Outdoor cases attended on Queen Street Gloucester
A reader note records attendance of outdoor cases on Queen Street Gloucester with contact phone 111 for further details.
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1937
Page
2
A reader note records attendance of outdoor cases on Queen Street Gloucester with contact phone 111 for further details.
The issue notes a butter shortage extending through New South Wales from Goulburn to Albury and into Riverina. It reports no public holiday for the King's Birthday despite Coronation Day recognition, with official ceremonies planned nationwide. It also covers various local items including a visit by H L Murray inventor of the vacreator, a nine year old patient’s seven year hospital discharge, and talks on protecting wild bees and Dungog Show finances.
At Memorial Park on a calm autumn morning the Anzac remembrance ceremony honored Line men and fallen soldiers. The Gloucester Returned Soldiers and Sailors League led the procession with wreaths from groups including the Red Cross Junior Red Cross and CWA, as speeches urged courage, justice, and peace, ending with hymns and a trumpet echo across the gardens.
Gloucester Parents and Citizens Association plus local leaders pressed Mr. C. E. Bennett for a rural school. They cited need for classrooms, home economics, and a two acre park parcel. They noted transport barriers, high district demand, and urged ministerial support while promising a public letter. The group also discussed upgrading Gloucester court house and police facilities.
A crowd of about a thousand spectators watched Clem Sohn die during a parachute display over Virginia on Sunday. The 26 year old American aviator wore winged harness gear and attempted a high altitude glide from 6000 feet, failing to deploy his parachute in time as his wings tangled. He fell 2000 feet, opened the wing parachute too late, and died before reaching a stretcher as police kept the crowd back.
An enthusiastic game in Gloucester saw Taree attack early and pressure the home defense but fail to score. Gloucester retaliated with sustained play in the second half creating several chances and finishing with a narrow victory as visitors were feted at Corbett’s Care with welcome from Mrs White, patroness of the Gloucester Club.
Notes from a weekend golf event show Oly man-par leading in a competitive pairing with Shatth winning the competition on The bon mine after a tie with T Ledanan. Several players posted down scores, with Charl ton Le Rye and Parish among those affected as a par handicap match is planned for tomorrow with a club house draw.
Walter Charles Small, 42, shot dead opposite Gunda B81 Police Station on Wednesday afternoon. His wife Lucy Koch also died from four bullet wounds at their home. Small had taken over shire engineer duties that day and was talking with the local police sergeant when killed. Letters found on Small to Sergeant Pyne, a dentist and a solicitor, include instructions for care of his five children.
The Casino branch of the Teachers' Moderation criticized competitive school exhibits at the Casino Show calling them the bane of education. They argued such contests create an inferiority complex in losers and undermine cooperative spirit, replacing learning with rivalry and fame criteria.
Vic competition at Taree yesterday under cold conditions saw five clubs Kempe sey Smithtown Gloucester Wing ham and Taree. Taree won three rounds and defeated Winghas 0 in the final by points. Mor Clouyes ter Boorer’s wink won 2 games and lost 2 mat Street’s ink tied by 5 games and lost 1. Players are urged to complete games this week as the second round starts next week.
The competing show for Saturday will be the same as fixer for the 2ath inst when rain prevented play.
Three year old Dave Merrit demonstrated notable composure when her mother was run over by a lorry. The child phoned for help, aided her mother to hospital, and calmly explained to relatives how to contact aid, even as the injured mother remained conscious.
At the Gratton meeting Mr Lord of Gordon Brook Station displayed a scalp claimed as from a crossbred Alsatian dog. He argued crossbreds threaten cattle and maim or kill, advocating a higher bonus on dingo scalps. The motion to increase the bonus to 19 shillings was carried.
The Shire of Gloucester grants Mrs Margaret Gorton permission to erect two public gates on the northern boundary of portions 34 and 71 in the Parish of Fitzroy. One gate will be at the junction of the road with Nowendoe Road and the other at the junction with Copeland-Bowman ton. Harry N. Chaplin Shire Clerk. Gloucester, 4/87.
The Acting Treasurer announced a new Crown piece for Australia to be issued in May. The obverse will show an uncrowned King with crisper detail, while the reverse displays a bold Crown with the inscription Commonwealth of Australia One Crown and the date 1937.
The Washington Army Air Corps says a 20 ton bomber, described as the largest and most powerful military plane yet built, is nearly complete at Boeing in Seattle. A test flight is planned within two weeks after three years of construction. Details remain secret but officials say it will astonish the world with high altitude capability and full living quarters aboard, to be a flying fortress.
For March the MR Co op Dairy Society paid 747 suppliers £23,580 2s 9d at 11d per lb for choices and 10d per lb for second class butter. Output rose 17 percent from last month and 7 percent from the same month last year. Cash payments were the best in two years despite higher butter production in 1936 and loan money ending to suppliers due to lower prices.
The Norco Co-operative Ltd report for March shows a batter output of 1,842 tons with payments to suppliers at 114 per th for chores and a differential of Ijd between choice and second grade. Last year March output was 1,770 tons with 99d per Ib for choice.
The Commissioner of Police told Graziers' Association that more officers could not be stationed in country districts without increasing police strength. He cited added government cost amid a push to curb expenditure as the State budget aims to balance.
Subscription accounts for the quarter ending March 1987 have been issued and readers are asked to settle promptly. Due to higher newsprint and production costs the paper will stop sending to subscribers two years or more in arrears unless arrangements are made to reduce the balance within fourteen days. L. & D. C. Rye.
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