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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1943
Page
1
Garner's advertises a range of wool for spring jackets in assorted 3 and 4 ply shades with coupon per skein. Children’s rain capes in various sizes, serviceable for school use, priced from 13/11 and 4 coupons. Men’s navy drill bib and brace overalls, durable quality at 6 coupons. Boys and youths hats in dark grey and fawns, all sizes, 3 coupons each. Serviceable shades.
Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Prim ary Producers Union seeks works for post war reconstruction. Council discusses routes for rail connectivity to Port Stephens, irrigation schemes, electricity for rural areas, and homes for country people. Also mentions rationing, dairy industry concerns, and calls for relief on the Hunter punt.
A Tasmanian visitor to Gloucester, Carline Reid, fled Singapore with J. P. Abbott and is featured in a Norton Trevaire photograph. The Bulletin portrays her calm, resilient spirit during the Malayan Crisis, recounting her 1942 evacuation voyage, wartime service, and aid to Anzac Club volunteers in Kuala Lumpur before the ship overpacked with evacuees carried 4500 people.
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