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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1937
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes attribute a title The Vanishing Horseme to By A E B Yarra with rights reserved. The readable text provides a partial imprint indicating authored work but lacks concrete publication details or a full summary of content.
In Smoky Range near the fringe of timber, Yettee faces two armed squatter horsemen amid a tense stand-off. Jerry and his mate draw on Yettee, but a warning tone from Strong and a decisive rifle blast ends the moment, leaving hats torn and fear in the air.
In a tense exchange Strong warns two white men to keep away from the Valley of Lagoons or face violence. He accuses them of gun shy murder and cattle theft as they flee on horseback toward amber dusk, leaving his party wary of future trouble in the west.
About 20 Presbyterian Fellowship members from Taree Wingham Kempsey Macksville Moorland Xen dall and Wauchope visited Gloucester for a weekend rally organized by the Gloucester Fellowship Association. The program included tea social events, greetings from district officials, community singing, and a supper prepared by the Ladies’ Guild, with services at Barrington and a district car tour to follow.
In Australia rabbits are seen as both pest and potential profit. Tariff Board evidence notes higher hat prices and rising rabbit-skin costs amid tighter supplies due to dry seasons. Landholders can now more effectively combat rabbits, though past efforts in Tumut show high costs from eradicating them.
A large Glenton public meeting backed Northwest to Grafton rail and a route by way of Collarendbri to Moree with a decision to form a Glen Innes zone committee appointing J F White and E D Ogilvie as delegates and Water, H Wood and Dywack as secretaries. The group urged the Taverell Grafton railway as a priority for state and federal representatives.
Tamworth council discussed municipal abattoirs at length in committee and approved a resolution to establish abattoirs soon. The plan includes slaughter supervision, carcass handling after slaughter, and a projected cost of about £7000, with further details to be reported by the committee.
Local optician and optometrists Wilbiean are available for consultation at the Commercial Hotel in Gloucester on Friday August 18. Hours run from 9 am to 9 pm.
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