Butter Factory Pay and Easter Knights Camp in Gloucester
March output at Gloucester Co operative Dairy Co Ltd shows 280,767 lbs butter and 4870 lbs second grade. pay rates 1s 1d and 1s respectively, total distribution £19 15s 13d 2f? increases over March by ton and pounds. Newcastle District Methodist Order of Knights to camp at Gloucester showground over Easter with about sixty members. Camp Padre Rev H Lynn to lead services and a cricket match. special parade service at Gloucester Methodist Church with address on Religion and Truth. Various council and show announcements, auctions, horse sales, and upcoming inspections for sleeper and timber, plus Easter golf competition details.
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Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd
Newcastle District
Methodist Order of Knights
Gloucester Showground
H. Lynn
O.k.'n
Gloucester
Gloucester Methodist Church
Order of Knights
Greek Front Crumbling As German Drive Advances
A Greek communique reports a German mechanised division advancing toward Satontion s and cutting Greek Eastern Macedonia links. The force moved from Doiran toward the Struma Valley, penetrating east of the Vardar River after Greek resistance. Britain notes Greek and Allied forces retreating from Salonika as Australians and New Zealanders brace for expected Nazi parachute sacs, utilizing mountains for defense.
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London
Hitler
Balkan
Greece
Satontion
Macedonia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Doiran
Struma
Sakentica
Greecy
Vardar
Dedengatch
Aegean
Straits
Gallipoli
Turkey
Salonika Hd
New Zealand
Germans occupy Salonika and Thrace
Later dispatches report that German forces have seized Salonika and control extends to all of Thrace and eastern Macedonia, signaling a broad advance in the region.
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Salonika
Thrace
Macedonia
Australian Cabinet in Touch on Greece and War Plans
The Acting Prime Minister Mr Fadden stated the cabinet has reviewed the war situation with messages from Prime Minister Mr Menzies and military advisers. He noted strategic moves cannot be disclosed but affirmed Australia's resolve and ongoing advisory engagement. Ministers expect recruiting needs to balance home defence with overseas service as local committees are revived and active recruiting begins after Easter.
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Balkans
Libya
Fadden
Menzies
Army
Mr. Spender
Pacific
ALF
Spender
Record Budget Shows Tax Cuts and High War Spending
The Chancellor Sir Kingisley Wodd announced the largest British budget to date with income tax cut by 2 shillings in the pound from 10/ to a maximum 19/6 on higher incomes. Excess profits tax may refund 20 percent at war end for reconstruction. Expenditure set at 4844 million pounds with revenue exceeding July estimate of 1860 million by 49 million.
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Kingisley Wodd
Commercial Homebush BTOOK Sales Report
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports at Sydney Commercial Homebush sales. Yarded 1379 cattle at Drigh ter market. Vealers to 52 shillings per cwt, steers to 44, reifers to 40, dullocks to 38, 18nd cows to 35 per 100 pounds.
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Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Kiel in Flames Hits Kiel and Port Cities
British Bomber Command unleashed the heaviest single night bomb load on Kiel and nearby ports. Hundreds of tons of high explosive and thousands of incendiaries lit docks and shipyards red. The raid lasted five hours with many fires resistant to extinction and smoke drifting over the town.
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London
Lewday
Kiel
Baltic
Portsmouth
War Chest Anzac Day events and donations noted
Mr A J B Laurie donates a fat sheep for a weight guessing contest at the War Chest Carnival on Anzac Day to be sold for Unestinf's. Prize is £1 1s, with 10s donated by Mr KA Crowther. Stratford sub-branch sends £15 6s 9d from a dance. Anzac Day procession starts Stock Route at noon. service at Memorial Park 10:30 am. Ladies Auxiliary items and canteen orders acknowledged. special meeting on 16th at 3 o'clock to discuss booths.
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A. J. B. Laurie
Laurie
KA. Crowther
Memorial Park
Larties Auxiliary
Banks
Miss Carson
Jane
Fy W Harris
B. Redman
Garnish
J. Wilson
Kennedy
Weekes
L. Rye
Jumbo” McRae
Tom Shepherd
Arnold
Fred Harris
Eric Street
School of Arts
Royal Show Purchases Highlight Stock Payers and Prices
At the Royal Show Sales, buyers listed include Jerseys, Shorthorns, Herefords and dairy stock. Top dairy price came from the reserve champion Jer sey bull Glen Tris Royal Gallant sold to H G Wal son of Exeter. Beasts sold firm with beet breeds up 35 percent. Shorthorns reached 480 gns and young bulls up to 400 guineas.
