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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
2
Sunday next Holy Communion Matin and Sermon led by Ven Archdeacon Neah with 11am service. Holy Communion follows. Methodist church hosts a family gathering for the late Mrs M Francis with a conversant setting and references to the Sparling and James family.
Classified fragment shows ads for a good pony gelding around 13.8 hands, good in harness, with price negotiable. Includes a short dialogue about a boy asking what bounds means and a father mentioning a garoo with rheumatism.
The article notes an upcoming cricket match at Guadstone Oval between Gledatore Club and Gladstone Jaciors and mentions efforts by Messrs Furness & Son to manage notices. It highlights a 150 ton tender for whesten chaff for Broken Hill Proprietary Day and awards given to Mr T F Jones for 25 years service at the Gladstone library. A social event at Town Hall is planned to revive cricket after wartime costs.
November 4 social events in Gladstone include a town ball in conjunction with Gladstone Lodge No 47 RAOB. local dances advertised with proceeds and specialties. private arrangements for attendees and guests noted. community updates and honours for returning soldiers and an official welcome erected at the Town Hall.
A reader recounts trying Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract for nasal and sinus relief and praises its effects. The note mentions an earlier substitute and a pharmacist recommending the product as a remedy, with price and purchasing details referenced.
Georgetown newsletter recounts a October 15 banquet honoring returning soldiers with W Hill as president. medals and a memorial fund planned at about 1000. An accident October 22 involved Read and Roy Millard. Read sustained injuries and the motorbike caused damage. A social event at Thomas Nicholson’s barn welcomed guests including Pte Donald of Rooky and others, with music and supper. local conditions discuss crop and livestock notes amid plentiful snakes and uncertain surplus.
At the Methodist Church a special mission is held this week led by Rev D T Reddin. He addresses nightly gatherings except Saturday, with a focus on men. The North-Western District synod meets at Gladstone and runs to Thursday with ministerial and lay delegates from circuits. A public address is planned by the Bishop of Willophra Tuesday.
A garbled OCR page mixes weather notes and stray phrases with political quips and oblique personal items. It references memorial days, harbours, burglars in Park Pirie, Port Darwin disruptions, drowned soldiers, clergy declines, and scattered local names, with no cohesive narrative.
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