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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1936
Page
2
B P Dawson, holder of a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws, listed at the Old Bank New South Wales Building in Gloucester. The note records his professional designations and address in a formal directory entry.
Anzac Day services will be held in Gloucester Memorial Park with Rev R C Pereira to speak and Gloucester Band accompanying hymns. Returned soldiers to assemble at Shire Chambers at 9:30 am for the service at 10:45 am. Mrs George Watson’s garden near Gloucester River features masses of dahlias and chrysanthemums, with a focus on massed production over big blooms.
The Saturday four-ball best ball event ended with R Street and Parish winning 1 up after 13/20. Other results include Garner and Dawson 1 down, Oldfield and Coote 3 down, Woodward and Moore 4 down, Rye and Carolan 4 down, McRae and Matthews 4 down, Anderson and Easton 9 down. Unfinished pairs noted. The Associates draw for the par 1 handicap to be played tomorrow lists multiple matchups with Mrs Newton as starter.
London Sunday reports Prime Minister Baldwin warning that the use of poison gas in any future European war would trigger popular uprisings across nations and likely destroy governments. He argued such acts would show nations breaking their word and erode civilizational security.
Mr GB Bennett received a communication from the Under Secretary Department of Works and Local Government. The Electricity Advisory Committee reviewed extending the Railway Department's transmission line north from Dungog. Without government financial aid the extension would not justify the capital outlay, about £25,000 to Gloucester. A decision is unlikely until a power survey over the next three months to assess sound commercial possibilities.
A Rawdon Vale Progress letter urges Gloucester and district to back a hydro electric plan between Newcastle and Nambia River with potential use of Barrington or Gummi falls as a power site. It calls for immediate action and funding from the Electricity Advisory Board to beat competing schemes and deliver regional benefits.
In the first round of the singles handicap for the Bowls Harris Cup White scratch beat Lowe 31 to 20 Anderson ser beat Tenis 31 to 96 Smith ond beat Thomas ser MM to 17 Adams cor beat Street ser 31 to 16 Hearing aids advertisement announces New South Wales agency for Western Electric hearing aids with bone and air conduction instruments. Fate Opticians, 16 Castle Beaym Street, BYDNET.
Rawdon Vale progress association reports lush pasture growth after heavy rains start of year. Rabbits drastically reduced due to landowners efforts. Visitors from Newcastle admire district’s beauty. Monthly meeting held despite threatening weather with plans for hydro electricity, Copeland Cobark road completion, Clay Gully Reserve drover hut, and Rawdon Vale to Dilgery telephone extension.
J G Wilson’s Jerseys led Stroud Show wins in several dairy classes. Prizes included Tull eight years and over champion, cows four years and over in milk and dry, and calves under 12 months. Best dairy group went to G Wilson. Gloucester poultry favourites also secured prizes, with Messrs. W Thomas and others among the winners.
A Hunter River and Barrington Districts Zone Council session at Dungog will review Barrington Tops tourist traffic and related regional plans. The meet marks the zone’s first since forming at a February 27 conference in West Maitland and will consider road funding, Crown land use at Fly Point, and opening up regional attractions.
Dawn on hostile cliffs recalls Anzac Day with ships bearing youth as gunfire shatters silence. Rugged coastlines and men in battle frames anchor the day while prayers and pride endure in hearts. A final line notes the tracing of 1000 Martin Luther descendants across Holland, the Dutch Indies, and Aperion.
A reminiscence traces a mining party eleven years back departing Sydney by car to explore the West and South West for gold platinum and meat. The party includes a mining engineer writer and assayer plus a mutual friend. They travel via Bathurst Burraga and Mt Werong establishing a camp in the Abercrombie Ranges near the Werong River headwaters. The narrative notes colorful locals and a sharp financier encountered in Bathurst. To be continued.
Sydney buyers crowded the 2402 cattle yard on Monday but trade failed to meet expectations with only light beef lines gaining. Good quality lots held firm while other categories eased. calves and pigs showed uneven, largely unsatisfactory activity with prices drifting to lower rates across most classes.
From Rome comes word that Italy expects the collapse of Abyaainia and the Emperor’s regime as troops may reach Addia Ababa by Tuesday. Geneva peace talks are anticipated while Mussolini appears confident. Reports say Harm, a key Abyssinian city, has fallen after fierce combat. Deijasmuich Damt 1, the provincial governor, was killed with many of his men.
The largest walnut tree ever seen on the Atherton Tableland, cut at Middlebrook in the Millaa Millaa district, was sold to Beale and Co for £1150 and is being finished before shipment to Sydney. It yielded 15,800 superficial feet of logs, with a 26 foot circumference butt and a top log nearly 1 foot. The process took days and used a wide flitching and sawing setup. the timber will likely be exported as veneer or used for instruments and furniture.
An Irish woman named Barbara Donaldson lived to 103 and reportedly milked three cows every day of her life. The article mentions ration registry rules about purchases to prevent shopping at multiple stores. An airman over Ontario, Canada, described seeing islands 175 miles away from a height of one and a half miles.
The Minister for Forests Mr Vincent announced this week that an inspection will be conducted of wind erosion and surface drift in the Western Division. The Broken Hill Herald Erosion Committee with members H Matthews, B S M Tout and A Mor will oversee the inquiry.
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