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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
4
The Georgetown fair will run daily from May 11 with a grand musical elocutionary contest and many attractions. Special prizes for needlework painting and cooking are offered, with groups for fine arts applied arts photography and more. Entries require fees and must be local handiwork with voting ballots in shops.
Mesdames McDonald Saunders and others host stalls with sweets, cakes, biscuits and groceries from multiple nations. Prizes offered for bacon rolls, cakes, scones, and fancy biscuits while stalls feature garments, flowers, perfumes, and novelties with entries and entrance fees noted.
A fragmentary notice references Welsh witches guarding a fairy well. The readable text suggests a folkloric or editorial aside about mythic beings in Wales.
Hon A Poynton OBE MP spoke at Geelong for the National Federation gathering. He described Labour splits, the formation of the National Party, and stressed law and order, evolution over revolution, and the dangers of class hatred and destructive tactics seen in Russia.
A speaker warns that revolutionary ideas and foreign infiltrations threaten Australia as a mine of unrest and a planned Soviet influence spread from Russia. He cites Lincoln quotes on property, condemns destruction over building, and urges unity for the National Government amid war fatigue and high building costs.
Mrs E McLoughlin of Port Pirie reports long kidney disorder with back pain and swelling improved after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. She says two years later she remains well and keeps a supply, trusting the remedy as a tonic for the kidneys.
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