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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
3
A panicked woman arrived late to the Bathurst Courthouse, claiming she fainted while rushing to vote at 7 10. Ser geant A M Wells admitted her inside as a presiding officer prepared ballot papers. Her vote changed nothing but she secured an official paper inquiring why she did not vote.
A nationwide recruitment campaign aims to enlist about 2,000 men for the Royal Australian Navy across Australia. Temora Independent reports a resident found hawks killed a flock of 110 turkeys at Gidginbung, initially blamed on foxes. traps captured three hawks after baiting with live turkeys.
Gold production in Australia for January and February this year reached 299,525 fine ounces valued at Estg 11,652,150, rising sharply from last year’s 203,577 ounces valued at £1,426,501. February alone yielded 126,645 fine ounces valued at Esty £873,957, up 16,678 ounces from February of 1937.
Majestic Theatre presents Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker in Oki Hutch and Wallace Beery in Old Hutch among Easter Monday showings with Hotel Haywire and Easy to Take as supporting features. Also on Easter Monday vaudeville detective act joins Collette Lyons and Leo Carrillo. Later listings include Wine Women and Horses with Barton MacLane and Ann Sheridan and Peggy Bates, Blazing Sixes, and Camille with Garbo and Taylor plus Three on the Trail.
Two men hired a girl to lure Mr. K Grey, an accountant for Rangitiki Plains Dairy near Whakatane, into a trap. They bound and gagged him, looted the strongroom but missed the £800 in pay envelopes, then fled as night fell.
New Zealand lighter operators in the Napier roadstead now benefit from a 6 ft dolphin that guides outgoing vessels, echoing the famed Pelorus Jack of Tory Channel. The dolphin routinely meets lighters, leads them to a liner, then returns to guide the rest on departure.
The Federal Government will admit no more aliens to Queensland canefields or Murrumbidgee and Shepparton irrigation areas. No facilities will be granted for European Jews. Minister McEwen announced a tighter immigration policy, tightening examinations before landing permits and opposing group migration. He has refused hundreds of applications and said aliens must not seek sugar cane industry jobs in Australia.
The Sunday Chronicle publishes a secret memorandum by German Army officers criticizing the Spain intervention. It claims 550 planes, 300 tanks, 550 cannons, 6000 machine guns, and vast rifle and technician numbers were sent to General Franco, with most Franco forces led by Germans. It condemns Hitler policy, says new war weapons rushed to Spain, notes Russian assets outperform German equipment, and warns Britain and France could curb Italy and Germany in Spain.
Drovers should be warned of dangerous localities where prussic acid poisoning from blue couch and Sudan grass causes mortalities. Chief Veterinary Surgeon Max Henry notes recurring deaths on stock routes and vacant lands near trucking yards, especially after long journeys. Local authorities should mark these sites or reference them in the press to protect traveling stock.
Anahdale Stella, a Red Poll cow owned by Hugh McRachern of Tarcutta near Wagga, has set a breed record for a five year term with a yearly production average of 5054 lb butterfat. She completed her fifth consecutive official test with 574.02 lb butterfat over 278 days lactation, following prior years including 1934 421.45 lb 1935 573.594 lb 1936 454.71 lb 1987 563.41 lb.
Supplies of pigs at Tuesday's Sydney sales were 1100. Prices for prime backfatters were firm and rates for baconers and porkers showed improvement. Backfatters extra prime and heavy made to 120 per head, good to 80, others from 40 up. Baconers 120lb to 140lb, 65 to 75, 130lb to 120lb, 60 to 65, 95 Th to 110lb, 54 to 60. Parkers 70lb to 90lb, 40 to 62, 50lb to 70lb 84 to 40, 30lb to 50? 26 to 34.
The executive committee of the Graziers Association of New South Wales invites representatives from bodies including the Country Women’s Association to confer on April 26 about supplying domestic migrants for the country. If Britain's supply proves inadequate, the Commonwealth Government may extend the assisted migration scheme to the continent.
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