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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
2
Auction to be held Tuesday at 2 30 pm featuring extensive Merino ram and ewe lots plus wethers lambs store cattle and fat cattle. Principal buyers invited with terms approved bills to Graniera for 8 months or cash discounts. further entries welcomed.
District of Gladstone announces an assessment of all rateable property within the district. Copies show occupiers and property details, held for inspection at M Bond’s Haast Ward and Mr Masters Went Ward during reasonable times. Appeals must be filed within twenty one days from Gazette publication, with a court of appeal sitting on Saturday November 18 at 3 p.m.
District Council of Georgetown declares a general rate of one shilling in the pound on district assessments. All liable residents must pay the amount assessed to the district clerk in Lengtown within 21 days of notice.
The Port Germein District Council in 1916 under The Bush Fires Act 1913 declares a burn ban on ear stubble within district limits from October 15, 1916 to March 1917 replacing the period in Section 6 of the Act. R Davis acts as clerk and signs with the district seal.
The Frees plan a strawberry fete at Yangys in aid of the Red Cross Fund. District Council of Port Germain sets stubble burning dates from October 15, 1916, to March 1, 1917. Reverend A H Carne to preach at Gladstone Methodist Church and lecture on Beautiful Women. Red Cross Fund gains £51 from a Gladstone Town Hall refreshment booth. Fornasa & Son plan visits to Gladstone for piano services. Ice maker F C Grubb narrowly escapes fire. Gladstone: Elder Smith & Co to auction 3840 sheep, 43 cattle, pigs and sundries. Amusements Duty Act now in force. promoters urged to comply. Annual straw fete for Gladstone Girls Friendly Society to be held Nov 17 opened by Archdeacon Nash. stalls and baked goods. Manatoo estate near Gladstone, 6500 acres, sold to Government at £6/acre. Government bought 2710 acres from Lang at £615. Belgian Relief Fund collection by Gladstone branch last month totals £16 0/6. Piano examination results announced with several high marks. Death of Herbert White Hughes of Booyooles Estate, Gladstone, noted as a prominent pastoralist and eldest son of the late Herbert Bristow Hughes.
Pioneer pastoralist H B Hughes died in 1892 leaving vast NSW and Queensland estates including Boogoolee at Gladstone Kinchega on the Darling and Nooka tanga. He managed with his brother Harold White Hughes and was noted for expertise in the pastoral industry, public service, and Anglican church affairs. He was born 1855 at Booyooles educated at St Peters Adelaide Malvern and Oxford, married in 1889 to the late W J Crawford’s daughter, survived by four brothers and two sisters. Funeral held at Gladstone with a large gathering.
Meeting held Friday October 20 with Mayor present. Members Cre Gale Grubb Quinlan Growden Hann and Town Clerk attended. Minutes read and correspondence noted. Clerk reported continued work forming footpaths on Fourth Street and High Street east side. Cr Gale seconded to stand over until next meeting.
A woman once a famed coach driver and who grew to accept her life’s value died in North Adelaide on Tuesday. Her long career as a coach driver was noted by local residents who remembered her dedication and bustling days on the road.
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