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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
2
Auction listing shows various livestock including 190 Ewe Mogset. 45 Mixed Sex Lambs. 30 S Ewes. 15 Far Ewes. 1 Cow due to calve in June. Also itemized are 1 Boy's Bike with 24 inch wheels, 1 Disbolo Separator, and farm gear. Buyers urged to contact seller for arrangements before sale.
Auctioneer Laura offers entire hotel furniture and effects including engine, National cash register, acoustic stove, fridge, freezer, wash stands, beds, dressers, tables, crockery, glassware, linens, curtains, rugs, blinds, lamps, chandeliers, clock, shells, radios, and garden tools. Also includes structural fittings, lighting, electrical items, and kitchenware. Further particulars see Lane 1.
An aid note lists positions for adult males and females as casual field workers at a flax operation. Rates per week range from £20 to £54 with various probation and oper week terms. The notice mentions Agari rates and impounded status and outlines weekly pay for different worker categories.
Classified listing seeking sale of a petrol aero engine and a companion Muiny, two adults and family in Jamestown area. Contact T Daly at phone 42 or National Service Officer Peterborough for wage-related inquiry.
Sunday services and meetings listed for Church of Baolan St Andrew's Presbyterian Salvation Army St John's Church of England and others in Jamestown and nearby towns. Details include times 8 am to 7 pm, sermons by Rev. C M Anthony Rev S T Harper Rev J G Gibson Rev K J Chattield and others with associated locations Canowie Appila Crystal Brook Latvalia Wirrabara and more.
Mr 8 W Thomson BD full service will visit Gladstone monthly. Abe Aai My S Boyle Pentiss of Juiestown may be consulted at Mr Worms Chemist Shop on tonth Mayday each month. From 1 am to 4 pm commencing 24th May.
Laura Hospital Inc offers an annual subscription fee of 10/6 granting 10 percent of all fees incurred by the member during hospital stays. A £1/1/ subscription extends membership to the member's family. Members may also join hospital management to support the institution and benefit themselves. Secretary R J Cooke promotes this investment for lasting, satisfactory service.
The fragment lists residents and visitors to Gladstone and surrounding towns. Names include Will Rogers, F Cloge, V Franvis, H Baldock, J Miels, R Weston, HH A Calnan, Helen Hinck, B L Harris, G M Black. Mentions Adelaide, Laura, Port Pirie, Semaphore, Whyalla, Woodville, South East holidays.
A collage of local life from Gladstone and nearby towns features wartime leave stories, returning troops and family updates. It notes soldiers like Geo Brown and Kevin Carr, examinations and training moves, hospital and travel mentions, council and welfare events, and social visits across Adelaide, Jamestown, and Port Augusta with community acknowledgments and upcoming meetings.
A reader reports unusually large tomato specimens from five home plants grown by Albert Thomas of Caltuche and asks the paper to supply the variety name and origin. The fruit is described as small pear shaped, highly flavorful, prolific with over 2,000 fruits on the five plants, tall over certain feet, and borne in bunches of six to one.
The Jamestown Institute Library will be closed from May 24 to June 1 inclusive for classification work. The closing is necessary and the committee asks subscribers to cooperate and invites volunteers to contact the Chairman of the Book Committee, Mr. D Boucaut.
The St James Church of England Easter Vestry met in Jamestown on Wednesday May 12, led by Rector Rev D I M Anthony. Reports praised sound finances, reduced parish hall overdraft, and strong organ and church groups. elections named Yeomang as Priest's Warden and Buccaul as People's Warden with Liebich retiring.
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