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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 13, 1932
Page
4
The Jamestown Institute announces changes to library hours with the Public Reading Room and Subscribers Room open on specified days and times. Membership options include adult and juvenile rates with limits on reading periods and access to books and magazines. annual meetings are scheduled by month. the institute seeks public support and offers hall facilities by application.
The Texas Company uses Scottie dogs in its Texaco Crackproof Motor Oil campaign after consulting with E A Beverly and Morgan Dennis. The ad aims to show listening while promoting the new lubricant and has sparked reader interest and demand for the product.
The 1931-32 season ended with a 400 yard double round of 10 shots at Gladstone Rifle Club on Saturday May 7. J. M. Pascoe won the club championship for the second year running with 519, best scratch marks went to H. M. Pascoe and F. C. Grubb in handicap, while J. Grubb topped bullseyes with 121.
The Moreton Bay steamship sailed February 8 from Santiamy for Australia in clear cold weather. It reached Malta and Port Said with five hour layovers for shopping and church tours, then Colombo for four days of sightseeing. A Sports and Entertainments Committee organized deck games, cinema and dancing, with cricket matches against passengers. Final leg to Fremantle on March 4 ended the pleasant voyage with a sense of farewell.
A brief note extols Woods and Golds as providers of a peppermint cure claimed to cure coughs. The item reads as an advertisement style snippet highlighting a generic remedy promise without verifiable claims.
The North Bundaleer Bundaleer Literary and Debadee Society met in the District Hall and elected a large enthusiastic committee led by President F R Fields with J M Molin Eng, Med Cromiy as secretaries and officers. A winter program of exhibitions and dances is planned through October with a first event on May 23 and a renewed emphasis on socials, hospitality, and a new piano purchase.
An advertisement emphasizes keeping hands soft and attractive using Mirpil. It promotes routine application after drying, suggesting kitchen and bathroom use for immediate smoothing and nourishment of the skin.
An enormous crowd filled the New District Hall on Saturday night to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. J. O’Connell and family. Festivities opened with performances by the Spalding Brass Band under A. B. Gill, followed by speeches praising Mr. O’Connell’s banking and farming work locally and his role in Crown Lands legislation. Numerous residents and clubs voiced thanks, gifts were exchanged, and a supper and dance ended the evening with music by Mrs. P. Fox, Lance Rock, and Reg McAvaney.
The Gladstone Institute Committee met with President Mr. L. Carthew in the chair. Mr. R. J. Bohlmann joined as a new member and was welcomed while Mr. Dowling presented a financial statement showing a debit of £767 9s 10d and a library credit of £127 7s 9d. Repairs were noted for the custodian to address. The fise pole was donated by Mr. J. S. Paddon and handed to the Institute. its position will be reviewed by the hall and grounds committee. Training in tennis and badminton was discussed with a view to forming local clubs, though no decisions were made.
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