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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1932
Page
4
In a stormy Ashfield night detectives Mary and Walter Paull uncover a cut power line and a bricked window device. A mysterious envelope on Paull's chair hints at being watched by killers linked to David Delaney's murder as the trio’s presence at the artlet’s office becomes evident.
Detective-Inspector Paul and his wife, Mary Paull, uncover a hidden engraving beneath a metal plate, revealing David Delaney as the forger. They dust for fingerprints, examine letters, and discover a concealed twenty-pound banknote, solving part of the mystery before the scene ends with “To be Continued.”
In a Wingham Chronicle reminiscence, Richard Hinton recalls early Cooplacurripa Station horses Eclipse, Hetman, Saladin breeds bred by Augustus Hooke and later sold by K Mackay. He contrasts them with modern stock, notes bold bush horses could outrun cattle, and recalls races with Chester and Soapsuds from Coopla curripa to Tigrah, plus a stock-drafting win at Wingham Show.
A clipped ad note highlights Gloucester district’s population nearing five thousand needing food clothing transport and care. It stresses advertising to reach local households for goods services and aid in a tight community setting.
Tales from J. K. Mackay era at Cooplacurripa Station recount the horse Old Plover famed for quick turns and the dangerous ride with riders learning Colonial Experience. Also legend of Greasy Dick a stock horse whose near fall saved by W. H. Mackay and the mysterious final disappearance.
An elderly recounting details a swagman killed near Hungry Hill and his loyal Irish Terrier remaining at the grave. After roping boards for a coffin, locals bury the man sixty yards from the site as the dog howls beside the newly made grave. The tale shifts to a separate death on The Gap road where a sleeper-cutter dies, prompting the sergeant and Dr Kelly to attend.
An abandoned canal in Syrs euse, N.Y., known as a graveyard for worn-out cars, leads local authorities to order arrests for anyone dumping vessels into the water.
Advertises cheap chaff and oat hay with stocky oats Lucerne and wheaten hay. Seeks quotes for ten Lats and bags, asks for green luckene hay, seed potatoes on demand, grasses and clovers in stock, packet seeds, and animal skins and hides for sale.
In comparison with Sydney you will find a saving by buying your Printing at the Advocate Office. All money earned by the Proprietors and Staff is spent in Gloucester. Tickets, visiting cards, shipping tags, envelopes, dodgers, circulars, billheads, letterheads, posters, menu cards, wedding invitations, return thanks cards, time and waves sheets, receipt books, race books, prize schedules, concert programmes, ball programmes, manifold booke, business cards, etc.
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