17 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1944
Page
1
The notice invites members to join Laura Hospital Inc with an annual fee of 10s 6d granting a 10 percent concession on all fees while a patient. A family membership costs £1 1s and offers the same concession. Members also gain a voice in hospital management.
Mr S Boyle, dentist of Jamestown, will visit Gladstone monthly. He will consult at Mr Wurm's Chemist Shop on the fourth Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. while Mr 8 W Thomson B E D 5 serves with the RAAF.
A Saturday October event in Georgetown supported St John’s Catholic with a children’s fancy dress frolic. Prizes awarded by judges Murs N L Wellington ELFE Lane and A Buckenara for best dressed girl and boy, best couple, most original and other categories. Rev Father Morrissey praised parents, Doreen Eiffe and Jannet Cunningham among prizewinners. Supper and dance followed. Weather was wet last week. Wheat yields may be modest but feed prospects improve with headway in Sedan Grass and lucerne growth.
On Saturday November 18 Lester's Talkies screens a strong program with proceeds to Institute funds. The main feature is Commandos Strike at Dawn starring Paul Muni Ann Lee Jillian Gist and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Also shows Laugh Your Homes Away with Jinx Falkenburg and Pert Gordon plus a timely shorts package.
The article lists a set of military personnel including Corporal J Malloy from Orange NSW and Private 1 Martin from NSW among others. It notes a seaside gathering with bully beef and reads from left to right detailing names and origins across several Australian states.
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