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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
2
D I McDonald of Webster Jack and McDonald will visit Gloucester with consultations at the Commercial Hotel. The schedule includes Thursday December 21 1944 with notes on honours and professional affiliations.
The piece offers Christmas wishes during wartime, noting the peril still faced by families with loved ones in service. It honors fallen and wounded, pleads for safety, and hopes for a peaceful return before year’s end. It frames optimism and consolation for readers amid ongoing conflict.
Gloucester Post Office announces Xmas and New Year schedules. Christmas Day and Boxing Day hours restrict banking and mail delivery. New Year’s Day open 10 am with no money orders or savings banking. All mails depart by 10 am. Chat about coal strikes and Chifley speech follows with pledge to oppose miners’ wage demands but to create inquiry if work resumes Jan 2. Ambulance fund dance thanks Sunshine Girls for proceeds.
A large Krambach public meeting on December 7 rejected the government plan for permanent political control of banking and credit. Electors signed petitions to the Prime Minister and Sir Marie Page, voicing disapproval and fears of monetary regimentation.
Rev D Glyn Jones notes annual leave from January 5 returns by the ath Sunday in January with services suspended until then. Thanks to the Advocate proprietors for free advertising. He wishes readers joy this Christmas and prosperity in 1945 amid the war.
Ward's River Monater Shorts and Rodeo raised funds for the Red Cross with a final balance sheet showing entries from donations, raffles, and entertainments. Committee leaders praised participants and volunteers, noting net proceeds and the event's success for 1944 and thanking contributors for cash, time, and patronage. The program opened by M.L.A. R. L. Fitzgerald and featured community supporters, with competitions won by local residents and a luncheon served by Red Cross helpers.
Gloucester Red Cross branch ends regular session with a two week recess and grants authority for W.Ravs depot use on 7 January. They accept a Junior Farmers District Council request to run luncheon and soft drinks at the February 24 show. Treasuries report a General Fund balance of £80 2s 6d and £5 16s 3d in the POW Fund, with donations approved to Hug General Fund £24 and POW Appeal £5. Next meeting to feature Mesdames Fitzgerald Cox serving afternoon tea. Also noting a knitting bag won by E Wade of Ward’s River, funded for POW relief by 15/6.
Paterson Easton and Co report four small yardings of fat cattle at their stock sale held on Wednesday the 13th. Prime cattle sold at satisfactory prices with overall market around 30 shillings dearer than the previous sale. Principal sales include fat Bullocks and steers with varied prices, cows and yearlings noted, indicating a buoyant market for quality lots. Sydney pig values show firm market with gains for heavier weights and stores, backfatters and bacon weight classes referenced with price ranges.
The Advocate will not publish on Tuesday 26 December Friday 29 December and Tuesday 2 January. The office reopens Thursday 4 January for business as usual. Advertisers are asked to note these dates.
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