, band music, and speeches by local officials, with plans to issue mementos to soldiers and a school roll of honor to recognize service and ties to the town.
The North Eastern Licensing Bench sat to hear two billiard table licence applications. Harry Porter’s in Ellen Street was struck out as he sold the business to Gay Lewis. Lewis may obtain a permit at the next quarterly meeting. Sanitation and internal premises improvements were demanded. Allan Ramsay’s application for a billiard licence in Alexander Street was refused as the owner declined to continue the business.
The text states the Vice-President of the United States receives a salary of £2,400 per year. The note reflects historical currency usage and contrasts with modern compensation.
A garbled page lists diverse items from prices of butter and sugar to exhibitions and weather, interwoven with wartime figures and names. It mentions St Patrick’s events, a Peace Exhibition, costs of furs, archbishop Mannix, and various oblique references to German politics, British industry, and World War I veterans.
Nominations and trial results from Port Pirie highlight a dense field across rasters, flat, and hurdle events. Notable entries include Paddy Koran, Igus Ruakari, Traquair, Dell Bestol Shuveneie, Mazaris, and Lord Penda among others. Officials schedule races for the DARM and VAKLANDS handicaps with jockeys and owners listed.
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