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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
1
A brief note describes the small amber bottle as a common household item found in thousands of homes, noting its familiar presence and everyday utility. The text emphasizes its ubiquity and recognizability across households.
Port Pirie council debated creating a relief works scheme in tandem with the Citizens Committee. A register would list workers paid in coupons, with jobs on fences, quarrying, and recreation ground work. The Citizens Committee had about £200. council funds and private donations were sought, and a priority order for employment was set, including married men with families.
The Proprietors of Wolfes Schnapps announce they have not advanced the price. No change in current pricing is planned, according to the business notice.
The Port Pirie Racing Club annual meeting on August 20 presided by A A Pearce heard receipts of £2,537 with substantial assets and a credit balance, planning for a grandstand, new totalisator building and admin block, while trotting events are phased out. Officials for the coming year include Hon J H Howe as Patron and J Firmin Jenking as Hon Secretary.
A fragmented OCR of a local notice page listing company meetings and calendars. It names Guaparows Corporation every fourth Monday, Granstona Dersator Council alternate Fridays, and a monthly taken reading room schedule with library hours and subscription details.
Fragmentary OCR shows court names and schedules: Omcurr Court mentions March July and November. Insouvencr Court open daily 10 to 30. Budge, Official Receiver. Local Court meets first Monday monthly. full and limited jurisdiction. office hours 10 to 5 daily. Budge, Clerk.
Budge serves as secretary for A.0.F. and Joyette A.0.F. meets alternate Tuesdays with sessions at 8 o clock and 7 o clock respectively. T. F. Joven acts as secretary.
The notice lists arrival and departure times for passenger and mixed trains to and from Gladstone. It covers Adelaide via Blyth and via Tarowie, Port Pirie, Booleroo Centre, Petersburg, Port Augusta, Port Wakefield via Isklava, Moonta via Brinkworth, and Terowie connections. Daily operations exclude Sundays with no Petersburg Adelaide connection at 10.16 a.m.
The Mayor received an official report from the resident Engineer Mr Green noting 39 feet of water in Beetaloo Reservoir surpassing summer needs for Port Pirie and District. No immediate alarm but avoid water waste. reading and cheer inspire resilience.
Public notices detail opening hours for money orders and post offices from Gladstone to Laura, with schedules for Port Pirie Peterburgh Jamestown and Adelaide. It lists telegraph services, public holidays, tracing postal notes, and various rate charts for letters parcels newspapers and registration, plus open hours for railway stations and rural towns.
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