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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
1
Promotion lists military style khaki shorts for all sizes with 4 coupons, working locks in good quality with 2 coupons, cotton and silk underpants summer weight all sizes with 5 coupons, and white khaki drill hats for summer days with 6 coupons.
Red Army gains to capture Chudovo and clear Leningrad–Moscow line as guards reach 30 miles from Estonian border and 80 miles from Latvia. In Italy Allied forces reach 16 miles south of Rome along the Appian Way after Nettuno landing. In the Pacific a major U S task force attacks Marshalls from four carriers with heavy bombing of Pacific targets and reports of Japanese atrocities spark calls to speed war. Allied bombing raids widen as Berlin and other German cities endure massive bombardments with heavy losses reported.
A Friday gazetted order grants the Rationing Commission wide powers to curb meat shop monopolies and regulate couponed goods. It requires 28 days notice before closing or disposing of a business and restricts new buyouts of rationed commodity outlets. Existing traders may continue only if at the same premises or with commission authorization.
The Rural Manpower Director, Mr. R. C. Wilson, says postwar rural labor shifts show men avoid old casual and seek permanent work in secondary industries. Farmers still need seasonal labor and housing, transport, and pools like Young Soldiers help, though not a complete solution.
Hamberger Bros of Gloucester secured 20 vealers to £12 10s, average £10 8s 3d, and 13 cows to £8, average £7 8s 9d at Winchcombe Carson’s auctions last Thursday at Homebush.
Local representative J Bowen lists Box 40 Taree as contact for Street and Parish Pty Ltd.
A local drugstore advertises stock of nationally advertised preparations at regulated prices. The notice highlights prescriptions as a specialty and promotes wide availability to customers seeking standard brands and medicines.
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