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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 03, 1929
Page
3
Public notice requests advertisers and contributors to send copy for contract advertisements and area changes to Gladstone by 12 a.m. noon on Tuesday and casual ads by 12 a.m. Wednesday. The rest is miscellaneous humor and trivia not directly tied to the notice.
The Gladstone branch met at Memorial Hall with G A Smallacombe presiding. Talks by Rowland Hill on fodder plants highlighted the shift to grasses, lucerne, chicory, clover, and Fertiliser use to lift milk and lambing yields, urging July for the Roseworthy Winter School. Members welcomed Hill, praised the York conference, and planned future activities including a lantern lecture May 27.
The Jamestown Branch seed wheat contest judged by A J Both and E A Bristow at Booborowie Experimental Farm on March 12 awarded trophies at the Mid North Conference. Entries were scored on weight, plumpness, weed content, admixture, harvest injury, and dirt. results ranged from 63 to 87.5 points with samples named A to M led by Nabawa and Federation in various weights. Judge Both noted good colored grain and milling qualities but lamented absence of strong flour wheats such as Bobs Comeback Minister of Quality.
Gladstone Golf Club celebrated opening day with a large crowd at the club house on the new course. President H. M. Pascoe welcomed the Mayor and Town Council of Gladstone, visiting captains Beasley T Brennan Odgers and others. Mixed foursome and 9 hole pairs were played followed by tea. Notable scores included Toogood 39 for nine, and several pairings posting 50s to 70s. A stroke competition will be held next Saturday to explore the course traps.
An Anzac Day diggers cricket match at Crystal Brook was played under novel rules with fourteen players per side and ten minutes at the crease. The town and country teams scored 153 for eighteen and 143 for seventeen while hats, wides and prodigious hitting provided lively moments. The Brook Sub branch annual reunion dinner followed, highlighting returned men and the sobering memory of fallen comrades including Cyril Cain.
Northern Areas Association schedules Jamestown vs Gladstone at Jamestown oval with teams including Pascoe H capt Read M and Vice Travers A. Gladstone travels by 1.40 p.m. train. Georgetown set to play Laura at Georgetown with Page F capt Noonan L. Chalmers D and other players listed. 1929 programme outlines dates from April 27 to August 3 with finals to follow. Public holiday match Port Pirie vs Northern Areas Association noted.
The Georgetown district council met on April 22 1929 with Dr J A Lyons as chair and councillors present. Minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed and various reports discussed including road grants, petrol pump applications, and electric energy requests for Gulnare.
The Caltowie District Council reports about £50 in unpaid rates despite prior notices. It notes the Caltowie Jamestown road folding installation delayed for 80 days due to lack of rain. Council resolves to place outstanding rates with the Solicitors for immediate collection.
Local government minutes document multiple items from the district: surveyor guidance on Fords, assisting the Local Govt Association with assessments and ratepayers, and a half yearly Adelaide meeting report. Resignation of A Dempster as Curator at Tarcowie Cemetery, with a one month holdover. J Burgess timber purchase on Reserve at Tarcowie. relief work for distressed families via Boy Scouts. MCA Society Mothers Day service coordination. Local Govt Dept requests on Main Road expenditure and land not ratable. directive on expenditure supervision. Dr Graham and Dr Swearse authorize data provision. Council to delay pipe placement on Ford near Hewett's until Ward guidance.
Public notice states poison for destruction of vermin has been laid on properties in sections 114 115 293 60 49 602 340 371 342 843 322 570 486 487 488 489 490 509 510 513 514 515 522 523 624 in the Hundred of Belalie.
The notes preview upcoming races with selections for Adelaide spring fixtures. Events include hurdles at Adon or Tallangatta, Elder Stakes with Fourth Hand, Goodwood Handicap to Greensborough or Merab, S A J C Stakes between Lady Adelaide and Lady Deneb, St Leger featuring Lalique, Fisher Handicap with Tirailleur or Burnaby, and Adelaide Cup on Wednesday with Liligue or Burnaby.
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