09 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
1
A promotional notice invites shoppers to view special gift tables packed with XYLONITE BRUSH SETS handkerchiefs fancy mirrors perfumes and more. Customers can make a lay-by and inspect items for him or her.
The Minister for the Interior asserts the government will direct refugee migration from Canberra not through Australia House London. He stresses cautious planning by Australian statesmen to regulate absorption, capacity, and social impact while promoting an Australianised intake. The piece critiques the Jewish Welfare Society in Australia forming a company to settle Jewish migrants and urges consideration of other refugees.
A party of 43 British migrants arrived in Sydney under Salvation Army Empire Settlement Scheme with a promise that 1000 more could follow. The Under Secretary of Labour and Industry praised the newcomers as the best Australia had received and noted their strong citizenship ideals. Local officials in New South Wales, including the Shire of Gloucester, lauded Mr Spooner for his extensive local government work and his democratic, sympathetic approach to public service.
Mr W Walker faced a 20 foot drop when a draught horse fell into a 12 by 12 foot well while filling an old pit at Miss A Curran's Giigandra property. After lowering a scoop, the animal remained uninjured as the well was gradually filled, Walker checking the horse's progress until it reached ground level.
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