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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
2
A local sign painter advertises a large range of linoleum and floor coverings priced from two dollars per yard and up. The notice highlights affordable options and invites customers to inspect samples and place orders.
Gladstone District Council announces retirement of J R Potter G A Black M H Page and Andrew Lee effective July 1 1929 with reelection possible. Nominations for vacancies close June 10 1930 at 12 noon at the District Office Gladstone. If needed after the quota is reached a ballot election will be held July 1 1984 with C Budge named Returning Officer and J F O Neill as Chairman.
A small display lists chocolate almond caramels and jubilee strained products priced at 6d per small oz. milk rock 5 oz for 6d and Brazil nut toffee 2 for 6d.
Jamestown Market May 18 sale by Idalgety and Co offering large mixed stock. Fat wethers ewes hoggets lambs and rams listed with hundreds of sheep, plus cattle including cows, heifers, and bulls, horses and pigs. Terms at sale with prior arrangements for terms.
Gladstone Market sale Tuesday May 16 at 2 p m by Goldsborough Mort and Co Limited lists 50 fat wothchers 20 fat lambs 70 mixed Merino hoggets 20 aged ewes lambs at foot 30 sound mouth ewes with 100 p c Dorset lambs at foot 4 sound mouth ewes with 100 uc Dorset lambs at foot 100 two tooth store wethers 100 G tooth forward store wethers 50 mixed sheep to be drafted 190 2 4 and ST ewes mated to DH rams. Conditions at sale. Entried invited. Terms arranged with auctioneers prior to sale.
Yacka Market offers a sale with 50 fat wethers 15 pat wethers 52 two tooth wethers 20 pat lambs 15 fat ewes full mouth ewes mated 40 merino wether lambs 60 six tooth and full mouth ewes and 50 mixed sheep draft. Sale includes salt and bag goods. Clients needing teams must arrange with the auction house prior to sale.
The Jamestown District Council announces the retirement by effluxion of time on the first Saturday in July of five councillors from Manuanarie, Caltowle, Tarcowia, Bundaleer, and Canowie Wards. Nominations to fill vacancies close at noon on June 10 1939 with ballots to be held if needed on July 1 1939. forms available at the district office.
An experienced ladies hairdresser from Adelaide will be present at the Toilet Salon on Irvine Street in Jamsetown for a daytime session. The visit aims to offer styling demonstrations and consultations to local clients.
Personal items from the Areas Express and Farmers Journal report residents visiting relatives and traveling. Names include A Neale James Town T J Stent Malvern Joseph Mitchell Thebarton J Inglis Jamestown W P O Riley M A Schmidt WW Birrell Hyde Park J F ONeill Gladstone and Rev G G Byatt. A wedding reception for Miss Con ne Potter Yangya is noted with gifts and an afternoon tea at Gladstone Methodist Church.
Classifieds list upcoming sales and dances with details of locations like Gladstone, Yacka, and St. James Ball. Events include sheep auctions, a dance with orchestral music, euchre, and social gatherings at multiple halls and schools.
Death of Rachel Teddy aged 83 in Jamestown announced with funeral May 24 at Jamestown Institute. Jamestown Orchestra to play. admission 3d and 2d. Gladstone Tennis Club hosts opening night May 4 at Gladstone Institute with Ambassadors Orchestra and trophy presentations. Mothers Day events planned at Gladstone Methodist Church and a Mother and Daughter banquet hosted by Miss Olive Carter and Miss Clive Carter.
TENDERS are invited up to 12 noon of Friday May 26 1939 for the purchase of a second hand Big Butstand road grader with blade Rit wide. The grader may be inspected at the Council Office Jamestown. Neither the lowest nor any tender necessarily accepted.
The Town of Jamestown publishes an alphabetized list of all eligible voters under Local Government Acts. Lists are available for inspection in North Ward Municipal Offices South Ward Institute Reading Room Leamington Ward Dr E J Harbison North Parade Ward Brooks Bros Jamestown. Claims or objections must be filed with Town Clerk by May 20 or May 27 1939. The council will convene June 7 1939 at 7 30 p m for revision and hearings at the Council Chamber Irvine Street Jamestown Wnaisvita Town Clerk Municipal Offices Jamestown May 4 1939.
An advertisement from LAWRIE'S Raalo Gladstone lists RAXCOPHONE 6 value AC with a six month guarantee. It offers perfect order and available terms. Contact phone 141 for inquiries.
Commonwealth of Australia invites tenders for repairs and painting of the Gladstone Post Office. Tenders close 2 pm Tuesday 16 May 1939 at the Department of the Interior Adelaide. Forms available from the Department of the Interior Adelaide and Gladstone Post Office. Envelopes must be endorsed with the work name H. S. Foll, Minister for the Interior.
The Georgetown District Council lays out retirement of five councillors on 1 July 1939 and invites nominations for vacancies at the Council Office. Nominations close 12 noon 10 June 1939, with ballots and adjourned proceedings if needed on 1 July 1939. R G Odgers named Returning Officer. A Lyons chairs. Purchase agreements for sale at Review Office Jamestown and Areas Express Office Gladaton.
On May 14 1939 Jamestown area churches including Church of England Methodist Salvation Army St Albans Glastons and Gladstone list Mother's Day services Holy Communion Evensong and Sunday school times with Rev routines and choir announcements for Canowie Belt Huddleston and nearby parishes plus special notices and church anniversaries.
In a May six cricket? Actually croquet test, visitors won by nine points. Pair results include W Shephard and C Read losing to Mrs Saint and Miss Thomas 14 to 26. Harris and Fisher defeated Wilton and OShanhnessy 26 to 12. Lines and Sandow fell to Thompson and Abell 19 to 26. Lambeil and Staker lost to Saint and White 21 to 26. Crystal Brook 99, Gladstone 80.
A weeklong School of Method at Gladstone Primary School drew twenty teachers from northern districts. Inspector L G W Caunt led sessions, with visits to Laura Caltowie and Narridy. A social evening honored the guests and staff, while remarks highlighted Gladstone as a top refresher-course center.
The Northern Areas Football Association schedules round three with Jamestown hosting Gladstone, George Town visiting Crystal Brook, and Cal towle traveling to Wirrabara. Team lists include Gladstone with captain J Page and Jamestown led by D Goodes, with numerous listed players and reserves.
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