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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1952
Page
2
A fragmented Gloucester page details events from Friday through Tuesday. It notes a wounded man in a hospital, a fall from a box, and local Rotary, Health Centre, and Women’s Association activities. Auctions, cakes, jams, and produce sales are listed alongside district cattle figures and various legal notices.
An OCR fragment lists names and events including farewells to Mire and Prank Par, a home gathering at Ma G Mc Grogan, and bridge playing trends. It references Mr McGregor, Griggs players, and a bouquet farewell to Mrs Carthew. Mentions of the Gloucester ambulance district and old community ties appear, noting changes in residents and nursing careers. The text includes scattered names such as Mire, Dave, Ginwahar, and others, tied to social and service context in the Gloucester area.
About 90 friends attended a farewell party at Sommerral Hotel to honor Jac y and Merwite of Murwillumbah. Rotary Club members presented them with gifts, speeches praised their service, and a social evening followed with music and conviviality.
A garbled notice shows a meeting of the Gloucester District Tennis Association management to be held at a store on a specified date. The text mentions contact details and a sale advertisement for Oldsmobile and Chevrolet vehicles, with scattered names and unclear references to permissions and timelines.
A vacancy on the Board of Directors is announced with a call for nominations from residents of the district. The advertisement invites eligible individuals to submit names and addresses by the specified dates for consideration by the Western Hospital Commission and the Governor for filling the vacancy. The notice appears in a local periodical dated August 26 and lists contact names and procedural details.
A sale advertisement by W E Sparee (Gloucester) Pry Ltd and Tom Hicks of Radl Ryan 4208 Corbett lists auctioneers conducting a joint event in conjunction with Slouce ste class. The notice names the firms and outlines the partnership for the forthcoming auction.
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