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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
2
Optometrists from VAMC and affiliated clinics will visit Gloucester on Saturday August 1 to screen vision and offer eye care services. The event includes visits by London based practitioners and local volunteers at the Chiomiarsist Habel Foire venue.
A district report from Gloucester Shire highlights Vice President Mr VY, P Wrbonian helping with stock duties, retirement of Mr Ay E Moore after 38 years, and Mr Joe McDonnell appointed valuer to replace Mr A Ross who resigns. A special meeting discusses officer attendance and a shift in duties, with concern voiced over the timing of retirements and replacements. Also plans include a special meeting and local program notes.
New inquiry into the clothing factory at Gilat Boswe Mount reveals officials from the Labour and Industry Department discussing potential up scale measures. Donard Dulitan and Mr Chaplin note cautious optimism about early operation while manufacturers McFarlane and Bris contemplate a local factory setup and supply of items.
The Ganvat Red Cross branch held its annual meeting with a detailed report on activities for the year. Notable items include dances and stalls run by branch members, monthly P-O-W collections, and a financing statement showing receipts and expenditures. officers and committee roles were elected.
Canberra report based on Facts and Figures shows Australians face heavy taxation. About 40 percent of overtime income is taken by income tax, company shareholders get little war-time benefit, and 25 percent of national income derives from taxation. Tax burden hits low and middle incomes hardest, while high incomes are taxed more heavily than in other English-speaking nations.
Golf notes recount a windy day at Wookevind with players enjoying the course. The Months Medal was won by L Stevns while T Chariton claimed best Guru for the Locke Cup. The Axecountys played the second round of the Cavanaugh Cup and Mrs Yates posted the best card with 72. The Sherot hyle competition ended in a tight finish with Mrs Yates and Mrs Laurence one stroke ahead of Mrs Honges. Upcoming fixtures include Wednesday associates 18 hole eclectic and other cup rounds.
A wartime humor story describes General MacArthur losing teeth and directing a public purchase of his molars. The scheme, organized through Chase Fur Exporting Co. at Peano, nets 258 bushels of heavy winter peltn and yields £25,000 for the fortnight’s operations.
Mr Gordon Wood manager of Owl Blare learns Saturday of his mother's death. Mrs Wood travels to Gosford to be with her son. Mrs Wood's death follows pneumonia complications after a gastric influenza illness. Mrs Alex Stewart returns home from Mayo Private Hospital Taree. Mine M L Cowan operates at Northern Champion Hospital. Mr RN Shaw resigns as clerk to Hastings Shire Council after 20 years due to ill health. he played a key role in local movements and will be missed.
The report covers a Masonic district gathering at Moorland with four lodges active in 1944. It notes new lodge openings at Dungog and Taree, a Juvenile Dodge initiation, and a vibrant district at 123 males and 2 females in active service. Benevolent Funds total £128 16s 8d, with £75 invested in War Savings Certificates. District levy fixed at 1 shilling per quarter. officers elected include G Tweedie as DGM and J M Pooln as 1PDM, with a banquet at the School of Arts and remarks by Rev. G Lynford Smith.
A large Thuraday gathering at the School of Arts in England featured a stage show with English towers and Union Jack banners, community singing, and sheets with lyrics. Mrs. Jarrot gave a talk on the English countryside, followed by songs, a baby competition winner, Devonshire pudding, and a total sum of £16 raised.
Fragmented note cites Henry Ward Beecher and P. Rev. N Lynford Smith on virtue and humility. Quoted lines discuss earthly fragility, the vanity of heroism, and the idea that common virtue suffices. The piece blends ruminations with poetic travel imagery and admonitions.
A large meeting of Manning and surrounding district agricultural committees convened in Bel Morey Hall to discuss farming progress. Attendees included J M Pitt, Crane, F Bostock, War dairy inspector, and H Woolentt. Speakers covered pig raising, road transport, farm mechanisation, pig and bacon costs, and rural electrification progress. The event, led by Crane, was hailed a success with plans to extend agricultural services locally.
The Gloucester branch of the New South Wales Teachers Generation invites local citizens to join post war education planning discussions. A meeting with the District Rural School council and Parents and Citizens Association is scheduled for early August to outline a joint educational platform and post war needs, urging community support.
The Second Victory Loan for £160,600,000 will open September 28 and close October 31. It combines operations to raise £122,500,000 new money for war purposes and converts two maturing loans totaling £200,000. Interest rates match the First Victory Loan at 2 percent for six to 16 years. Holders unable to convert will be paid off, but most will convert to free funds for other uses. The Prime Minister Mr. Curtin urged immediate contributions with interest starting when lodged and called for local loan committees to lead a nationwide fundraising drive.
A historic advertisement touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for coughs colds and influenza. The notice markets a peppermint based preparation claiming rapid relief and wide use across households.
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