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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
1
A list of soldiers associated with the Australian Expeditionary Forces is presented, including numerous surnames and initials, with notices of wounded personnel. The fragment references a "Gladstone" school and notes a creditable record, though many names are partially garbled in the OCR text.
Gladstone groups hold regular meetings on alternate Mondays or Fridays, with several societies meeting monthly on specific Saturdays. The Red Crem Boolery convenes Thursdays at 2 30 p.m. at Qoarell Chamber, while many local lodges including A O F and L E meet on designated Tuesdays and Wednesdays at various venues in Gladstone.
Railway timetable lists departures and arrivals for trains to and from Gladstone. It shows Adelaide via Blyth at 2.24 p.m. and 2.52 a.m. from Port Auguste to Bouletto Centre at 10.60 a.m. and 10.44 a.m. via Balaklava, with services from Morla via Brinkworth at 2.24 p.m. and other fragmented times.
Open from 8 a m to 6 p m with money order services 9 a m to 4 p m Gladstone post office lists Adelaide Peterborough Jamestown Laare Stone Hut Melrose Wilmington and other local routes with specific daily cutoffs. Telegrams and parcels priced by word and distance with overseas and colonial rates including newspapers parcels and war taxes noted.
A fragmented timetable lists train departures from Gladstone on Sundays and select connections. It notes services to Port Pirie Adelaide via Terowie, Blyth via Adelaide, and Peterborough, with various arrival and departure times. The text mentions trains from Adelaide via Terowie arriving at 2.62 am and departing at 3 am and that no connecting train exists at Peterborough to reach Adelaide by 10.16 am on Sundays.
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