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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 08, 1941
Page
3
Destroying Rabbits hints to trappers describe profitable farming by trapping rabbits. Guidance advises locating traps near damaged grain fields and feeding areas, placing traps away from burrows, then working back toward them. Observers may spot rabbit burrows and mounds as indicators of rabbit activity on the farm.
The text explains locating traps and proper setup including digging a 2 inch deep hole, placing four paper squares over the jaws, using a setting stick, and lightly covering with earth. It stresses keeping the trap safe, scratching earth to lure rabbits, pegging traps, spacing them 25 yards apart, marking next locations with an arrow, and visiting traps at night to minimize animal suffering.
Sunday listings show Church of England Holy Week daily services from Monday to Thursday with times across Gloucester and surrounding areas. Presbyterian services at Powman Farm and Gloucester Easter observances, Methodist Good Friday Lantern Lecture on Passion of Our Lord, Gloucester Easter Sunday services, and district notices for Newcastle Stroud and other parishes with parade and choir mentions.
The death occurred suddenly on Saturday morning of Thom as Alexander Corbett at the Sun shine Cafe in Gloucester after a lifetime in the district. He survived by four sons Victor Laver Ronnie and Bruce and a daughter Rita pre deceased him. The funeral was held in Gloucester Cemetery conducted by Canon Williamson. Survived by brothers J W Corbett and Alex and Jack with many relatives and friends attending a large service.
Salvage divers endure brutal depths to recover submarines after wrecks. Commander Edward Ellsberg recalls the SG1 and S4 rescues, the mental strain, and the peril faced by his team including Smith Frazer Michels Wilson and Eileen. The narrative blends peril, courage and technical advances in deep diving.
A village Sunday school teacher struggles to engage a group of evacuees. After several failed attempts, she asks Tommy where Noah has moved. The boy suggests they "belonged to the floating population" and assumes he and his family had a regular home elsewhere.
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