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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1929
Page
2
John Evans directs all wheat deliveries for the season to Adelaide Milling Co in Jamestown and will supervise personally.
Gladstone and Jamestown churches list morning and evening services for Advent Sunday. Ministers include Rev. T Geddes White at Methodist with Holy Communion and evening prayer, L. G Bond at Baptist with two services, Rev. B H Lees at Belalie North, and Rev. A Hi Page at St Andrews Prusbythrian with services at Jamestown and Belalie venues.
Mr Joel Sparks of Yongals hosted a large gathering at Honndon Cottage on a Tuesday to mark his eighty first birthday. Daughters Mesdames Willmott and Senny welcomed guests. gifts included a pack of cards from Mrs Carter. Telephone congratulations poured in, and after singing For he’s a jolly good fellow the supper concluded a happy evening.
A Sunday evening Masonic service at the Methodist Church drew a large crowd, with nearly one hundred Gildston lodge members attending. Rev. T Geddes White preached on The Failure of the Favored, as the choir presented special music led by Miss Jean White at the organ. Mr R W Wilkinson contributed a solo.
A Friday sale of household furniture conducted by Mr. F Bundey in North Gladstone accompanies notices of supplementary elections for East Ward on the Gladstone Town Council with Mr R Pannell elected as Councillor. Local farming reports include promising yields and a Wheat Pool delivery.
The family of TV R8 W Stacey of Fair View Jamestown expresses sincere thanks for telegrams letters cards floral tributes and personal expressions of sympathy in the recent bereavement following the death of their husband and father at Jamestown Hospital on November 24. Special thanks are given to Dr Swann Sister Wilson and Sle tor Stanton for their care.
A report highlights Rev. E R Ledger’s valued services with large crowds at Georgetown and Clover Hill. Sunday School anniversary at Georgetown praised, with Rev. W Steadman as preacher and Mrs Ellington leading the children’s singing. A fair opens Nov 30 at the Institute, with plans and prizes. The Peterborough Hotel event at Bundalger Springs featured Casey’s Jazz Band and a cricket match won by Pinidaleer. Jamestown Agricultural Bureau invites fallow competition, urging six farmers in James town to enter, with close dates December 1 and soil moisture testing in December and March.
The first load of Nabawa wheat for 1829-80 arrived at Jamestown Railway Yards on Monday. Delivered by C L Pearce, the crop is good quality with 6 milbn per bushel and an estimated yield of five base per acre. Mr. Pearce received a petrol tin as celebration.
The notice warns motorists in Jamestown and district about extensive tyre thefts and punctures. It stresses keeping tires inflated to manufacturer specifications, checking tread cuts, and notes M G McLeod of Jamestown offers retreading and tyre services with stock at port prices.
Store invites shoppers to view Xmas stock with low prices on toys dolls teddy bears tool sets fountain pens torches wallets and more. Ladies and children's apparel include pinafores aprons frocks and nightwear with a wide array of prints calico and crepe. Also lists mixed nuts cordials chocolates preserved apricots and jellies at sale prices.
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