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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1941
Page
1
Buy Only Advertised Goods and Services
The Local Paper for Advertisers presents a campaign urging readers to choose advertised goods and services. It argues that established brands with visible reputation meet definite standards, offering reliability and value. Advertising quality is framed as ethical and economical, guiding consumer choices toward trusted names.
Gloucester District Guaranteed Publicity Avenue
A statement claiming READ BY 3000 PEOPLE as the sole guaranteed way to place goods and services before Gloucester District residents. It asserts reach is unmatched and that only a tiny fraction of buyers can be reached by alternative methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
The Witch of St Helene at the Guernsey Mansion
The tale centers on Baroness Maria von Gersdoff once famed at the Austrian court who, after love failed her, lived in a ruined Guernsey mansion. Occupation soldiers ignored the place while locals whispered of spells. She clung to memories of court life, imagining grandeur as years wore on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Guernsey
St. Helene
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Lelse
Baroness Maria von Gersdoff
Europe
End Comes For Lonely Elder In Wartime Angsts
A 92 year old woman, ill for years, died after an ambulance carried her to a local hospital four and a half years ago amid grim wartime fears. The article comments that the Nazis would have exploited her as a brutal spectacle, expressing relief she did not endure that fate.
Air Raids on Australia Warned by Former Minister
Interviewed last week, former Home Security Minister J. P. Abbot urged immediate blackout orders for all Australian coastal areas within seventy miles of the sea. He recommended trenching backyards, considering selective evacuations, and avoiding panic while insisting on timely government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
J. P. Abbott
Home Security
Mail
Mercury
Tasmania
London
Rural Reconstruction in NSW Debts Canceled for Settlers
Premier McKell outlines Labour policies on rural rehabilitation canceling postponed debts from 1932. Debts fall into civilian and returning soldier settler classes. Officially the government promised to wipe soldier postponements on death, now extended to living soldiers to boost equity. Cancellations already made to extent of ENT,ANS with rapid applications to Lands Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Lands Department
Crown Lands Debt Relief Measures Cut burdens for settlers
The government passes the Crown Lands Amendment to write off postponed debts and funded rents. Debts and rents totaling 4,597 have been cancelled with more to follow. Since coming to office the Lands Department has provided relief to primary producers, postponing or funding crown dues amounting to 126,217 and waiving 8,188 in rents and interest for drought-impacted settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lands Department
Australia tests compressed dried milk for fast UK shipment
A trial shipment of half a ton of compressed dried milk is prepared for Britain after successful Australian experiments. High pressure molds whole cream milk powder into nine inch blocks, halving volume and retaining nutritional value. Each block equals about 26 gallons of milk and can be reconstituted by adding water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Department of Commerce
Land Waste In Australia Discussed By Expert
Senior Agrostologist A W S Moodie warned that only a small share of land is cultivated or used intensively in Australia. He cited three causes of land waste historical, national outlook, and economic, urging careful planning and intensive education to shift rural practice toward sustainable use and weed control measures in New South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
A. W. S. Moodie
Department of Agriculture
New South Wales
GPO
Sydney
Camm
ATR
Churchill
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Mr. Abbott
W. J. McKell
L.a
Swill
Gloucester Electric Supply CO. Ltd
Capper
Beaconlight
BEGA
Sain
Auburn
Success
Canberra
Capper's Pty,ltd
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