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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
2
The piece warns of 198 years until the Tasmanian landscape loses inhabitants and urges solutions to keep young men on the land. It surveys possible remedies including trade policies, tariffs, immigration limits, and cooperative schemes, then urges steady work and hope for rains.
Anniversary services at Georgetown Baptist Church will be held Sunday with Rev. T Geddes White conducting at 1 pm and 7 pm. The event marks the church’s anniversary and invites parishioners to attend both services.
Gladstone Market to hold sale on Tuesday offering 1690 sheep 20 cattle 20 horses and sundries as usual. Goldsbrough Mort customers urged to attend. Auctioneers advertise brisk trade expected for the regional market segment.
Mr. H T Harslett will conduct an auction sale of household furniture and effects on Friday May 18. The sale is on account of Mr. H J Hillier and Mrs. C J Norman at the auction mart adjoining Mr H Clark's establishment. See advt.
The Gladstone Social and Dance Hall invites tenders to supply music for its 1928 dance series. Tenders close at 4 p.m. on May 15. Full details available from honorary secretary Mr. B Gale.
On Tuesday evening May 15 the pupils of St. Josephs School will give a grand concert at the Institute Hall. The children have rehearsed well and an excellent programme is promised. After the concert a supper and dance will follow.
Ratepayers in Hadstone Corporation and District Council are advised that the office hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays as shown in an advertisement in the other column.
An advertisement touts Sander's Eucalypti Extract as preventing illness and aiding coughs colds influenza and other infections with daily uses in bath handkerchief mouth wash or water. It claims awards like First Order of Merit and Gold Medal and notes Melbourne court praise and imitation warnings with Gladstone Pharmacy as a retailer.
The article notes Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May, highlighting its worldwide observance and the act of wearing a white flower to honor motherhood. In Gladstone, Methodist Church services are planned with Rev. T. Geddes White leading morning worship and evening services to follow.
The Areas Express and Farmers Journal discuss uneven population growth across Australia. Based on five years 1922 to 1927, Adelaide is projected to double in 18 years, while the rest of South Australia would take 165 years. Victoria shows Melbourne doubling in 20 years and the rest in 302 years. Hobart in Tasmania is expected to double soon but details are cut.
The notice directs interested parties to request complete details from the undersigned official. It lacks names or dates in the accessible portion and does not specify subject matter beyond seeking inquiries for full particulars.
Sander's extract earns First Award and Gold Medal at the 1926 exhibition in Dune din NZ and the Amsterdam International Exhibition for purity proved by experts Inglis Otago and Delavay Melbourne. It is praised by Medical Authorities and Royal Patronage for use in infectious diseases headaches and wounds.
Weekend visits bring Gladstone residents to Adelaide and Glenelg while others travel to Sydney for a month’s holiday. A death is reported for P. Lan fers after a short illness. The Gladstone Golf Club plans a farewell for H. R. Hill with a public sendoff at the Institute Hall.
Racing notes from Euramic report Saturday meeting run details. Acceptances were not in hand at press but likely runners include Good Whis Welter Arnosteer Ar경nant, Kilronan Barrier Gold, Kurrala Handicap Mistral Mistone Opera Queen, S.A.C. Handicap Quale Ty Mentillini, Totalizator Triangle Biskra Greensboro.
A woman laments cannot afford domestic help in the car. The piece promotes electric servants to handle washing, ironing, sweeping, dusting, and polishing cheaply, with Rev. D. Shaw of Georgetown cited as endorsing electric current as the key.
Gladstone Golf Club reports Eclectic Competition results from the Saturday event with players Mayfield Fuss Reed Hill Smith Bennett Carthew Maple Thomson Roberts Gaale Humphris Barclay and others. Next Saturday features Patrons versus President teams and the usual stroke competition to be decided.
A large crowd attended the A.G.A. Dance in Georgetown to raise funds for tuberculosis research. Miss M Carmody’s orchestra provided music and W Jolly Jr acted as MC. Prizes were awarded in the lucky cap and card dances to Miss Gladys Smallacombe with Mr R King and Miss Iris Mclaren with Trevor Wilkin.
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