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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 25, 1940
Page
2
Auction notice declares a genuine clearing sale by Mr S M Thistlet on account of Wibearth. Items include stools plants and paints with cash terms for cattle and sheep arrangements with auctioneers. Community notices mention charity events, war relief drives, and local advertisements in Inglis Jamestown with mixed goods and services.
Gladstone Methodist Church reports progress in Sunday School work with a large map of Australia drawn by Frank Gillespie and four equal classes per seat. A Sunday School picnic is planned for the first Saturday in November. North Western Synod meets at Gladstone with a public address by Rev. G. G. Hutetiasom from Lavra. Services next Sunday led by Rev. W. J. Stafford with an evening talk on The Maud on the Plough. Community fund updates and a sacred concert at Glad June Institute on Sunday 20 October draw strong attendance. A card party and bridge results at a Parish Hall event plus a dance closing the notice.
Gladstone Bowling Club opened its 40 41 season on a Saturday with many bowlers from Port Pirie Crystal Brook Laura Gulnare and other clubs. The green was praised by visiting bowlers and the new clubhouse neared completion. President Mundy and Mrs Mundy welcomed guests and commended the greenkeeper Mr Bot time. Local club officials and visiting presidents praised the facility and noted Gladstone as the only team to beat last year’s Bou cher Shield winners. Afternoon tea followed a successful opening ceremony and secretary duties were carried out efficiently by W S Williamson.
Mrs. M. A. Schmidt of Gladstone is holidaying with her daughter and two ladies, Mesdames W. H. Berrill of Hyde Park and E. M. Brown of Northfield, during a 15 day period.
Letters from Burtow St urge reduced food waste as war demands mount. Householders shoulder burdens as families ration and women tire under strenuous charity work. Locals call for restraint on suppers and lavish displays to support wartime effort.
Flying Officer Goodman in charge of No 5A Advance fetach visited Gladstone on October 16 to form a local R A A P recruiting drive committee. J P O'Neill chairs, with M Botting secretary and other members named. A preselection committee was formed for wartime recruitment with local figures. Australia’s Empire Air Scheme quotas are outlined, with 25,000 air crew needed by March 1943 and 35,000 ground staff. Port Pirie will host the Mobile military train from October 25 to 30.
A Gladstone community effort supports a fundraising appeal with a Paddy's Market on Main Street this afternoon. Gifts have been donated, a carnival on the Bowling Green, a cricket match on Saturday, and the ongoing Mean Man competition at Cook's store with funds raised. The campaign continues with a fund closing date of Morcow Saturday and a dance at Parish Island where about £2 was raised.
Jamestown Institute Hall hosted its annual Scotch Fair on October 19 with stalls arranged by women led by Rev J C Gibson and Mrs Gaynor Owen Smyth. Highlights included an afternoon tea stall, vocal and elocutionary performances, and an evening Presbyterian Fellowship entertainment raising about £60.
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