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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1945
Page
2
Optometrist D J Mermonald from Webster and partner firms will visit Gloucester on Thursday September 6 from dawn to noon and Friday September 7 from dawn to 10 am at the Commercial Hotel for eye care services.
Current Topics reports on manpower rules from the National Service Director about advertisements, plus a Gloucester visit by Fire Commissioners and local poultry show results. The item weaves policy notes with community events such as the Diggers Ball, theater plans, and poultry achievements at Kempeey show.
The Office of Prices announces immediate elimination of petrol canning fruits vegetables fuel oil and other items from rationing while civilian demand is balanced with military supply. In Ottawa a report says Canada’s petrol and fuel oil rationing ends with military cutbacks and higher production. Rubber supply remains acute with no view on tyre availability.
Personal notices from Gloucester listing marriages engagements and community events. The fragments mention a wedding at St Pauls Church Roghind August 4, various local families including Corbett Town and Keuineth, and multiple social visits, hospital updates, and society meetings with names such as Mrs. Weight, Mrs. Hardy, and Miss Woolsted.
A stream of social notes records Miss Wat Houghton visiting her parents in Waverley while Pat and friends travel from Tyrell Street. The piece mentions births, weddings, hospital stays, holiday visits to Glanchester and Coonabarabran, and a large list of local families and their kin across Sydney and region, with Mrs. Corbett and Neville Coster highlighted among the guests and engagements.
Five pound reward is offered for information leading to the locating of Robert Roy Hampton who vanished near Ward's River in the early hours of a Sunday in July 1948. A rusted pocket watch is said to be involved and was found near Church Street. Send details to W Rube C/o Williams Boarding House Church Street Gloucester.
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