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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
2
D L McDonald FG OA Honours F S M C London of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Pty Limited will consult at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Saturday October 18 from 9 am to 6 pm.
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting last night Shire President P H Deards announced he would not stand in the December Shire election. He praised four years in office and highlighted Karamea Monkey Cott road and the Cobark road as key achievements. Ratepayers voiced regret while Hawdon commended his devotion. Public notices urged enrolment by August 31 and outlined polling-place changes and inspection schedules for railway timber work at Gloucester on September 2.
At Homebusy last Thursday L and Cooper Bundook sold 25 cows and heifers to 12 buyers with prices around £12 and averages about £8 15. Six dealers offered to £7 14 with averages close to £6 18 at Carson's auction in Winchcombe.
Gloucester Dairy Co reports a payment of Ju per th and an all bullet supply for the year ending 30 June, with an absorbing £7114-9/6 added to August suppliers and payable 10 September. This contrasts with five-eighths of a penny and £5874/4,7 in deferred pay for the prior 12 months. Yearly production reached 1016 tons, up from 1007 tons the year before.
Notice of an examina tion related to National Emergency Services to be held in Gloucester on 18 September with further particulars to follow. Also obituary of Henry Wynter Flett aged 13 at Taree noting his horse breeding and dairy cattle imports from New Zealand.
A public notice urges residents to display a hospital contribution badge in store windows and fulfill the payment today to support local health services.
In Parliament Mr. Fitzgerald urged the Education Department to establish an intermediate high school at Gloucester, noting it as a prime district with no high school. He pressed for transport concessions and welcomed talk of free rural school transport to enable students to reach larger towns.
Last night Soviet troops moved into the north with British forces entering the south of Iran after warnings to expel Germans aiding British interests. About 2000 Germans are said to remain, mostly running railways power plants post offices and industrial projects or stationed at Teheran German Legation and the Tabriz colony.
Mrs E McCarthy learns from her son Les stationed in To bruk where he had hoped to stay longer after a leave and enjoying Mediterranean swimming. Mr E Weekes, guest of the Sowling Club, received a token of esteem on leaving the role of Treasurer. President W W Hawdon voiced regret at Weekes departure and fondly thanked him for his service.
Moscow radio quotes a Berne report claiming Adolf Hitler left the eastern front as his mental state worsened. The Fuhrer is said to be at Berchtesgaden where doctors forbid bad news. Professor Sauerberuch, a nervous-disease specialist, consulted Swiss psychiatrists about his health.
The text outlines a looming political crisis in Australia with Prime Minister Menzies likely to resign. It notes Labour's rejection of a national government, possible Curtin premiership, and a cabinet reshuffle under UAP and Country Party pressure. A federal election seems unlikely, with key votes and the Supply Bill stalled pending Curtin’s move.
A weather note discusses a long procession of southern sunspot groups and their weak effect on rainfall. It cites Mr Inigo Jones and the Bruckner cycle, noting no significant rains in early autumn, with minor August activity and a vague chance of change if solar conditions shift.
Donations from a recent Upper Bowman dance totaling £29 10s were distributed to the War Chest and Red Cross. Prize items included cash open orders, fowls, pigs, cap donations, and Monte Carlo and luck spot games. Prizes were won by named locals across Upper and Lower Bowman and Gloucester.
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