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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
4
This list prints Gloucester district men who have enlisted passed final medical examination and are serving with the fighting forces. Names of fresh enlistments will be acknowledged and added as they pass into services. Difficulties in compiling a correct list may cause omissions. We welcome authentic information to rectify these. T denotes prisoners of war KW denotes returned wounded.
A long roster of names from Gloucester and nearby towns listed for enlistment or active service. Individuals include Adams C. L., ASPINALL David, ATTWATER L. G. W., BANNISTER T. A., BATES Wm., CHANNELL A. Roy, CLARK T. W., CLARKE Joseph, GORTON Laurie, HARRIS Arnold, JONES Bruce, KENNEDY M. J, LANGFORD Ed., MARTIN A., MILLER Alex., SMITH several members, and many others across Barrington, Rawdon Vale, Copeland, Ward's River, and Stroud.
A long list of RAAF members including Anderson, Baker, Batghr, Bagley, Belford and many others connected with Gloucester is published. The notice requests regimental numbers and unit details be sent to the Gloucester District Patriotic War Chest Fund and advises dependants to contact the Gloucester Returned Soldiers League or War Chest Committee for assistance.
In a NSW Legislative Assembly session Independent MLA Beale attacked the NSW Egg Marketing Board, calling it a dictatorship and urging Premier to use extraordinary powers to abolish it within the metropolitan area. Opposition figures urged reform, with debate over price stabilization and exemptions for farmers. Minister Pimnie and others defended policies as anomalies and potential improvements were discussed.
Advice from Baby Health Centres warns expectant mothers against overeating and overdrinking water. Key points urge plain meals, three daily servings, and avoiding alcohol while stressing the need for calcium from milk, vitamin D via cod liver oil, and vitamin rich foods. Emphasis on early tooth formation and flexible seasonal vitamin sources.
Mr W Robertson Brown, former North India agriculture director now farming in Robertson district, blames high costs and crude farm layouts for dairying losses. He cites drought, poor yields, blackberry and weeds, costly buildings, and small farms unable to earn basic wages. He argues dairying requires large capital and corporate farming.
The article notes a secret press network across occupied Europe. It cites two Dutch papers, fifty one Belgian papers, and forty seven Polish bulletins plus French clandestine titles with large circulations. BBC European Service is named as the chief news source for these resistance papers. Also mentions a folk polish recipe using vinegar and sesame oil.
The Department of Agriculture plans large scale vegetable production in New South Wales. The Riverina Welfare Farm at Yunco will be irrigated on 700 to 800 acres within a year, with carrots cabbage and onions already sown this autumn and peas beans tomatoes and pumpkins planned for spring. An extensive spray irrigation system will soon cover 296 acres, and the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission backs the survey and planning. Leeton Experiment Farm will coordinate with Yanen Farm to seed and supply stock for the commercial plots, with John L. Gree to oversee the Yanen project and run the state’s largest vegetable farm.
A Downs emzter Mr H W Fysh Tummavil Leyburn shows 1924 silage from Sudan grass aurghuind and maize stored in pits remains grand feed for cattle and sheep. The WF logo storage for seventeen years proved remarkable with about a ton of singe quartered to seventy head every second day.
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