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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
3
A festive St Patrick's celebration is depicted with official lineups and community pageantry. The article lists numerous officers and committee members, plus racing results and events from the day, including hand-icap and trotting outcomes and specific participants.
Mp. Backhouse of Adelaide spoke on Lochiel salt deposits during a banquet linked to a railway route inspection. He described a potential output rise from 20 000 tons to 50 000–80 000 tons annually if transport improves. lauded salt purity and market prospects, noting unlimited supply and high sodium chloride content.
Gladstone court records Mosias Manen Lola and others before Messie W Odgers and Hancock JPs in UJS Greenwood versus PF. Wan shope Ulvim ordered seven days imprisonment. Warrant not to be executed for one day. In New South Wales a horse reportedly cleared a 7 ft jump but toppled the top rail.
Commissioner of Crown Lands Hon F W Young opened a new concrete and steel traffic bridge over the River Gilbert north of Hamley Bridge. The 200 plus foot span replaces a forty year old structure, with improved approaches and gradient. A 900 crowd attended the ceremony followed by a banquet, with speeches urging better roads and district council powers.
A garbled historical racing card lists events at Port Pitie with trials and stakes. Names like Steiplovhane-Guporse and Mills Railway Staker-Ashlog appear alongside various contenders and handicaps, though many spellings are unclear.
The Georgetown News Letter records a festive Thursday morning start with promising weather and a busy afternoon of sport and concert events. Track and field competitions feature races, hurdles, a tug of war, and a remarkable high jump, with Le Marys and St Mary’s Band prominent. A large crowd enjoyed the concert in the avenue with the St Mary’s Band performing Delhi Battle march and a comic piece Pickles. Cricket results show Georgetown defeating Galnare 84 to 53, as Gladstone edged a mixed team in bowling-rich play aided by Head and Huddlestone.
The text notes a muddled bowling analysis and huddle, with players B Head and Q Heaslip contributing unevenly. It mentions fielding being lacking compared with past performances due to missing players Masters Myatt McNeil, and others, amid rain aiding farming plans and fallow cultivation beginning by noon.
The annual Liberal Union social at Hoylaton was well attended on Monday evening May 17 with Balaklava branch representation. President W. H. Newam introduced Hon. R. W. Foster who delivered a lengthy federal politics speech, and ACW. Robinson spoke on referenda proposals. Music featured piano overtures, songs by Miss Trent Shepherd and Messrs. A. St. Crafter and M. Stokes. Local supporters from Balaklava were thanked and supper concluded the event.
A letter from editor Tydale of the Connammulla Watch warns of a teen living in the bay with thirteen years of danger. The piece urges readers to seek care, noting attacks by Venereous and the need for a remedy for colic and diarrhea.
The Uen ten District of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at Halbury Methodist Church on Wednesday March 12 with strong turnouts at both sessions. Mrs. W. A Hewett led Bible readings and reports from departments showed active temperance work across the district. Br. B. Hyneman of Blyth spoke on the sedative dangers of drink, and Rev. H. Loo presided at the evening meeting with district reports and appeals to mothers to shield children from alcohol.
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