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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1943
Page
2
Doctors at Sydney Hospital extracted 12/10 in auger and pennies, several latch keys, two multanac latches, cup hooks, a piece of glass, a door-smob, and a paddock key from a man's stomach. The patient’s condition allows no recovery of the paddock key.
Instructions warn against using cloths for dairy utensils and emphasize using a clean scrubbing brush. The brush should dry in the sun when not in use. Do not dry utensils with cloth as heat from boiling water or steam dries them rapidly.
Optometrists from McDonald Honours MLC London Webster Jack and Moryenmid Sydney will visit Gloucester on Saturday April 10. They may be accommodated at the Commercial Hotel with hours of waiting to be advised.
Current Topics covers wartime notices asking grazers to submit forms to the Gloucester Police Station and a resident’s bitter note on petrol pilfering from a woman with an Army family. It also reports pig market prices at Winchcombe and changes to tea and sugar coupon validity, plus a council meeting schedule shift to the second Thursday, a reporter’s welcome back to the council, and details of a Gloucester rodeo event organized for May first.
Mr Wilmot reports receipts of a5 Erpendyjue 2u/ 12 balance £80 2/10. Red Cross and War Chest Funds to benefit £18 1/5 each. Goods sale realised £419 08. Show hoped to extend to two days next year to allow more townspeople to attend. Praise for children, judges, and volunteers. Miss Nossiter singled out for Pavilion work. Detailed balance sheet available at District Rural School.
Last Saturday's bowling results list Dombkins and Sheldon beating Houghton and Laurence 15 13, Carthew and Lowe 10, Brorson and Hebblewhite 22. Consistency Handicap results include Garner 124 over West 88 and Ebbeck 122 over Andrews 93, with other matches to be concluded. The semi final of the Championship, Wales, is set for Saturday next and promises an exciting game.
Personal health updates and community news from the region. Matron McRae returns home greatly improved. Fred Sutton, a wartime visitor, aided in first aid at Burwell Creek where Harry Tittersall broke an arm from a horse fall during sports. Charlie Wechsel, back from New Guinea, enjoys leave in the district. Councillor EA Gresham attends Stratford council, after three months recovery from a heart attack. Ex Sgt Bolton rests in Gloucester after police service at Dungog. Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy boss P A Scarr resigns after leading the firm since 1900, witnessing its growth into a major northern enterprise with a two story Hexham plant.
After a frigid night the season’s first frost covered the district this morning. Roads and fields hardened as temperatures dropped, with gardeners noting damaged plants and motorists advised to drive cautiously on icy surfaces.
The A. Hi x Association's Rodeo and Carnival will be held on Saturday 8 May instead of 16 May due to a clash with Krambach Fences.
Multiple bridegrooms and weddings described in a single colonial notice. Mise Gindys Johnson, daughter of Mes Joluwson of Hung Street Gloucester, wed Cpl Ruswell Gorton of ALK after service at St Matthew’s Winghare with a breakfast reception hosted by Mrs Bricksson. Elizabeth Price married Cpl Hamilton Monro at Gloucester Presbyterian Church with a large reception at M Laurie Memorial Hall. Elizbeth Claire Ginny wed Ian Redman at St Patrick’s Kogarah with a Literary Institute Ramagate reception attended by about 90 guests.
All councillors met in regular session amid a heavy agenda. key items included repairing entrances at Parish’s Lane, diverting water from gate, concrete crossings on Berrico Creek Road, and two Faulkland Road causeways. Debates covered stock watering, footpath holes, and ramp installations with decisions to mobilize gangs and arrange estimates while avoiding new commitments until existing tasks clear.
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