Gladstone Flood Disaster Strikes Town Again
A Friday afternoon flood devastated Gladstone with four inches of rain near C Hollitt farm and Burnside Station. Water overwhelmed creeks and the railway area flooding the station, refreshment room, and streets. Homes of H. Angel and W. Hill, and the Boogoolee Hotel suffered two foot deluges while stock and items washed away. damage estimated around £1000 and railway operations disrupted into Saturday. Residents urge drainage fixes and station-area improvements to prevent repeat flooding.
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Gladstone
Mr. C. Hollitt
Burnside Station
Sargent's
Lock
Boogoolee Hotel
Pisant
Inspector Davis on Postwar Road Construction Plan
Inspector Davis outlines postwar road policy to councillors, noting the need for better materials testing, concrete drainage, and safer road designs to handle faster future traffic. He cites a new Highways Department laboratory, wartime gains in machinery use, and upcoming larger projects across Eyre Peninsula.
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Inspector Davis
Conference OF Councillors
Highways Department
Council
Oficera
Eyre Peninsula
Obituary for J F W Lange Founder of farming tools and deviner
Mr J F W Lange born August 30 1865 in Auburn district youngest son of Gott Lange and Caroline Hampel. He worked as a wagoner in 1890 to Victoria helped harvests with sickle and scythe and settled at Appila for 55 years. He married Emma Wurst in 1892 and invented the scoop known as Quigley Linke Noack a stone rake aiding farming communities. He was famed as a deviner and aided water problems in farms and station country. He upheld philanthropic principles and aided natives with three initiatives.
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J. F. W. Lange
Auburn District
Gott Job Lange
Caroline Johanna Nee Hampel
Lange
Willowie
Melrose
Hammond
G. E. Wurst
Quigley
Gladstone Youth Club Present First Evening Entertainment
About a year after its formation the Gladstone Youth Club held its first entertainment on Thursday. Announcer C Ganley and promoter D Hale introduced a program of gymnastics songs and acrobatics with participants including Hale Hopwood Landers Jones Bache Saunders Caulfield Searle Jolly Tybill Hoffmann Andrews White Evans Threadgold ONeil Wood Skinner. Accompanists were R Glenn N Andrews and G Saunders. The Andrews Sisters provided music for the dancing portion and the audience warmly applauded each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
C. Ganley
D. Hale
LD. Hale
D. Hopwood
L. Landers
L. Jones
M. Bache
G. Saunders
J. Caulfield
I. Searle
M. Jolly
W. Tybill
R. Hoffmann
Missions supporter laid to rest at Jamestown Hospital
The deceased, aged 79, died peacefully on July 1 at Jamestown Hospital after a life of aiding Central Australia natives. An ardent Pine Creek Lutheran Church supporter, he backed Hermannsburg Mission Station with donations and a well. Survived by children T A Lange Apilla, W E Lange Apilla, C W Lange Orroroo, A H Lange Koppio, Mrs J Jericho Cummins, and Miss F B Lange Apilla. wife had predeceased him in 1929.
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Central Australia
Hermansburg
Hermannsburg
Pine Creek
Messrs. T. A
W. E. Lange Appila
C. W. Lange Orroroo
A. H. Lange Koppio
J. Jericho Cummins
F. B. Lange
Appila
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. S. Jew
Gladtrain
Stone Methodist
Laura
Jen
H. Bles
Glading
Walker & Sons
Jamestown
General Drapers
North
Northern District Councils Or Corporations Association
Wagie
Mrs. Platten
Prospect
Jamestown Hospita
Metealt
Wesco
Taubman
Gladstone Youth Club
OCR
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