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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 17, 1945
Page
2
A historic wartime speech marks the final surrender and calls for national thanksgiving. It honors the fallen and injured, pledges support for returning veterans, and urges practical aid to help them resume normal life. The speaker emphasizes collective relief and ongoing responsibility.
An optometrist team will visit Gloucester on Thursday September 8 and Friday September 9 from 9 am to 4 pm at the council Blyth street location offering eye examinations and fittings.
The Pilgrim's Progress lecture by Misa Porter in Barrington on Wednesday is postponed to Wednesday 21 August. Pastor F Graeme Smith will lead. Also a welcome home for two POWs Pte J Martin and Pte Latham is planned at Kin Orm on August 22. big turnout expected and women asked to bring something. An Australian unit will enter Japan with General MacArthur's forces. Buckingham Palace announced a Day of National Thanksgiving by the King next Sunday. A welfare note from Mrs RL Sutton recalls her scare with a crow on a pram after an incident abroad.
The Director General of Public Health Dr B Sydney Morris summarizes Claypenter Baby Health Centre activity for the past month. Mothers visiting with newborn babies numbered 40. Centre work and new cover details noted. Attendances totaled 106 with daily average about 21.5. Infants under one year and under two years are listed. weights and tests mentioned.
The page lists numerous community notices from Gloucester and surrounding areas. Residents share travel, hospital visits, and holiday plans in Newcastle and Narrawa. Births are announced at private hospitals, with several families receiving warm congratulations. A Gloucester person reports a long army-related absence, and many attendees are invited to social events.
The death of Mrs Margaret Grahame wife of Mr A Grahame occurred in a town the event noted with witnesses recalling a sudden crash near a garage and street. Her sons Owen and John Grahame are named with their professions and positions. A Presbyterian Church service in Tuam preceded a large funeral procession to Gloucester cemetery led by VAD and Returned Soldiers League members.
Fragmentary market report notes prices and goods for pigs and related products, with sporadic figures and place names. Mentions Winchcombe and Cursin Li and references to silos and buyers. The text also interjects guidance about remedies for coughs and relief.
Quirindi yarded about £00 cattle at Quirindi on 6th August. Prices included Hereford and Shorthorn heifers around £6 12s, Devon heifers to £7 18s, Devon steers to £4 1s, and bullocks £10 10s to £11. Private clearance followed sale. Melbourne and Sydney firms listed consignors and consignments for the market.
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