The Areas Express in Booyoolee, Victoria

Proclamation Bans Picnic Racing Under War Precautions Act

Military authorities issue a proclamation prohibiting picnic gatherings and unregistered horse racing for all purposes including patriotic and charitable events. Only registered meetings with approved federal cabinet compliance may occur, under penalties of imprisonment up to six months. Private Gordon Pankhurst, son of a prominent resident, recently visited home and is wounded returning from service. shrapnel wounds require surgery at Kenwick Hospital. Local notable Bill, longtime Gladstone Hotel barman and figure in the town, is celebrated. obituary notes Thomas Bowen aged 78, Welsh-born migrant who contributed to mining and community life, survived by a large family and interred in the local cemetery with service led by Rev A M Trengrove.