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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
3
A Friday clearing sale of Mr J Everett’s dairy herd drew strong attendance with cows selling up to £24 and overall high rates. Prices ranged across many lots including cattle and heifers, with poultry and dairy utensils also fetching top figures, reflecting buoyant demand.
A Stroud market report notes a full yarding with keen buyer attendance and strong demand for well bred cattle. Numerous lot prices are listed for mares, cows with calves, steers, heifers, and springers, reflecting robust sale activity and broad participation from multiple buyers.
Por Fria market notes dated November 30 list prices for cattle and related stock. J A Gorton records 5 steers and a cow with calves at various sums, with other entries for heifers, cows and calves, and separate figures for steers and pigs. Prices include J B Malton at 1 paoid for J RB and overall totals around £6 to £15 for several lots.
Report from Hil Clark & Co on backfatters baconers porkora calves and produce markets. Prices quoted for prime weights and various classifications show wide ranges from extra prime to small and light goods. Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association notes hides tallow and quotas with rates firming in parts and overall steadiness in prime lots.
In a Federal High Court action, Queensland and Commonwealth governments dispute authority to regulate parliamentary debates. The case seeks declarations that War Precautions Regulations are ultra vires, injunctions to stop enforcement at the Government Printing Office, recovery of copies, and restraint on posting official parliamentary reports.
Senior-Sergeant Kenny was suspended then exonerated by the Qorenai and Counsident police reports. The commissioner's findings say the Abitation press libelled Kenny alleging misconduct. At Warwick polls Patrick Brosnan was fined 105 for creating a disturbance at the railway station during the Prime Minister's visit.
In Brisbane on Monday the City Summons Court crowded to hear a War Precautions Act charge against Premier Thomas Joseph Ryan Aidner. The charge alleges a false statement likely to influence voters ahead of the referendum under the 1917 regulations. W. Harris, P.M. sat on the bench as the case proceeded.
A listing of new and varied titles includes How to Play Chess Lawn Tennis Goll Billiards Practical Palmistry Character In Writing Speeches and Tona ta Language of Flowers Dream Books Later Writer Cookery Books Coles Register and other topics.
Quotations show varied values for grey and red kangaroo skins, wallabo and wallaby skins, and fox and rabbit skins with declines in several categories. Demand remains uneven as buyers seek lower rates, while furrier prices list per dozen and per pound ranges, noting associated charges and seasonal supply levels.
The German forces push a heavy attack along a wide front while British reserves counter and recapture ground. November sees British prisoners reach 1150 with 206 machine guns seized. Bolshevik polling numbers at Petrograd indicate Reds dominate the Constituent Assembly, while unrest and shortages haunt Russia as German headquarters in BrestLitovsk plans armistice talks. Ukrainian front troops retire, exposing the sector, and rumors spread of Kerensky's arrest and Rostov encirclement.
Intense artillery exchanges reported around Melette and surrounding areas. Allied Victory Conference expected to close Monday after unity shown. US National Guardsmen totaling 27000 arrive in France for training. An Allied destroyer attacked a German submarine. Trade Union Congress plans a bill to memorialize Labor’s struggle for freedom and peace. Russian circles in London speculate the ex-Czarina may have escaped Tobolsk. A Palestine report notes Turkish advances near Dirkeet-el Tanns. The Australian Mounted Division took 14 prisoners on Friday.
A sprawling 19th century profile recounts Marguerite Zale Mata Marl, a mixed heritage dancer linked to Dutch, Japanese, and British circles. The narrative traces her youth in Berna, vow of celibacy, dance training in Buddhism, love affairs, marriages, and eventual flight from Britain to Marseilles and Amsterdam. It covers her later Paris nightlife, associations with a German official, a Parisian chateau, and a maritime bank director, culminating in her entangled, scandalous life and elusive status.
A garbled report states a man was charged with embezzling funds at a women’s institution, tried, convicted, and sentenced to two years hard labor. It mentions a woman who met a German official at Neuilly sur Seine and a claim that they were tied here when someone told France four years ago.
A dated piece asserts male birth rates rose during wartime due to extreme fatigue among women in munition factories and fields. It claims overwork shifts birth sex and notes a northern army recruit showing mental decline after distress caused by wartime conditions. The report presents authorities endorsing the link between heavy labor and male offspring.
During a Schofield Polls Court hearing a 10 year old munition worker's salary was cited. Reports showed wages from £503 to £1000 yearly for older workers, with girls paying income tax and some boys earning £12 to £60 yearly. A man in custody left his house then took items to the collector’s office.
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