Knitting Wools and Bedding Now In Stock
Gamers announces season stock of knitting wools and related goods. Visitors invited to inspect. Also offers Kapok mattresses and a good stock of single and double beds now on hand.
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21 Apr 1942
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1942
Page
1
Our Lay By System Service Announcement
A brief notice describes the Lay By system being available to customers. It emphasizes a service option for reserving items and paying over time. The tone is concise and practical, suitable for a local shopper notice.
Agricultural notes show rains boost crops and fodder
Recent rainfall across the district has spurred crop growth with late sown maize and sorghum benefiting for fodder. Lucerne and oats are planned, hay stocks remain low, and growers are urged to secure Department of Supply contracts amid rising vegetable and bean profits in Port Macquarie's frost-free, red-volcanic soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Supply
Tao
Port Macquarie
New Coal Rule In Force For Labor Draft
The new coal mining regulations empower the Federal Government to draft miners into the armed forces or labour corps if they absent themselves from work without a valid reason. The rule came into force yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Armed Forces
Labour Corps
Census in India shows population 388 800 000 in 1941
Preliminary census reports cite 388.8 million people in India in 1941, with 200.9 million males and 187.9 million females. Provinces hold 295.8 million, States 93.0 million. literacy rising above 12 percent. Calcutta tops city list at 2.1 million, Bombay 1.49 million. several city rankings shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London News
India
British India
Baluchistan
Delhi
North West Frontier Province
Punjab
Bengal
Travancore
Cochin and
Reaipatana
Calcutta
Bombay
Ahmedabad
Cawnpore
Lucknow
Karachi
Inigo Jones Predicts Bust Up After Dry Spell
Inigo Jones warns that cyclical groups near fulfilment bring abnormal conditions and a final bust-up. He expects better reports from various districts, noting good falls in the south tied to sunspot activity and a possible 185% year influence, while Sydney dam emptying may lower rainfall attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inigo Jones
Sydney
Tea worth fifty pounds stolen with truck
A truck owned by W P Wormley of Bedford Street Earlwood was taken from outside McTirath’s grocery at Kelly and Bay Streets Ultimo. The vehicle carried ninety pounds of tea and the thieves fled as the driver was in the shop. Two chests of tea spilled when the lorry rounded a nearby corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Wormley
Bedford Street
Earlwood
McTirath
Kelly and
Bay Streets
Ultimo
Australia cannot be ignored in World War II strategy
The New York Times warns Japan faces a strategic choice between India and Australia. After overrunning Java, an invasion of Australia seemed possible but now appears less likely as Allied positions strengthen. Australia’s vast area and steady reinforcements keep it a decisive, threatening continental base for potential offensives toward Singapore, the Philippines, or Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Australia
India
Japan
Phillippines
Formosa
United Nations
Maize Crops Damaged by Severe New England Frosts
Heavy frosts on the New England Tableland ruined maize crops with hundreds of acres wilting along the New England Highway. The later frost was even stronger and most crops likely did not escape damage as they were still developing after a dry spring. Late pea crops also suffered while high market prices in Sydney and Brisbane amplify losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sydney
Brisbane
Australian Minister to the United States appointed
Prime Minister announced Sir Owen Dixon will serve as Australian Minister to the United States succeeding R. G. Casey. Opposition leader Fadden warned against using national emergency for party ends, accusing a minority government of nationalisation masquerading as socialisation. Five men robbed near Central Railway station in a single hour. Over 2000 Allied and Australian servicemen and women attended Sydney Town Hall for the first free Sunday show for troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alinister
U.S
Owen Dixon
United States
R. G. Casey
Ir. Fadden
Central Railway Station
Sydney
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