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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
1
Readable scraps describe postal guidelines and merchandise rules from the Commonwealth era. Mentions stamps, rate structures, and published opinions on printed materials and vending in 19th century contexts.
An old advertisement touts Comstock's Nerve and Bone Liniment as a powerful penetrating remedy for nerves muscles and joints. It claims rapid relief from sprains rheumatism neuralgia back pain and burns and promotes circulation in injured parts. Sold by chemists or sent by post 2/6 per bottle 6 bottles 13/5. The W. H. Comstock Co. Ltd. Sydney.
Rev J Caseley preached on Horseracing and gambling from Habakkuk I 8 at Renmark Congregational Church. He praised well-kept horses and a civil crowd, condemned whipping and over-riding, urged youths to shun gambling, and affirmed a club for orderly racing without wickedness.
Porter Owen, a porter at Owen railway station, suffered a severe accident at 10:30 am on Monday while shunting loaded wood on the siding. His foot was crushed under a ten ton truck, and amputation is planned at Hamley Hospital after Dr. Dawkins treated him promptly.
A wide page segment lists monthly stock sale schedules from several firms including Wilder dusith & Co and Amyot Shake & Lewis Wybed, plus postal and telegraph service notices. It names Meadstone Institute, subscriptions, and rates, with details on sale days, banking hours, and town hall meetings at Gladacone. The document records station routes from Paterson to Georgstown and various local firms, outlining open hours, fee structures, and navigation of public notices.
A damaged OCR style note lists a London base firm near Abchurch Lane with references to export merchants, shipping, foreign markets, and postal orders for 20k. Mentions Knut Reiter and a desire to forward freight, with trade cards for sale and agency seeking terms.
A railway time table lists arrival and departure times for passenger trains between Gladstone Port Pirie Adelaide Terowie Blyth and Torowie. It notes midnight and late evening services, connections via Booleron Petersburg and Hort Wakefield, and states trains run daily except Sundays with no Petersburg to Adelaide connection on Sundays.
A terse notice reports Goois split red gum posts from Struivere and mentions White Leghorn and White Wandote Koys from Famous Steavne. The item reads like a brief livestock or timber sale catalog entry with brand names and product types.
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