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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
3
The passage presents scattered proverbs on generosity and marriage. It contrasts stinginess with sharing and notes women anxious to worry over trifles and marry. Notable phrases include shared provisions and the social comment on unions.
Quotes from Premier Vaughan urge wartime duty and warn against foreign influence. The piece argues for Austalian troops and women’s support in referendum day, stressing national freedom, gender stakes, and the need for Australians to defend Australia with Australian battalions.
Australians earned a dying fame on the Gallipoli shores in April 1915. In July 1916 they electrified the world by storming fortified positions. The piece questions the answer in October 1916 with the declaration Australia will be there.
Balaklava Race Day features the Avon Hurdle Brace over two miles with contenders such as Loch'al, Diabolo, Sekente, CollinaB, Braun, Damells, Seofa, Naval Gem, Coastline, and Projected vying for prize money. Also listed are five and a half furlong sprint entries and several jumps and handicap events led by the Templeton Flying Handicap and Wakefield Welter Handicap with numerous horses and riders named among the field.
A murky racing note lists assorted races and horses in a dense card. Names such as The General Hardis Race Lochiel and Bulsklava Handicayal appear alongside various Stakes and Handicap events.
A reflective quote discusses love and marriage, suggesting marrying for love can be illogical, love fades, and many seek more from marriage than it holds. It claims the ideal man is found by another woman, implying complex romantic dynamics.
Reports cover a October 3 childrens picnic a Jamestown show outing and a Yeoman YMCA fundraiser in Georgetown Clover Hill and Mt Templeton. Highlights include a Soldiers Friend Society bake sale and a Sept 27 farewell for Private Gleeson with gifts and speeches. Proceeds support local wounded soldiers fund and patriotic sports on the Mt Templeton oval.
Long list of volunteers from Gladstone and district for the Australian Expeditionary Forces. Includes many surnames and initials with notes of killed in action wounded and other statuses. The notice shows the breadth of local enlistments and honors, naming numerous individuals and families.
A compact line describes women comparing to Bradshaw as a guide and a puzzle, hinting at mixed roles or complexity in navigating relationships.
A large Port Pirie gathering at the Harrier Hotel bid farewell and presented S J Mitchell S M on his promotion to Police Magistrate in Adelaide. Speakers praised his fairness, legal acumen, and public service, and urged beautification and future progress for Port Pirie.
The notice outlines a tiered discount scheme for sales starting at ten pounds with various reductions across specified date ranges. It claims all goods are priced below rivals and urges buyers to seize the opportunity for business-minded shoppers.
The piece contrasts England Ireland and Scotland rainfall averages and offers humorous aphorisms about marriage debtors creditors and gendered arguments. It notes how couples agree yet argue and hints at longstanding proverbs about haste pleasure and curiosity.
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