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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1921
Page
1
A conference in Tommoombo last minute decision favored compulsory pooling amid debate over freedom after the Septem ber ends. The text notes optimism may fade as agent influence dominates producer and consumer discussions, with tensions over pricing and distribution remaining unresolved.
Me Laughlin, minister for Lats, urges faster action under Closer Settlement Acts as drought hardships push soldiers and settlers toward debt relief. About £100,000 allotted, with initial 200 per bushel payments, enabling some to reduce Crown purchase arrears. Further advances promise to ease overdue instalments while farmers reassess pursuit of private credit and farm improvements.
Minister warns that crown settlers and especially those under the Closer Settlement Acts will invest the season's handsome harvest returns to reduce the purchase money owed to the Crown for the fire. The directive emphasizes using available profits to lessen liabilities owed to authorities.
The Cooyal Ghost recalls an Eighties era mystery from Cooval in the Mudgee district. Stone throwing near Guilgong sparked fear as locals fled to safety, with crowds gathering to mock the tale. The event echoes a time when mining camps housed thousands and rapid settlement followed gold finds.
For several weeks eerie night attacks struck a house as stones were hurled at it. Police guard the property but cannot identify the throwers. Crowds from Mudgee Gulgong and nearby districts visit daily. Nightly guards positioning themselves fail to stop the mystery, which ends when the family leaves, leaving the case unsolved.
Minister for Local Government reports a former alderman secretly traded with his council. An inspector found the ex-official listed a council tender for elector lists under another name. The council accepted the tender, causing disqualification and potential penalties. The minister urged the council to start proceedings. Also notes war mobilization figures, betting machines income, and Glasgow housing condemnations.
The text notes intentions to fine the ex-Alderman, disqualify him for years, and publish the matter publicly to warn councillors against trading with their own council. The Connell stopped payment of the amount due to the ex-Alderman for collecting the list of electors, citing his departure and failed business. The Minister lacks power to compel prosecution, may initiate, but opts not to, aiming to inform interested parties and deter conflicts of interest.
Mr Muteh Minister for Local Government received an anonymous letter from a ratepayer in Corrimal complaining about the road approach to a culvert in Rothery Street. The minister notes he will not act on anonymous letters and urges ratepayers with concerns to contact their own local councils.
A fragmentary report notes that boot heels originated in Persia for feet above burning sand. It mentions Nora, claimed as the world’s only performing hippopotamus, at the Currutal Palace circus. It also cites Ramsgate records showing 12 drunkenness charges last year, the lowest ever.
A meeting chaired by the SSW Chamber of Agriculture discussed funding for agricultural education and pest control. Captain WF and the Minister of Age were noted for attention to the issue, with proposals to allocate funds and mobilize troops for pest prevention efforts.
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