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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 07, 1924
Page
2
Reading appears to outline religious services with Rev. P. H. Cheanell and Rev. P. H. Channel, plus choir and special seats. Mentions Bay and Alexandria Hyams, and Bay Channel People’s Services.
Taxpayers are notified that the water rate collector will attend the Gladatone district council meeting to discuss works and invites open until noon Friday November 14. A strawberry fete at St Mary's Church in Georgetown is set for Saturday November 15. Mesora Elder Smith & Co. will sell livestock at Crystal Brook on Wednesday next. Bunce announces new motor and baggy trimming business at Crystal Brook.
Nominations for mayor, councillor, and one auditor are due by noon Saturday November 29. Retiring officials M O Bennett, Sargent, McNamee, Smallacomba, and L R Grab may seek re election. A strawberry fete and dance at the Gladstone Institute Hall on Friday November 14 will aid St Peter Church with F Jeffery’s jazz band. A Sunday accident near the Rocky River left Clifford Bandow with a broken leg treated by Dr J Stewart. A dance at Parigh Hall on Wednesday 20th supports the strawberry fete. A coroner’s memo commends shooter Landers for preventing a possible explosion after a petrol incident at Gladstone Station.
The Memorial Fountain Fund notes pledges and donations for Gladstone Ornamental Grounds. Contributions include £90 from the Ornamental Grounds Committee and £50 from Mr H Os man and £100 from Mr B Lines.
Excerpts note the Crystal Brook mill sale to W Malcolm Co and W J Venning, a Horneby binder remark, a Gladstone farm auction at Mond nis Hotel with 7010 acres and 400 under crop, a £3 acre bid passed in, the Payment of Members Bill rejected by the Legislative Council, Dizon named Returning Officer for municipal elections, and England election deposits for 64 candidates including Tom Mann and Ave women forfeited for not polling one-eighth of votes.
Gladstone Bay Scouts hosted a strawberry fete at the Institute to wipe out a trooproom debt of £20. The gross takings reached £33 9s 4d, with £12 16s 11d in expenditures. Mayors wife C. O Bennett opened the event as little Andrey Aeris presented a bouquet, and numerous stallholders raised funds through refreshments and games.
The Rocky River Association match saw Gladstone led by Beg and Conole maule a century stand as Laure struggled. Kennedy top scored with 86 while Smith added 20, and bowlers Fuller and Smith shared key wickets as Laure were all out for a modest total.
A garbled mix of political chatter, weather notes, and stray stories mentions Union Jack, British politics, tensions with Australia, and economic hints. It notes shortages, a hotel closure, snakebite deaths in India, and counterfeit or faded currency concerns, with scattered names and places.
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