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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
3
The opening football season attracted large crowds as Georgetown stunned Jamestown 22 points on their home ground. Crystal Brook fell to Laura with Crystal Brook and Gladstone continuing to struggle with inaccurate kicking. Jamestown beat Crystal Brook.
The Georgetowns visited Jamestown for their season opener and earned a convincing victory over the Magpies. Spectators watched two fresh lineups produce sharp attacking play with accurate shooting and several goals from the visitors. Both teams showed promise in their first real game of the year.
Georgetown loses to Jamestown 7 goals to 3 as Laura Brook defeats Crystal Brook 3 goals 16 behinds to 4 goals 4 behinds. Laura with stronger players shows accurate kicking while Crystal Brook suffers injuries and a sum of four different scorers for Laura.
A meeting of players of the Gladetons Football Club on Saturday night elected Teddy Reichstein as captain for the coming year with Kavanagh named vice-captain. The gathering was presided over by Mr E A Gale.
The Gladstone team faces Jamestown tomorrow afternoon on the local oval. The home side, hampered by a slow start in a recent watch, hopes to rebound with early pressure. The lineup includes Reichstein captain, Teeane, Kavanagh, Epea, Atking, Mezzardi, Bargin, Maya, Coleman, Ryan, Chalmers, Pasche, Fisher, Reichstein, Fuss, Lista, Haylock, Yates with emergencies Gola, Winter, Hartman, Duffield.
The notice lists Crystal Brook and Georgetown players and officials for an upcoming game. Capts A J Pritchard and Cliff Bain are named with squad members W Gray, D Schapel, T Laughlin, Goulter, D Morduck, Combe, McDonald, Kiely, Bain, Lawrie, Baldwin, McIntosh, Clarae, McKenzie. Editors note Georgetown and Jamestown rosters incomplete. secretaries urged to send missing details.
Readable text notes precautions against influenza infection and mentions peppermint care methods. No clear events, people, or organizations identified.
The report covers a match at Jamestown with Georgetown 7 Jamestown 3 and Jamestown 3 6, noting goals by Cyril Buckemara Fogarty Angley and others. It also mentions a Mother's Day Beeryee service at Clover Hill with a seventeen man male choir led by J A Buchap and W B Baker, urging early attendance due to limited church seating.
A Wirrabara oval gathering by the new bicycles club drew mixed views with onlookers calling attendance poor yet officials hopeful. Events included bicycle handicaps, a 1 mile relay, and a bowling stump, while a Teachers Association meeting followed and elected new officers amid resolutions supporting a future Association visit and Superannuation Fund action.
A reflective statement urges embracing a good life despite circumstances and making the best of what cannot be changed. It emphasizes resilience and inner choice over external factors.
Sporting News notes list selections and entries from multiple South Australian clubs for autumn meetings including Port Adelaide, Balaklava, Oodnadatta, Gawler, Port Pirie, Hawker, Quorn, Port Augusta, Peterborough, Eudunda and Murray Bridge with dates and club names. The items include racing club notes and Tattersall's Club references.
At Port Adelaide Racing Club a program of eight events was run including the John Lewis Stakes. Sweetmagne won from Parvista and Shanky, both next aiming for the Goodwood Handicap. Welter divisions saw Lord French and Ahelae place, while other divisions crowned Alarm King, Triagic, Socratea, Athenna Lad, Popa long, Baillie Guard, and Redacre in various races.
The Adelaide Cup meeting opens on Saturday with the Goodwood Handicap as the principal event. For the Cup, Wycherly, King of Mirth or Gangoo hold bright prospects. for the Goodwood Handicap potential winners include Eventide, Sweatmagne, or Shanky. selections list Hardie Race Peace Doya or Thomond and Thea Night Patrol among others.
A K Mullner starred as Crystal Brook Easta beat Laura in the Hacky River premiership. Mullner's 188 highlighted a season totaling 883 runs with an average of 67 across association matches and eight wickets, marking a standout all round contribution.
The Government Experimental Farm at Booboorowie reports 1934 rainfall above average with 24.58 inches and strong cereal and livestock yields. About 300 acres were cropped with oats, barley, wheat and silage hay, averaging 3 tons per acre for cereals and revealing varieties like Eberson and Nabawa with exceptional yields. The farm spans 1494 acres across two blocks near Brown's Hill, with a focus on permanent experimental plots to study fertilizer effects and long term results.
Saturday night a football meeting featured teams from Yacka Brinkworth Koolnags Redhill and Soowiewa with rivals forming a contest. The program begins on June 6 with new plays and a push to show merit while the Abbey welcomes the team and its red and brown colors amid anticipation of warmer weather.
An advertisement touts Sanders Extract as a pure volatile eucalyptus product claimed superior to inferior brands. It asserts medical recognition by authorities and court endorsement in Melbourne, praising Sanders Medical wax and Sanders Extract for colds influenza bronchitis diarrhoea wounds burns ulcers piles and other issues. Auckland reader J Hopkin states forty two years of use with excellent results.
A harsh political critique argues the current administration remains hampered by Labour demands and past policies. It decries disorganization, warns of electoral manipulation, and calls attention to fear of Bolshevik influence and financial strain on the Crown and Treasury.
In 1916 experiments began on plots using a bare fallow wheat rotation with mammal cover and deep ploughing tests. One half of each plot is fallowed every alternate year, the other half carries a crop then rotates. Department of Agriculture to publish results on request.
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