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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1929
Page
6
An advertisement touts a portable gramophone with exceptional tone and volume at five pounds eight shillings, featuring Tom Columbia No 109 and Columbia Viva-Tonal discovery. It claims British workmanship and lists Columbia records and Regal at different prices, highlighting value and quality.
Distressing bilious condition described with clogged bowels and restless nights. Advertises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a safe vegetable remedy that purifies blood, clears the system, and restores smooth function, suggesting weekly use to maintain health.
Gladstone Golf Club wrapped up its season with a Stroke Competition and a Handicap Trophy contest funded by Mr F C Grubb. J Taylor won the men’s trophy by a narrow sixth of a point over J V Thomson and Miss D Pinch captured the ladies’ award amid detailed stroke tallies and aggregate handicap scores featuring numerous players and clubs.
In Ade laide last week the Northern Areas beat Barossa and Light 12 8 to 10 12 in a keen final at the goal, after a week of tough matches. About 1500 spectators watched as Northern Areas pressed but fell eight points short of victory. Read won the best player medal, and officials praised conduct and effort amid calls for Carnival reforms to protect weary players.
Glaverse details last season challenges at Gladstone Croquet Club. Singles winners include Mrs Shephard beating Gale 26 12 and Mrs Fisher 26 14, with multiple matches noted. Doubles see J S Fisher and J BR Fisher defeating Gale and Shephard 26 16 and Creber Schmidt 26 25, with other pairings and scores recorded.
From the Aréas Express dated Sept 27 1889 a Georgetown Institute Committee meeting lists C Head President Rev Father Netbour J Noonan and others. A Georgetown Agricultural Society meeting notes G Inglis as chairman with several members. Cricket match Gladstone: married vs single. scores list individuals and totals. Prices reported by Brice Co include Hogs bacon ham geese turkeys potatoes rhubarb with per unit figures.
A collage of quotations and bits from varied sources covers politics, theatre, and daily life. Jumbled references include Adelaide Show, Gladstone, Jamestown Show, and Britain’s expenditure. Anecdotes, jokes, and classroom lines mix with travel, crime, and social tips.
A detailed address by Govt Poultry Expert H K Lawrie at the August branch meeting covers poultry housing breeding and feeding with notes on egg quality export markets and pricing. Lawrie warns of a fragile industry relying on better testing packing and grading and critiques storekeepers and egg schemes while urging coordinated producer efforts and improved transport.
A fragmentary dialogue reflects on noticing small pleasures and pains, forgetting losses while remembering gains, and judging others by virtues and faults. A motorist and passenger exchange thoughts about a quaint village as a charming place, with a witty aside about a torn aphorism.
A brief notice lists Bundaleer Springs Wood at 12 shillings per ton and 6 shillings per two tons with brisk delivery. Leamington and Jamestown are also referenced with contact via phone in Jamestown, 214.
A brief note indicates a well known brand was produced at the Royal Institute for the Blind located in the North region, highlighting the institution’s manufacturing capability and notable product affiliation.
A readable fragment notes a shop offering guns rifles and ammunition, acetylene generators manufactured and installed, and gas piping and fittings in stock. The text mentions customers and a house number 214, signaling a general hardware and weaponry dealer in the area.
Public reading room and library offers annual and quarterly memberships with book borrowing rights for subscribers under 18 younger court readers. Details include seating, meeting space, and dinner arrangements with application to the secretary for membership and terms.
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