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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
2
D I McDonald F B C A Honours F8MC London of Webster Jack McDonald Sydney Pty Limited Optometrists and Opticians will visit Gloucester regularly and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel Hours of visit 9 am to 5 pm Watch for Date of Next Visit
The Christmas Season message extends compliments to readers and notes the wartime outlook is better than last year though heavy losses and fighting continue. It expresses hope for the safe return of those at the fronts and the season’s spiritual influence bringing comfort to anxious hearts.
The Prime Minister Curtin announced a 2,000,000 pound yearly dairy subsidy to be distributed on a flat rate by the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee through factories to dairymen. The nine months subsidy will cover twelve months production from July 1 1942, with initial payment early in the new year. The subsidy is an interim measure while industry seeks price reviews and a longer term award. The government notes rising costs but points to prior raises in dairymen returns and praises Minister Scully for supporting producers.
In Apsley, Dr. G R Hicks was unanimously re-elected shire president at a special council meeting after receiving the sole nomination. The paper notes the honor and thanks to councillors. Also advised are warnings to North Coast potato growers about holiday market shipments and an Army warning on perjury for leave, with penalties up to 12 months in jail or a £100 fine.
The conference of the Teachers' Federation this week approved a system of teachers' certificates by 324 votes to 9. The Minister for Shipping, Mr Beasley, noted that Australia's shipping difficulties, once a wartime concern, had been partly overcome in recent months.
The Minister for Commerce announced the appointment of Mr J L Shute as Deputy Controller of Meat Supplies for New South Wales. Personal note says Shute resigned the secretaryship of the Primary Producers Union on Thursday. Also: obituaries and local notices about Miss Mabel Moore and Mrs S G Drummond.
The N.R.M.A. comments on a press statement about public petrol licenses for second hand vehicles. It says private buyers with no current car can secure a private consumer’s license. For other cases, especially adding a second vehicle, apply in writing to the Fuel Board with full usage facts to learn if an allowance will be granted and its possible amount.
The Control of Electric Dry Battery Manufacture Order will simplify radio battery types to boost production for civilian and defence use. A War Department spokesman said essential materials like zinc, manganese, and carbon rods are imported, and the triple-duty battery is favored for its longer life. Reduction of nonessential varieties should greatly raise dry battery output for country radio listeners and defence needs.
In Parliament the Opposition Leader Mr A W Fadden gave notice of a motion asserting primary industries are vital to the war effort. It calls for fair wages on Australian standards, just treatment, impartial wage investigations, and timely reforms in manpower, prices, and country living conditions.
Hon J P Abbott MHR fired at Labor Minister Ward in the House over inaction on absenteeism after reports from the Manpower Department. Abbott claimed Ward’s stance mirrored Militia tensions with Curtin and endangered the war effort. Ward declined to comment on the conference remarks or Bellemore’s absenteeism disclosures.
Hastings Presbytery held in Wingham last week saw two key matters for Manning district. Nomination of Rev Sydney Richardson of Pymble as next year’s State Moderator and the Thornleigh call to Rev C Haxton of Taree. The presbytery granted heavy interim moderatorship to Haxton and decided to approve the translation with regret. A further report said Kempsey chaplain Rev F A Lackay’s call reduces ministers to three, and Gloucester Presbyterian and Methodist work may blend under the Presbyterian minister after March 1943.
The aim is to keep the well baby well through correct feeding and care. Experience shows infant health depends on training in mothercraft, not just maternal instinct. Mothers need knowledge to wisely direct motherhood for the baby’s benefit.
Entomologist W L Morgan warns tomato mite infestation may rise this season and cause heavy losses. Simple control exists: dust leaves every three weeks with a mix of powdered sulphur and hydrated lime. Dusting should begin now, not after leaves drop, to protect fruit and save 25 to 50 percent of the crop.
Despite Minister for War Organisation of Industry appeal for austerity Christmas, Sydney experiences an orgy of buying with coupon free gifts in extraordinary demand.
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