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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
2
Majority of lots drawn from top sources, with bidders urged to attend. Several lots of fat cattle and prime sheep will be yarded, and trade members are advised to be present for best bidding. The sale promises a strong yarding of cattle.
Merera Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd announce a monthly market at Gadstone on Tuesday offering 3 846 sheep 58 gattie 7 borees 28 pigs and san drier. A strawberry fete at Gladstone Institute Hall on Friday November 14 raises funds for St Peter’s Church. Fete features stalls and a jazz band by F Jeffery. Proceeds aid local troop room debt. Admission sixpence or threepence.
Narridy schoolgirls defeated Red Hill by 9 goals to 3 with Maud Clancey scoring 4, Gwen Darley 3, and Avis Price 2. Visitors were entertained afterward at the school ground, with the head teacher’s gladioli display drawing attention. Narridy cricketers drew with Morriton 119 to 72 for 7, Smart 19 and Button 18 not out leading Narridy.
Gladstone Corporation held October 29 with all present. Minutes read and confirmed. Reports reviewed. Resolutions approved include licences for slaughtering to Leo Bros. and Turley Bros. Co. for year ending October 1925. fountain matter deferred. 16 tar drums ordered. hay stacking approved. culverts procured. no progress on making Gladstone a main road. water supply inquiry. office castors procured. water rates inquiry deferred. meeting to convene at 8 pm until further notice.
The Hector Lightfoot Entertainers visit Gladstone on Monday November 5. Melbourne Age praises their versatile act with strong harmonies and skilled instrumentals. A large audience is expected as tickets are priced reasonably with a plan tax and can be obtained from W. Cook's news agent.
Mr Harold Pank of Lanbwan & Pank certified opticians will sight test at the Commercial Hotel Gladstone on Wednesday November 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mesere G W Bewell & Son will visit Gladstone on or about November 4 delivery and tuning. Mr EH Buckenara has disposed of his Gladstone business to his son Mr F Buckenara with all accounts due to be paid by November 20.
An old saying advises calming women through praise rather than debate. The fragment suggests flattery as a tool in resolving conflict, reflecting a dated gender stereotype without further context.
Gladstone Ornamental Grounds Committee met with President H Osman presiding It discussed a drinking fountain for the foreshore at Henley and a memorial slab for fallen soldiers A 20 pound grant from the OGOFund and a 5 pound pledge from the Chairman were allocated to start circulating donation appeals and obtain estimates for a 10 foot pond and 18 inch wall with a single drinking vessel to be placed near Tresylva entrance.
Correspondence shows Ornamenta Grounds Committee seeking donations to build a 10 foot brick and reinforced concrete pond with marble or tile central fountain at the park entrance. They aim for a debt free opening during January’s continental event, with £20 sought and £5 pledged by Mr. H Osman, plus names of fallen soldiers to be inscribed in marble.
The following amounts have been received or promised Ornamental Grounds Committeeman 88 60 Mr H Onman as 600 Mrs John Eley ra 100 Mr John Eley and 100 Bt Rev Dr White Bishop of Willewirh 100 Mr and Mrs L Harris 100
Mosley and Bons report Sir.-The Case tractor plant finishes its first thousand acres on the sandy plains destroying wild scrub and tough growth. The machine turns over trees and shrubs, cuts through limestone ridges, and produces promising fodder crops. A Barwell Boy and a newcomer guide the work from dawn to midnight, outpacing horse power.
A collage of ads and oddities notes Warren's with winter millinery offerings and plain figures, interspersed with brief mentions of Gladstone theater on Monday, a literary death, tax digs, fires in England and Wales, and scattered local notices.
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