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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1941
Page
1
A persuasive note urges readers to buy only advertised goods and services to ensure consistent standards. It argues that brands with a reputation must meet expectations or risk losing customers, portraying advertising as a guarantee of quality from local and national sources.
Read by 3000 people and the only guaranteed and definite way to place goods and services before the Gloucester District. A tiny fraction of the buying public can be reached by any other method.
War output must grow as Australia mobilizes for 1942 with thousands more men and women required for war work and factories shifted to production. Prime measures include volunteering, expanding war efforts at home, and tightening protections against profiteering, while Japan presses in the Pacific. The ALF remains limited but assists Indian troops. Allied forces position to block the Yellow Peril and defend Malaya, Thailand borders, and northern Malaya. Ground floods and strategic ports are prepared, and air raids cause widespread damage across the region.
War cahier proposes all weather strategic routes with defence value. States like Queensland New South Wales Western Australia face funding figures totalling about £ 660,008. Sir Harry Brown to consult states and decide financial responsibility between Commonwealth and states. Road project details include Western Queensland and north south routes with rapid progress and long term maintenance plans.
In its first year at Macksville the Mid-Coast Co opera tion Society reports a loss of 4037 pounds. Directors including Mr David Welsh chair and Mr A Bradney secretary faced mismanagement charges and sharp exchanges at the annual meeting held at Macksville School of Arts.
Obituary for Mr H H Capper son of Maitland’s noted Capper family. Describes his residence Shenstone Lochinvar birth December 2, his roles with Capper’s Pty Maitland Gaslight Company Mindaribba Maronite Village Jerseymead stud and public service as churchwarden at St Pauls Maitland. Survived by wife and daughter of M Watson, three brothers predeceased, funeral at Lochinvar Anglican Cemetery.
The yearly examination results list winners by class: 1st class Mary Webb and Kathleen Webb. 2nd Noel Everett and Flora Arrowsmith. 3rd Wilfred Baker and Margaret Atkins. 4th Beth Taylor and Alex Shaw. 5th Bruce Higgins and Jack McCarthy. 6th Jean Moore and Betty Beaton. A tuck shop raised £1 5s for the Schools War Service Auxiliary. An Xmas tree will be held the afternoon school closes for the vacation.
Kenneth Charles Ruesden 25, alias Frank Saunders, claimed ALF and ATF ranks to swindle £17 10s from a Brisbane man and Lismore residents, posing as Captain Edmondson’s successor. Sentenced to six months in Brisbane Police Court after pleading guilty to stealing a fold watch and band valued at £7. He was discharged from ALF, joined ATF, and used multiple identities while moving between Greta, Lismore, and Maryborough.
A Westine Uetertee soldier received an additional six months for making a false attestation in a military enlistment form. The case notes that he had been convicted earlier in police court. Buesden reportedly visited Target and Forster went there, with allegations of involvement in a related event.
A fragmented OCR item reports a British artilleryman at headquarters and mentions German tanks and relief from Tripoli. The text contains garbled phrases about a Dally Merl and prisoner reactions, with unclear attribution and missing context.
Government announces SEM postal rate changes including a halfpenny surcharge for troops, extending to all letters except those to military personnel stationed at home and abroad. Special rates apply to parcels for destinations beyond the Commonwealth, excluding New Zealand, Papua, and New Guinea.
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