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Richmana! Velour
R. W. Alison
Dun+ Bog
Jersey Bull
Vilgo Royal Star
Vilgo Silk Sox
T. J. Algie
Loney Manning
Jersey Heifer
Yance Colleen
Shorthorn
Binnia Archer
Wealdin Snowy
B. C. Laurie
Gloucester
Merrima Gladiator
H. G. Saxby
Coombing
Royal Renown
Laurie Bros
Hereford Bulls
C. T
W. T. Abbott
Dungog
Golf
Fff
R. B. Laurie
Waleha
Timor
J. Laurie
Gus
Bowls Schedule for Singles Pairs and Beginners Handicap
The club runs two bowls competitions on Monday at 10 am and 2 pm with sufficient entries. Entries close Saturday week April 19. Entry fees must be paid before play. Trophies valued at 10/6 donated by Mr H A Abbott will be awarded in the Championship and Handicap. All members who began playing this year are eligible for the Beginners Handicap.
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H. A. Abbott
Fitzgerald opens campaign in Gloucester Electorate meeting
Mr R L Fitzgerald, candidate for Gloucester Electorate, spoke at a well attended Alison meeting. He stressed wartime unity with the Federal Government, urged economy in State administration, and outlined dairy industry aims including producer control on the Milk Board and higher milk prices. He praised dairy organisations, criticised current policy, and urged producers to support him to effect change from inside Parliament.
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R. L. Fitzgerald
Gloucester
Alison
A. J. Yates
Fitzgerald
Primary Producers’ Union
Sitzgerau
Ad Pier Gafton
Milk Board
Menks
RIT. Examiner
Death Free Easter on Country Roads
A somber reflection on road safety, urging care during the Easter period. Officials note improved Easter death rates in New South Wales but warn that most fatal accidents result from human error. Pedestrians and motorists are urged to exercise caution, especially with expected highway traffic and petrol restrictions.
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New South Wales
Road Safety Council
Evening Mechanics Class Opens at Local School
Town youths enroll for the preliminary course in Mechanics Algebra Arithmetic and Trigonometry to join the RAAF program. Interested students should contact the Headmaster or Mr Geary Stones. Five weekly tests at the Primary School show top scorers across classes with Beth Rye Joyce Wilson Lois Monteith leading the First Class and similar results in other grades. The school closes Thursday April 20 and reopens April 16 for the Easter recess. An ad in this paper gives details of the District Council Parents and Citizens Associations annual meeting. Gloucester delegates are Mr Highfield and Mr Horace Haxslwood. The Intermediate High School matter for Gloucester will be discussed after the meeting.
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RAAF
Geary Stones
Beth Rye
Joyce Wilson
Lois Monteith
Phyllis Latimore
Phyllis McDonald
Colleen Harris
Thir
Julie Williams
Gwen Morris
Bill Egleton
Pegey Golds
Lorna Thompson
Keith Tonks
June Nicholls
Jean Nicholls
Shirley Sansom
Pel Brorson
Norma Carolan
Janet ‘Turner
Colin Gray
Hester
Parents and Citizens Associations
Gloucester P
High-field
Horace Haxslwood
Gloucester
In Memoriam Peat Dear Stanley Passes Away 1940
In loving memory of Stanley who died April 12 1940. A year of sorrow and deep remembrance. God alone knows the cost of that parting. Always remembered by Aunty Ruby and Uncle Wal.
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Peat
Stanley
God
Ruby
Uncle Wal
In loving memory of my dear husband George
In loving memory of my dear husband, George, who passed away April 13 1933. Not just today but always. In silence we remember. Inserted by his wife and daughter Betty.
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George
Betty
Piano Tuning and Repair Services in Gloucester
Notice advertising expert tuning and repair of pianos and organs by John Major, a regular visitor for years, with 0 instruments tuned in Gloucester district alone. Orders c/o Miss R. Jenkins, Music Studios, Gloucester.
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Gloucester
John Major
R. Jenkins
Music Studios
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