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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
2
The Acting Prime Minister Mr. Fenton announced the Christmas unemployment relief totals from a £500,000 fund. New South Wales receives £194,000 to be distributed by the State Government to municipalities and authorities. The grant requires recipients to employ men at full award rates and funds are to be released immediately.
Meane an officer of the Board visited Gloucester to study establishing a fire brigade and estimate costs. Rainfall over four days totals 181 inches for the period and 353 for the month, boosting pasture and crop prospects. Arch Campbell dies at Maitland Vale. funeral set for East Maitland cemetery. Star Theatre hosts a free Christmas entertainment for district children with a toy for each attendee. Jarrotts word competition to close Christmas Eve with prizes. London records annual arrests exceed ten thousand as the legislative assembly considers wage measures.
In Maitland and Dungog trials the Manning Glow center Dungog and Allyn Districts side were defeated yet Smith starred with 7 wickets for 47 in Dungog. He led bowling with six for 30 in Maitland, and 26 not out anchored batting. Despite strong all round form, Smith was omitted from the Country Week squad, prompting criticism of selectors and calls for clarity on merit versus chance.
A school function at Gloucenter Public School featured a Red Cross fundraiser in a concert held in the schoolhouse. Classes performed to applause and presented headmaster Mr. W. Whiting with an electric kettle and cut glass ornament as pupils and staff thanked him on the eve of his departure for Camperdown. Master Richard Yardy chaired the event with staff and pupils expressing appreciation through speeches and a community sing.
Readers are asked to note holiday arrangements during Xmas and New Year. The Advocate will not publish on December 26 and January 2, with a late office reopening January 5. Post Office and stores observe Christmas schedules and pension payments dates, with parcels to be delivered by 9 am December 22. Soldiers Memorial Clock Tower erection notes reference Australian attitudes and a joke about Canadian dressers.
The Gloucester community greets the Xmas season with renewed optimism as Church Street show windows glow with seasonal gifts. Stores report heavy buying and expect peak trade in the coming days, while urging prudent spending to support a quicker return to prosperity.
The Graziers Association president Mx Toul urges full inquiry before any abolition of Pastures Protection Boards. He argues boards are a stockowners’ body elected by stockowners, funding stock routes and reserves, and warns against shifting duties to shire councils which could raise costs and dilute stockowners’ control. He calls for a referendum if a change is proposed.
The cattle offering remained heavy with 2800 yarded from 148 owners including 308 Queensland cattle. Prices showed irregular early values, with good cow beef scarce and strong yearling beef at 34 to 37 shillings, prime light 28 to 29s, and plain stock around 19s to 20s per 100 pounds. Calf and pig sales mirrored softness, with pig rates steady to lower and calves 21/6 to 28/6 for prime hobbies, and buyers expecting a January 7 sale after a weak market week.
New South Wales Government Railways outlines concessions for drovers and livestock handlers traveling first class on return or consignments, with sleeping berth options payed as needed. It allows bookings on proposed travel dates, notes break of journey rules between country stations and Sydney or Newcastle areas, and mentions paint details for Scotland’s Forth Bridge.
A street view condemns a proposed one shilling per pound tax rise as excessive unless funds are spent wisely. The piece argues government waste and uneconomic policies threaten prosperity, urging economies and reproductive public works, not punitive taxation, and notes Australians already face heavy taxation per Freeman's Journal.
Barrington Boxing Day meeting lists Boxing Day Handicap 5 for prize money and several other races. The programme includes events such as flat handicaps and sprint races with stakes noted. Officials including DM Braton, Secretary Barrington Public Hat, outline event arrangements and proceedings for Monday December 22.
Tender offers sought for erecting lavatories on the showground with closing date January 5 1931 at 6 p.m. Tenders will be opened by W H Newman secretary. The lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
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