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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 13, 1937
Page
3
Sydney market summary shows 4022 cattle offered, demand above trade, prices mostly lower. Meat Board reduced slaughtering catering, causing price dips. vealers to 35, steers to 20, heavy bullocks to 22. Pigs: 800 penned, market cheaper with backfatters 59/6 to 79/0 and bacon pigs 18/3 to 64/6.
Church listings show services across Gloucester and nearby parishes including Nabiac Dyer's Crossing Stratford and Barrington with multiple denominations such as Church of England Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational. Notable names include Rev H W Rogers Rev D Glyr Jones and Pastor B Martens with times ranging from 2:10 7 11 and 8 H.C. across Bowmen Farm Uport Craven and Barrington Hall.
Fragmented OCR shows a date line referencing Monday April entries and a Friday listing, with unclear context and partial schedule items. No clear event, team, or location is identifiable from the readable text.
The Gloucester show highlighted dairy cattle with Australian Illawarra Shorthorns Jerseys and Guernseys. Judges praised the large Illawarra entry led by Charlie Maslen and new exhibitors Edwards and Phillips. Jerseys and Guernseys also produced strong classes with notable champions and reserve winners. Beef cattle were applauded for quality, with Messrs Ridgeway Abbott and W C. and S. Ridgeway showcasing good Devon and Hereford stock.
Mr Horace Wills of Maitland praised the draught horses, noting most were good farm work types though some did not fit the modern Clydesdale type. Winning names included K Boorer, Ben Reif, D McKinnon and W Adam. Pigs saw fewer entries but wins went to K A McIntosh, G N Crowther, C W Lawson, with notable Tamworth and Berkshires. Poultry showed strong local participation and praise from the Gloucester Poultry Club.
McIntyre and Kendal defeated Toni and Woodward 21 to 13 in the Bowls Pairs Championship. The Connell Shield match is slated for Taree on Monday 26 April with two Gloucester rinks taking part. Kempsey Club currently holds the shield. The Butter Pay report shows last month’s equalisation quota at butter 54 percent export and 454 percent local, with an average price of 12.863 per ton Ih. The factory produced 103 tons of butter and paid suppliers at 11d per pound.
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