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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
1
A Jamestown area notice seeks residents or nearby homes who have enlisted for military service with 24D ALF and RAAF. The list includes numerous names with volunteers asked to help by correcting omissions or adding missing initials.
District Council of Spalding minutes record approval to proceed with smallpox vaccination, a protest against affiliating with southern NFFA bodies for a central Adelaide body, and a plan to seek support from other councils. Overseer notes detail ward works, road repairs, drainage, and preparations for a vice regal visit, including road skimming and metalling tasks.
Laura Agricultural Bureau members with Mr V Pech’s producer gas truck inspected district crops on Friday. They viewed Gular, Geeraly ing Dundee wheat, Cape Barley and Fulgam oats with promising heads and good growth. Fibre flax stood tall, averaging 33 cwt with wheat yields 9 to 12 bags per acre amid weed and rain cautions.
A historical rainfall table for Gladstone lists annual figures from 1896 through 1942 with years and amounts in inches or fractions, including anomalies and several missing entries. Notable values appear for 1920 and late 1940s entries with scattered month notes such as Jany Feby Mar etc.
A Gladstone district honour roll lists numerous residents volunteering for King and Country in the present conflict. The long roster includes Allison, Appleton, Abell, Clesing, Botting, Bradock, Brown, Builder, Bath, Carpenter, Creber, Crawford, Caulfield, Duffy, Duncan, Dunstone, Evans, Edwards, Flavel, Growden, Hobbs, Hillard, Holme, Harris, Hogan, Holmes, Hackworth, Hughes, Hocking, Jolly, Knapp, Lawrie, Leesue, Magner, Maddigan, McAllister, Mann, Martin, Nelson, Osman, Usman, Pearce, Potter, Page, Smith, Stewart, Simmonds, Thomson, Waldeck, Wilkin, Wood, Wimshurst, Yates and others.
Guests welcomed with very moderate tariff and excellent accommodation offering all best brands of wines and spirits. The advertisement emphasizes a refined experience with ample drink selections and top lodging quality for visitors.
Advice from the Northern Fire Fighting Association urges preemptive fire prevention on farms and homesteads. It recommends clear 12 foot firebreaks, no smoking in dry areas, extinguishing embers, carrying knapsack sprayers, and reporting outbreaks to fire controllers. Follow suggested rally point procedures and join organized firefighting efforts.
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