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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 28, 1932
Page
4
The Jamestown Library will be open on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Members under 18 may join. Subscriptions are 2 shillings per quarter or 10 per year for two books and two magazines. Reading books circulate for 14 days and magazines for 7 days. Juvenile members must not participate in business meetings.
The third annual Spalding Literary Competitions opened with a speech by Mr. Rob Nicholls MP. Winners across poetry, singing, elocution, and instrumental sections were announced, judges praised performers, and a sudden death in town prompted a one minute moment of silence. Trophy presentations followed as the competition committee and local sponsors were thanked.
Dunlop Perth dealers announce the Gold Seal tyre offering 25 percent more mileage and silent operation on bitumen roads. The tyre uses cotton cord High Tensile construction, a new stronger casing, and a design aimed at superior road performance. Available in 18 inch sizes through garages and distributors.
William Thomas Hackworth 26 of Gladstone had a miraculous escape when his corn sack truck was struck by a Dry Creek goods train at Rosewater level crossing. He was carried 34 yards along the line, rolled and mangled debris flew yet he emerged unhurt except a cut above the left eye. The engine driver pulled him free and he received treatment at Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital before transfer to Adelaide Hospital.
Spalding Tennis Association results show Country defeat Railway 7. Ladies doubles saw Hancock Brogan lose 5-3 to Williams Schomburg and Preiss Preiss lose 8-9 to Claxton Trewren. Singles featured Hancock Brogan Preiss Claxton Preiss and Preiss Versus Claxton among others with several close sets.
Report of Belalie Tennis Association premiership results across divisions with Cal towie Kookaburras Methodist Blue and White St James Jamestown and Bundaleer sides. Gents and ladies doubles and singles results listed with set and game totals for each pairing and overall totals.
A fragmented OCR listing includes rainfall measurements and year markers from 1842 to 1932 with scattered codes and figures. The noisy passage appears as a reference-like ledger of rainfall data, dates, and numeric codes without a clear narrative or event.
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