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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1936
Page
3
Mr R W Lines of Glidstone Iva has been selected to shoot in Adelaide for the State Rifle Team in the Commonwealth Teams match. Club captain Ma HW Tarsiett is chosen to contest the Northwest Gordon Highlanders Matches. Good luck to them.
Many country people have gone to Adelaide to see the Centenary Show and Glads with one sender unusually large. Riflemen will take part in annual rifle matches and Gladstone has ten representatives. Mr. W. Mennett chairs the Gladstone District Council attending the J.G. Association meeting with H. M. Wehr James L. G. Harris and L. J. Sargent as delegates to the Gurean Conference.
The September 10 1926 notes recount the Ancient Order of Foresters and Oddfellows social on Sept 7 1906. Northern Areas Literary Society Union final debate at Crystal Brook Institute saw Gladstone defeat Redhill 239 to 207 for 1906 championship, on progress of land tax. Northern Areas Cricketing Association elected officers in Gladstone at its annual meeting. A farewell social for J S J Pengelley was held at Boogoolee Hotel with Mayor B J Knight presiding and speakers including Stewart Catt Fergusson Latimer Pollitt Hussey Neil Jobson Murrie Coe.
Final round results from Gladstone Golf Club show A division led by J W Thomson with 14 points and trophies awarded to C L Hewett in B division and Mrs S G Coe in the women’s events. Other notes include multiple 18 hole and 14 hole competitions with top scorers listed across divisions and the Herman Trophy results.
A Gladstone Institute event on September 3 marked the centenary celebrations at the Primary School with a morning sports programme and afternoon and evening frolic. Revs Pryor White and Black, Headmaster Keen, and Harslett led speeches and a cake lit by 100 candles. Prizes were awarded for costumes with judges Morgan and Fuller aiding, and entertainment included piano by Mrs Keen and performances by pupils and Welfare Club members.
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