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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 01, 1938
Page
3
At an Leeds inquest Mary Lillian McDonnell aged 74 Carr Place Leeds died of heart disease. She kept six big cats and three kittens and a witness said she had a perfect mania for cats and feared what would happen to them after her death. The verdict was death from natural causes.
A column of jokes and quips on daily life and civic manners positions humour as clean durable satire. It riffs on hats and chin-straps for helmets and the social quirks of cards, bridges, and borrowed books while tossing in a wry American farmer gag and a judge’s remark.
A writer declares they would not take money for songs and offers no payment for poetry. The author suggests proprietors should appreciate the verses to boost paper circulation and mentions potential future meetings over beer as compensation.
Dr. Cecil Cook, the civet medical officer, testified that beer was an essential part of adults' diet in the Northern Territory. He described Darwin’s climate as mild for diseases but noted prickly heat in children and dental deficiencies due to lack of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Police maintain day and night watch on a Northiam house after threatening letters signed The Black Hand Gang were received by Mr and Mrs Ransley and Mrs Pontull. The letters warned death within a week and a shed burned the day after one note. Mrs Ransley rests in bed fearful for her family, who fled to relatives as investigators seek the author.
The State Government proclaims the Abolition of the Afforestation Camp at Tuncurry, a detention site for prisoners. Built at about £25,000, the camp is condemned as uneconomic following a Forestry examination last year.
Church of England services list for Lent and March with times and pastors at Gloucester. Denominational notices from Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational churches include venues and service times. Gloucester Old Buffers plan Dungog visit on April 9 to pursue the Dick Abbott Cup. McConville's buckjumpers drew a large Gloucester crowd Monday night with an excellent show.
A look at Mothering Sunday origins from the Helia rites to Christian homage to the mother. It notes Simnel cakes baked with wheat flour, violets as flowers, refreshment porches in churches, and nostalgic verses by Herrick and Mrs. Penwick Smith.
The Centurion, a 25 000 ton robot battleship under Captain Collison, trains with the Mediterranean Fleet at Malta. Controlled remotely by the destroyer Shikari, she fires 16 inch and smaller guns during gunnery drills, then returns home for further coastal fort and aircraft practice as night shoots illuminate the sea with shellfire and starshells.
A New Year’s gift of £10,000 creates a Hard Luck fund for Birmingham based Measrs Joseph Lucas employees. Managing director Peter S Bennett provides the grant to aid workers facing rainy days beyond pension or sick benefit schemes. The fund remains distinct and targets unforeseen contingencies, highlighting unequal opportunities for smaller workers.
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