Local Social Roundup from Gladstone and Jamestown
Miss M J Sargent of Gladstone spends a holiday in the city. Miss Ina Heddle of Fullerville visits Mr and Mrs W Shephard, Gladstone. Gladstone hosts week at Tarcowie for the 8 G Coe family. Mr and Mrs W Glenn Rosewater celebrate fifty years married on March 22. Mr R H Glenn of Gladstone attends. Mr Yarrie Souter visits Jamestown before serving as private secretary to Union Bank of Australia Ltd head office in Melbourne. Mr C Inglis returns to Jamestown. Mrs Inglis improving in Adelaide. Mr J G Hamilton leaves for Sydney to join Mrs Hamilton. both to return to Jamestown soon. A farewell to Miss Molly Barclay hosted by Messrs Spotswood at Gladstone Bank with music, dancing, speeches by Mr R Nave, presentation by Miss Doris Spotswood, Auld Lang Syne. Rev T Geddes White to move to Highgate after 46 years in ministry. Rev H Alvey to succeed in Gladstone. Farewell bridge afternoon for Mesdames E Barclay and J R Fisher on March 18. best aggregate prize to Mrs J R Page. sorrow expressed but best wishes extended. Mrs J Ht Fisher given a croquet farewell by Croquet Club. afternoon tea served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Sargent
Gladstone
Ina Heddle
Fullerville
W. Shephard
8. G. Coe
Tarcowie
W. Glenn
Rosewater
R. H. Glenn
Yarrie Souter
Jamestown
John Souter
Union Bank of Aust. Ltd
Melbourne
C. Inglis
Gray
Australia
Adelaide
Inglis
J. G. Hamilton
Sydney
R. Nave
Miss Barclay
Doris Spotswood
T. Geddes White
Highgate
White
Mesdames J. R. Page
H. T. Harslett
Mesdames Barclay
Fisher
J. Ht. Fisher
Gol Club Holds Annual Meeting at Georgetown
Georgetown March 25 The Gol Club held its annual meeting with W Odgers in the chair. J F Angley reported a busy year, noting the club house and 18 hole course completed and an overdraft of £26. Members reelected officials and approved reduced fees for gentlemen 12/6 and ladies 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol Club
W. Odgers
J. F. Angley
W. C. Todd
C. F. Smallacombe
Gent'r
Les. Peter
Oigers
H. Freeman
P. R. Smallacombe
Travel schedules for Gladstone Calto w ie Jamestown venues
A sequence of times and places listed for events at Gladstone Commercial Hotel Cal tow ie Jamestown Institute across April 14 to April 16 With sessions in Gladstone Caltow ie on April 14 10 30 am to 8 pm Cal tow ie on April 15 11 am to 1 pm Jamestown Institute on April 16 3 pm to ? and again April 16 9 am to 10 30 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Caltowie
Jamestown
Institute
Gladstone Council Deliberates on Finances and Traders Support
The Gladstone Corporation held a meeting on March 1 1931 with Mayor J W McNamece and seven officers present. Finance reports were read, payments approved, and council backed the Municipal Association in opposing itinerant traders. The rent for sale yards was cut 20 percent for the year. The mayor and town clerk reported on Royal Commission talks and a valedictory social for ex-councillor Mr Barclay with a framed address to be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McNamece
Dr. Coe
Royal Commission On
E. B. Barclay
Too Tired to Debate Farmers Relief Bill
The Premier L L Hill's Farmers Relief Bill aims to aid drought struck farmers. The News reports low attendance in the House at 3 pm with 19 of 46 members present and questions the conduct and effectiveness of the debate on this important measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Hill
M.P
Landhollers
Labor
Liberal
Country Party
Sporting Notes Arc Hurdles Trials and Races
Saturday trials feature First division hurdles with contenders Last Gun and Flash Two. Second division teams Unification and Gratolin vie for honors. Richmond Park Stakes trials Vermonious versus Miss Ena. Governor's Handicap Kirrkie against Kefalia. Steeplechase flat bets Good Whiskey and Little Gun. Welter race sees Phoenix against Flying Two. Brownhill Handicap offers Foursome or Bacchu Sakao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Arche
Vermonious
Caltowie Celebrates Coming of Age of Miss Jean Foubister
A large crowd gathered at Memorial Hall on Saturday March 21 to mark the majority of Miss Jean Foubister. Members praised her town service while presenting a leather case and rhinestone necklet. Mr. Foubister spoke for the family, and the evening featured dancing and music with a ladies prepared supper. The Caltowie Croquet Club held a social afternoon and trophy distribution with President Mrs. D J Blunsden noting winners. Bowling Club progress was reported with finals and matches scheduled. A death notification for Mr. Harry Bambrick, longtime Caltowie resident, was announced from James Town Hospital on March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Jean Foubister
M. F. Leahy
W. M. Neate
W. §. Bennett
Miss Foubister
Caltowie Croquet Club
D. J. Blunsden
H. V. Batten
Jamestown Hospital
Harry Bambrick
Caltowle
Fluctuations in Economic Progress Explored
A detailed discussion on business cycles, psychology of optimism and pessimism, bank lending, and investor excess. The piece traces fluctuations from the Waterloo era to 1893, highlighting speculation, credit booms, crashes, and the role of weather and policy in Australia and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Overen and Gurney
Hai
Boens
Great Britain
Bank of England
America
Australia
Germany
United States of America
Faces and Boomer Years of Cambridge Wit
A cluttered collection of aphorisms, jokes, proverbs, and quips presented as a page of light humor. It includes wry maxims about money, marriage, weather, and social norms, interspersed with brief notes and spoof dialogues.
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Georgetown
Laubman & Pank
Rundle Street
Gladstone Corporation
Sporting Notes
Part
Herbert Heaton
the Agriculturist & Review
Heaton
University of Adelaide
Europe
South America
American Republic
Britain
Wnrest
Youleain
Jamestown Cash & Carry
Sin
Peterborough
S. d
Yres
Tra Heavy
McLeod
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