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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1951
Page
2
Mr J Bell of Webster, Jack & McDonald will visit Gloucester on Wednesday September 5 from 8 am to 5 pm. He may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel with appointments via Street & Parish Pty. Ltd, Gloucester.
Reports warn Victoria may halt butter exports to New South Wales if prices do not rise. NSW relies on Victorian supply and Sydney ration could be cut drastically with possible total shortage next week.
The club will host its Open Golf Tournament on Saturday and Sunday with twenty plus trophies. Saturday features an open mixed foursomes at 12 30 p m net and gross, plus an 18 hole stroke event. Sunday offers 27 holes of stroke play with net and gross results. A social at the Club House Saturday night welcomes visiting golfers and members plus guests.
A morning crash on the Mogran bend on the Pacific Highway involved Mr Ronald George Tucker and Mr Robert Gale Shelston. Mrs Tucker sustained facial injuries and shock and was taken to La Roma Hospital.
A youth was arrested and charged with breaking into Mr Ed Burley’s garage on Church Street Gloucester on August 9 and stealing £17 10s. He will appear at Gloucester Police Court on September 11. Alan William Green-Lree, 19, of Karagh, was remanded on bail of 100 pounds or two sureties of 50 each after Newcastle Police Court appearance. He is also charged with a separate theft on August 2 at a Lauriston home owned by Noel Keith Statses involving a 22 calibre rifle a box camera and a felt hat valued at £27.
Work has begun on brickwork for the BSL building in Denison Street with contractors Messrs. Valender and Sona of Newcastle. The Miss Gloucester Quest aims to raise funds for a new hall, with a meeting at the School of Arts to finalise plans and attractive prizes for entrants. Representatives from district groups and local interests are urged to attend.
Laurantus defeats F Green 31 27 Eb beck 16 over Middlebrook 32 24 A King defeats Boorer 32 23 Thompson over Adama 31 14, social games list results including Nichola Carthew Dignam 29 v Campbell and others. four ladies join Dungog team heading to Dungog then Newcastle Carnival lineup announced with players Green Lyall Ebbeck Laurantus Beattie KR Smith J Smith J West J Woodward public notice by official.
The Tower of London may open on Sundays for the first time in over a century. It has not admitted the public on Sundays since 1683, though its Sunday Promenade near the White Tower once drew crowds rivaling Hyde Park.
Notices announce the death of Mrs May Thomas Hopwood in Newcastle after a brief illness aged 6, with funeral at Beresfield Crematorium conducted by Rev Dempsey. Also reports congratulate Lynette Wilson on being dux of Maitland Girls High. family travel for holidays. Local weddings, visits, and new births noted with brief details and locations across Gloucester, Maitland, Turramurra, and Roma Private Hospital.
Four cows and four yearlings died recently in the Casino district from arsenical poisoning. Veterinary officer FR Watts confirmed the field diagnosis after chemical tests and said a nearby dip was the poisoning source. He urged defensible fencing to keep cattle from dips.
The C W A Younger Set schedules its monthly meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday next 4th September. All members are asked to attend. Secretary RELF requests presence.
Notificatio n in the Government Gazette sets aside seven blocks on Geeron Estate about 34 miles west of Forbes for closer settlement lease. Blocks vary from 1148 to 1520 acres with annual rents from about £152 to £211, intended for lamb production under irrigation. Availability from September 1, 1951 to October 6, 1961. Applications must be lodged with the Crown Land Agent at Forbes or District Surveyor. forms are free from Crown Land Agents or the Department of Lands Sydney.
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