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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
3
The piece argues for private and public actions to reduce unemployment in cities and rural towns. It notes state relief costs about £2000 weekly and urges local employers to hire out of work residents for half days to improve properties, tidy yards, plant trees, mend fences, and remove rubbish, easing hardship until harvests improve.
A historical rainfall table lists annual totals from 1893 to 1929 and a monthly breakdown for late 1920s. The data includes yearly figures such as 21.99 in 1923 and monthly values per year, with totals like 23.47 for January through December.
The Shell Company of Australia Ltd distributes a free booklet titled Your Tractor Its care and management to assist tractor owners and primary producers. It includes practical hints on maintenance, operating trouble, loss of power, and general difficulties, with application details for obtaining the booklet from 83 89 Grenfell Street Adelaide. The article also notes a humorous quotation about patience and arriving home late.
In Georgetown on May 29 the town cheered as rain arrived after mid day boosting farmer prospects and filling tanks. W Odgers recovers in Memorial Hospital North Adelaide after surgery with Mrs Odgers staying in Adelaide. Community notes: surprise marriage visit to Roy Treasure and a gifts event, new Georgetown Bridge Club forms with 15 collapsible card tables approved for Institute use. Football locals hosted Laura in a friendly, with Treasure joining the squad and Fogarty sidelined by a broken hand from Gladstone.
A prettily solemnised wedding at Spicer Memorial Church East Adelaide on April 27 joined Roy Treasure eldest son of A and Mrs Treasure Georgetown to Lillie Besanko third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J H Besanko St Peters. The bride wore ivory georgette and a long tulle veil with orange blossom and carried a cream bouquet. Bridesmaids were Dorothy Besanko and Rene Treasure. The groom’s brother Clarence Treasure and Cyril Besanko acted as best and joint groomsmen. The Rev T P Willason officiated with musicians Miss Rita Watson and Harold Raymond. Two ornamental horseshoes marked the occasion.
The most costly tomb ever built honors Mahammed. Diamonds and rubies decorating it are valued at 2,000,000 pounds.
Mrs F Baulderstone returns to Adelaide and others travel to recover. The Spalding Sub-branch annual reunion and dinner drew about sixty members and visitors to District Hall on Thursday May 2. Dignitaries from Clare Jamestown Snowtown Yar cozie Georgetown Burra Melrose attended. Toasts honored The Day We Celebrate Fallen Comrades R.S.S.L.A. Sisters A.M.C. and Veterans. An entertaining program featured readings and songs ending with Auld Lang Syne and God Save the King.
A Port Pirie reader testifies that Dean's Ointment cured a facial rash described as eczema after trying many remedies. She notes immediate relief and full cure after a week, with a 12 year follow up confirming the result remains. Foster McClellan Co. lists Sydney address. warns to buy DOAN'S.
A humorous verse discusses romance, matrimony, and flirtations with 1920s style quips. It lampoons courtship rituals by tossing witty lines about steak, tenderness, and shifting roles among the younger generation.
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