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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 09, 1928
Page
2
Auction listing from a regional sale featuring 200 prime wethers and numerous ewes, lambs, and fat livestock. Includes 700 wethers, 100 fat to prime small stock, and steers and cows from Wertaloona and Pamatta stations. Terms as usual. further entries invited.
Public notice from Malcoli McIntosh Commissioner of Waterworks announces reduction of water supply from Beetaloo Reservoir across multiple country districts effective September 27, 1928. Water for garden use and non domestic purposes to be cut off, with exceptions for domestic, household, sanitary needs and approved manufacturing or trade from October 24, 1928.
Messrs. H George and G A Blackwell M s P will address a public meeting tonight at Gladstone under the auspices of the A L P.
Messrs. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd hold their monthly market at Crystal Brook on Wednesday next. The sale will feature 216 sheep 125 cattle pigs implements and sundries.
The annual strawberry fete by St. Alban's Girls Friendly Society takes place at the Gladstone Institute on Tuesday November 20. A grand ball in the evening features music by the Port Pirie Tempo Band.
Special notice invites ladies to the Gladstone Branch Port Pirie Technical School display of dressmaking millinery and art needlework at Memorial Hall Gladstone on Tuesday November 13 at 2 30 pm Admission is free and a musical program with afternoon tea for a small charge will fund Institute Funds. The event aims to attract the town and district ladies and all are welcome.
A sequence of election or auction style events is listed across South Australian towns from Crystal Brook to Burra. Dates span November to December with venues including hotels, town halls, and institutes and hours vary by location.
The text lists dates and towns for Liberal candidate W L Blight and other figures to address meetings in Northern towns including Norridy Gladstone Huddleston Caltowie Stone Hut Apilla Tarcowie with sessions in November. It also promotes Sander and Son's Pure Volatile Eucalyptus Extract with awards and medical endorsements.
Gladstone Ornamental Grounds Committee met with F C Delsar presiding. New member F C Spotawood welcomed. Annual continental set for Monday January 28 with secretary handling preliminaries. Requests to invite R H Vernm and W L Evans for lighting and a ladies’ meeting to arrange stalls. Children’s ribbon dances to accompany evening pictures. Tresylva Park to be inspected for urgent repairs. Northern Schools Athletic Association thanks panel for free oval use. Gladstone Cricket Club to be charged two guineas for oval use in 1928 29 season.
An advertisement touts Sander’s Eucalyptus Extract as a daily health aid for baths mouthwash and coughs claiming it wards off illness. It cites awards including a First Order of Merit and Gold Medal N.7 and notes Melbourne Supreme Court proof of quality. Warning against imitations and directs readers to Gladstone Pharmacy.
The text reflects on courage given by benefactors and notes that a solitary idea can feel isolating in some minds during conversations. It emphasizes how encouragement shapes thought.
Dry and warm with strong winds and water shortages. Federal elections on Nov 17 and local voting on the following Saturday. Court session set for Nov 28. A mix of weather remarks, crop notes, sayings, jokes, and public notices from the district, including nursing home contact and a diary offer from a stationer.
Electors of the district are urged to attend a public meeting at Glasstone on Thursday November 16 where Rep A W Lacey will discuss current politics. The Labour Team announces November 17 House of Representatives and Senate figures A W Lacey J J Daly A Hoare and M R OHalloran.
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