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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
3
Analysis of December and January road accident reports shows over 85 percent of fatally injured occur outside metropolitan areas. Fatality rates peak in light traffic, suggesting carelessness where police patrols are fewer. The Road Safety Council urges continual courtesy from pedestrians cyclists and motorists, backed by traffic authorities.
More than 45,000 tons of British shipping in a west coast port carry warplanes from the United States. Grey-green bombers with red white and blue circles are secured on decks, rigged to steel posts, and escorted by guards and detectives. Two hundred newer Lockheed bombers worth £4,500,000 have been ordered by Britain.
A long letter from a South German source describes wartime life in Germany with food and clothing shortages, rationing, and inflation. It notes anti Bolshevist sentiment, Nazi propaganda, and daily hardships from scarcity of coffee, tea, meat, and soap. It mentions Jews, privileges, and a belief in eventual victory despite mounting privations.
At the Gerald Holt and Anthea Mack wedding in Sydney a groomsman warned during breakfast that he had been at three weddings before and all the couples were now divorced. Laughter followed, but the couple did not join in. The remark appears in the Orange Leader.
The article compares weekly pay for privates across nations during WWI era. It notes Australian Militia privates on home service receive £2 16s weekly, Europe bound troops start at 12s 9d plus family allowances, and Britain pays 14s weekly to a private. It concludes Australia tops pay, ahead of New Zealand, with others like Belgium and the American Army lower.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd report 3200 cattle yarded with best quality steady and lighter stock weaker. Heifers 25/4, steers 38/ per cwt, bullocks 34, cows 33. F W Sparke Pty Ltd sold 51 bullocks to £14 1s at Campbell’s Hill for Titcome Pastoral Co Monkerai. Sydney pig values show 650 head sold with backfatters firmer, baconers and porkers little changed. backfatters 105-140 per head, baconers 58-76 for various weights, porkers 34-50.
A Raleigh Sun item recalls a barber shop stir as a boy asked for a hair cut “like Hitler’s.” The small town shop obliged, finishing a precise styling that drew laughs from patrons and sparked talk of the new look. The proprietor noted the boy was perhaps “kidded” by peers.
Call for range details and prices from 6 shillings to £4. Brownie Junior 616 and Baby Brownie 620 listed. Lay-by available on any camera to ease purchase.
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