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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1936
Page
3
The Commissioner of Taxation Mr E J Mc Mahon announces a senior department officer will visit Gloucester on September 2 and 3. The aims are to lessen reliance on correspondence, explain assessment methods, discuss taxation legislation, and advise residents on rights and entitlements under Income Acts.
The passage notes arrangements for public interviews and meetings at local centers where community interest justifies the action. It emphasizes both individual interviews and public gatherings to engage residents.
In Paris an aspiring pilot, 13 year old Colette Loup, kept the runaway plane aloft for about thirty minutes after the instructor’s error released the wheels. She descended unsuccessfully in a crowded area and died later in hospital from severe injuries.
The article cites Dr. Ronald Laird of Colgate University noting blue induces calm but excess blue can cause melancholia, while red lighting and red garments may trigger irritability and insomnia. It mentions red flannel undergarments as warmer than blue equivalents, with cautions about skin irritation for some people.
In Blackpool England Mrs Mabel Thompson links poppies to doom across her life. A childhood warning of death followed by family misfortune after each encounter with poppies or red dresses. She recalls dreams of her sister's bridal tears and a string of fatalities, prompting her to ban poppies from her home.
The piece notes Russia now has 26 million children in school, with literacy up from under a third in 1913 to nine in ten. Public health improved as pollution rose, mortality fell from 30 to 18 per thousand. The Russian Ambassador spoke in London detailing coal output rising from 36 to 115 million tons, steel from four to twelve million tons, and tractors from 1,000 to 120,000 between 1913 and 1935.
In Liverpool a 12 day old chicken swallowed by a Kookaburra was rescued by a fox terrier. The dog barked attracted the owner who shook the bird free. The revived chick, now lame in one leg, rejoined the flock under a coop with two pet kookaburras nearby.
The Times correspondent reports that Manchukuo will cooperate with Japan in an economic war against Australia. An Imperial ordinance allows duties on imports and exports up to the price of goods and enables restriction or prohibition of trade as needed. Licenses will be required for importing wheat, flour, wool, and rice.
An advertisement promotes beauty products including almond cream astrigent lotion paraffin, liquid brillantine, cocoanut oil, and shampoo. Generous large bottles feature new designs and attractive packaging at appealing prices.
A wide briefing notes daily life in Britain with figures on expenditure, deaths in trains, lifeboats, longevity, policing costs, prison upkeep, civil service honors, animal populations, housing construction since 1931, and road versus rail transport workforces. It also mentions a Kent memoir writer, a financier’s death, and a quirky elephant tusk teeth story alongside Australian gold pricing details.
Adolf Seefeld, 65, described as the personification of the devil, was beheaded at Schwerin after an eight day trial. He confessed to murdering 12 youths and claimed responsibility for numerous other killings in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg districts. He admitted to devising a poison and luring children with sweets, earning the nickname Uncle Ticktock from village youths. The State Prosecutor said the killer may have attacked over 100 more.
Britain faces a race against cheap cosmetics as a blanket ban on painted nails spreads through firms and agencies. Health ministry inquiries into poisoning from fingernail varnish lipsticks and cheap enamel prompt medical support while warnings echo through cosmetic trade channels. The piece also notes Hearing Aids promos from Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney and mentions Florence Nightingale as the first British Flying Hospital name.
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