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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1946
Page
2
Mettonald, LO, Honoure F.SALC., Lonitnn of Wenster, with SMcDonald (Sydnex) Pty Limited Optometrists and Opticians, will visit Tipton on Thursday Sept. ith from 8 am to 3 pm and Friday Sept Gh from 9 am to 1 pm. A consult may be held at the Commercial Hotel.
Colin oat Palmge 37, labourer of Wally oni, remanded by Gloucester police with alleged theft from Harold Wika. Items valued at 560 pounds including amplifier and tools. Brief report of court remand and items stolen. Also notes on local events and abandoned pleasure flights due to schedule issues.
News from readers notes the departure of Mr Hickman and family from Mistwok weet marth. He served as manager at Giro Station on the Barnard River for years and will join The Prenetual Trustee Co as manager of Bolero station in Adominaby district. He was an active worker for the AHE d& P Association’s shows and sporting events.
Mr Garside, Assistant Commissioner for Railways, outlines wartime shortages and government plans to boost North Coast rail service. He notes rolling stock scarcity and postponed deliveries, but says the Railways Department is building its own carriages and hopes improvements will spread across the state in the coming months. Included is a July supplier payment list from Peters Crummarion Pty. Ltd. for milk and butter products with government subsidies.
Fragmentary text references Mr Chifley and New South Wales miners, political alignments, and reactions within the Labor Party. Mentions Steyne meeting, ministerial statements, and debates over communism, with uncertain chronology and unclear outcomes.
Market summary from Sydney shows Pitt Son a Rodgery Stewart and others selling prime cattle and heifers. Prices range from 70s to 180s per head with backfatters and heavy stock noted. entries include numerous cattle types and mixed lots, with values reported in shillings and pounds.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled bowling notice or notes with names and places distorted. It mentions dates and a center visit, but many words are unreadable, leaving a partial outline of a local bowling event or club notes without clear participants or outcomes.
Fragmented OCR text references Comnett Competition Tennis and multiple names with unclear roles. The piece appears to describe a Saturday event at a venue named Roeland, listing participants or teams such as Copeland and Warrington, with garbled phrases surrounding results or fixtures. The readable elements center on a local tennis competition and associated individuals.
A football meeting notice states the Gloucester club will hold a meeting on Wednesday at 7 pm. Secretary Wilbon invites members and a payer named Hreapesatty is requested to attend.
Government Gazette dated 1 August 1846 invites applications for the Willeroo Estate and Queanbeyan loser Settlement Lease. Blocks from 775 to 1800 acres rent from about £177 to £180 suitable for wool growing and fat lambs. Applications open 12 August to 20 September 1846 at Crown Land Agent in Queanbeyan or via District Surveyor or Lands Department in Sydney.
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