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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
1
The campaign to sell War Savings Certificates and advance subscriptions to future War Loans is intensified to mobilize surplus funds. Citizens are urged to invest through Banks or brokers, with loans earning interest from lodgment, to help finance defence estimated at 250 million pounds for 1941/42 and to curb inflation and bank credit expansion.
Sydney market notes show Winchcombe Carson Ltd reporting 1871 cattle yarding with prime bullocks scarce. Prices: best dealers to 49 shillings per 100 pounds, steers 44s, heifers 41s, bullocks 39s, cows 37s. Maitland Fat Cattle sale notes keen competition for north western bullocks and cows, 700 yarding, choppers 12/5 to 3 pounds, best bullocks £16, cows up to £11 16s, yearlings to 10s 18 6d.
The piece notes renewed talk on church union among Baptists, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational groups. It highlights the Hastings Presbytery meeting on September 2 and a potential speech by Dr. W. C. Bell on Christian Unity. It also covers local updates from Presbyterian, Church of England, and Methodist communities, including anniversaries, fund drives, and National Prayer Day.
The Gloucester district operates multiple War Savings Certificate Groups. Listed are Group 1 Bank of New South Wales with Secretary E Weekes. Group 2 Street and Parish Pty Ltd with KE Horner. Group 3 Gloucester District Rural School with W McGown. Group 4 Gloucester Co operative Dairy with G McGregor. Group 6 Grahame’s Garage with Frost. Group 7 Pitlochry Public School with B Hooke. Group 8 Gloucester Business Block with A R Paget. Group 9 Gloucester Business Block with Les Stevens. Group 10 Gloucester Business Block with S S McIntosh. Group 11 Gloucester Business Block with FH Way. Group 12 Gloucester Business Block with Ena Price. Group 18 Gloucester School of Arts Club with H Jarrett. Group 14 Giro Station with G Hickman. Group 15 Countryside Group with H T Higgins at Curracabark.
Group 16 Gloucester Dairy Co suppliers Mr Gordon McGregor, Group 17 Gloucester Business Block group Mr R S Wilson secretary, Group 18 Gloucester Post Office group Mr F J V Carthew secretary, Group 19 Gloucester Post Office.
The notice outlines Sunday and midweek services for Church of England Presbyterian Methodist Congregational and Stroud Baptist churches across Gloucester Stratford Waukivory Blakefields Mt George and Upper Barrington with times from 7.30 am to 7.15 pm and a sermon on Religion in National Life delivered by Rev H Lynn and others on specified dates and locations.
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