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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
2
The Gloucester Advoca reports miners to decide on terms from the recent Coal Conference this Friday with work expected to start Monday if accepted. Australian beef tops London market tests, scoring 364 points to Scottish 354 and Argentine 348, from a two year old Hereford.
The Gloucester and District Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual general meeting at the Shire Hall Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. All members and prospective members are invited, with visitors welcome.
A Gloucester A H Association and P A committee met on Friday to discuss show preparations. Ground work includes pulling down old cattle yards, supplying 60 round posts at 8d per foot, and tendering for erection work. Applications for side show space were reviewed and stricter pre show access rules debated with gate and cleaning concerns discussed. Grace McRae of St Arnaud sent a suggestion for needle work classes using cheap materials.
The group discussed erecting new lavatories and continuing cattle pens. Finances limited improvements, with next meeting set for December 19 to review tenders, revise the schedule, appoint judges, and handle other business. Chairs suggested moving meetings from Friday shopping night to boost attendance.
A plane crash near Grenfell at 3 30 pm killed Captain H A Young of Bathurst and Raymond N Gilmour a wealthy grazier. The aircraft spiraled from a sudden wing collapse on Forbes street causing a fireball that engulfed the roadway and nearby residences as onlookers witnessed the tragedy.
At the Aero Exhibition in London Imperial Airways shows an illusion of a high altitude journey. Passengers sit in an Argosy airliner cabin and imagine flying 5000 miles in five minutes while a moving panorama plays outside and clever effects heighten the voyage experience. Meanwhile Mrs Cart Street wins the Ascoglates' monthly medal in golf.
The Saturday vote yields Labour as largest party with about 28 seats and the Country Progressives at four, leaving no absolute majority. Nationalists likely 13 to 19 seats, Country Party around 10, independents about three. Speaker Sir Alexander Peacock likely re elected amid continued unstable politics and unresolved balance of power.
A Friday meeting between colliery proprietors and mining unions produced an agreement for a nine pence per ton wage reduction. Unions will endorse, and workers will vote this week. If accepted, mining resumes December 9 in the Times region, with engine drivers leading the push for compromise. The government is expected to grant concessions and cabinet will review the offer before a formal pronouncement.
A speech before the Overseas Club in Sydney urged better transport to the islands of the Great Barrier Reef and wider government advertising of the islands’ valuable fowl and fish. A local governor praised community newspapers for free ad space, arguing editors contribute more to towns financially than teachers or clergy.
Commercial Market Report from Sydney and Homebush covering Winchcombe Carson Ltd cattle yarding of 2400 head with prime to beef at 47 to 56 per 100 lb and yearlings 64 to 66. Gloucester cattle saw prime beef 41 to 45 per 100 lb with yearling beef 58 to 64 on the hoof. Maitland yarded about 1300 prime cattle with prices rising 10s per head, pigs 400 strong with prime pigs to 140 and bacon to 81/6, plus church and school notices and local aviation lease request sections.
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