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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
2
Over 60 petrol licenses were cancelled by the State Liquid Fuel Control Brandh last week, said Chairman Mr Neale. The action followed breaches of regulations including selling petrol without tickets.
The Advocate informs readers and advertisers that the next issue will be released on Friday April 30. It warns of upcoming publication date and urges timely engagement from the audience.
Optometrists from Webb Jacks and McDonald and Optelang will visit Gloucester in June. They will offer eye examinations at the Commercial Hotel with consultation fees around six shillings. They travel from London and Sydney firms.
Glou cester residents discuss Third Liberty Loan totals and local fund drives as the Bowman Patriotic Sports event looms. Reports cover ambulance station opening, entertainment at Majestic, potato acreage plans, a Salvation Army spy story, farm pest control, cattle sales, charitable donations, dances, and curious local notes about fruit harvests and weather.
A garbled item references price changes and a bullock team, then recounts an Australian game rooster versus a large snake near Goulburn. It includes Sydney pork and pig value data from Winchamoe Carson Ltd, noting varied prices per head for backfattters, baconers, and porkers, with ranges and weights.
A compilation notes that road accident deaths in England in 2002 reached 147 544, far exceeding UK armed forces casualties in the first two years of the war. The report contrasts civilian road toll with wartime losses and highlights the scale of traffic injuries.
The Federal Government issued amended regulations banning organised sport on days when essential industry workers must remain at work. The order aims to protect worker morale by restricting sporting meetings on designated holidays, with the change expected to curtail public sporting arrangements during wartime.
A proposed highway to the north would cross at Katwuan near Tea Gardens, linking from the Tea Gardens road to bypass Bullahdelah mountain, reducing accident risk and improving northbound travel.
Henry Kaiser declares plans to immediately build a large metal plane capable of a 17 500 mile non stop flight. He describes a flying wing design with fuel bows aimed to deliver a decisive strike, referencing Pearl Harbor as a past havoc. Kaiser collaborates with Howard Hughes on giant plywood planes.
Beattie and Boorer 83 defeated Houghton and Laurence 8 in a final full of first class bowls. The winning team led early and maintained the edge with Adams 12% and Ebbeck 120 v scores noted. Gloucester enjoyed a Randwick Club visit by Mr G Blanch and Easter Monday afternoon tea is planned with Sopkies donated by Messrs Sheldon and Hebblewhite, wives invited.
Prime Minister directs immediate survey of malaria incidence among Australian troops who served north of Australia. Bin Earle Page to report to the War Cabinet on measures to reduce rehabilitation burdens and improve convalescent care. Examines army treatment methods and potential longer leave for recuperation amid concerns over abortive treatment in nonconducive areas.
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