Obituary notices from Port Stephens and Booral regions
Deaths in the region report Mrs John Dalton Senior of Nelsons Bay Stockton and Salt Ash aged in her 80s commemorated for honesty morality and devotion. Funeral at Stockton Methodist Cemetery follows a long life connected to Nelsons Bay dairying and fishing. Also obituary notes Mrs Ann Grame Davey of Booral aged 57 died at Dungog private hospital after life in Booral. survived by husband two sons six brothers and two sisters.
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Stockton
John Dalton
Dalton
Nelson's Bay
Salt Ash
Port Stephens
S.s. Kingsley
Oomabah
Dungog
Ann Grame Davey
Booral
John Giarles
Hugh Grame
Davey
Wilson
Herert
Allen
Aliie Yates
Gloucester
Alf. Davey
Hughie
Stroud Road
Robert
William
Thomas
Dungogr
Duty on Troops' Comforts in Australia
The Australian Comforts Fund requests a deputation with Prime Minister Curtin to discuss duty on comforts for troops, notably tobacco and cigarettes sent to Northern Australia. Customs duty has been remitted for New Guinea shipments, with a request for Darwin shipments. NSW ACF organiser Cyril Docker says over £30,000 in duty has already been paid and a further £22,000 is demanded on new shipments, calling the policy hard luck and unjust to the fighting forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Comforts Fund
Curtin
Australia
New Guinea
Darwin
Cyril Docker
New South Wales
ACF
Customs Department
Docker
Untiring Resolution for Endless Struggle
A wartime credo urging unyielding effort against a stubborn foe. It insists that only relentless, repeated blows will secure victory, warning against premature optimism and praising persistent endurance as the path to finishing the job.
Robbins and Frost Thank Loyal Friends
W. and J. Robbins and H. Frost thank friends for loan of cars, wreaths, and expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. and
J. Robbins
H. Frost
Ducks Wanted Advertisement Declares Khaki Campbell Ducks
An advertisement seeks Khaki Campbell ducks and two ducks for immediate delivery. British-made Lister Separator touted for long life. Dangar Gedye Malloch Ltd lists 10 14 Young Street Sydney as the local agent Brian Carolan Gloucester coordinates the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dangar, Gedye & Malloch Ltd
Young Street
Sydney
Brian Carolan
Gloucester
Epiphany Church Services Across Gloucester District
Church listings for Epiphany Sunday detail service times across denominations in Gloucester and surrounding towns. Anglicans at Gloucester Bowman Farm Forbesdale and Stratford churches. Methodists at Stratford and Mograni Creek. Presbyterians at Gloucester Barrington. Congregational and Baptist notices across Craven Creek Copeland Stroud districts with midweek sessions and pastors named.
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Church of England
Epiphany
Gloucester
Bowman Farm
Forbesdale
J. A. Smith
Stratford
Mograni Creek
H. Lynn
Barrington
D. Glyn Jones
Copeland
Craven Creek
Wedsenday
Upper Barrington
F. G. Smith
Stroud District Baptist Church
Stroud
Johnson's Creek
Weed
Simsville
Thurs
Craven
E. A. Walsham
Red tape and a signed refusal in a BEW job scam
A Manhattan bank vice-president applied for a Board of Economic Warfare post, was hired on the spot after a BEW official suggested him, then received a letter refusing the job he had already signed for. He later learned he had signed the letter himself. Swine fever epidemic costs in NSW and Tasmania, with 800 tons of pigs destroyed and sources tracing origin to Western Australia. ABC Weekly finances show a loss of £29,000 with rising sales and new printing tenders noted. A man in Lismore fined for piggery registration violations.
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Washington “Post
Manhattan Bank
Board of Economic Warfare
B.E.W
Jin
Washington
B.elw
Manhattan
N.S. Wales
Phillip
Parliamentary Committee On Social Security
Western
Australa
Allied Service
A.B.C
Ashly
Ashley
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Rehe Jishe
MR. Curtin
Shire OF
Harry N. Chaplin
Shire
Khaki Campbell Drake
Advocate” Office
Ko A. McIntosh
W. E. Sparke
Gloucester) Pty., Ltd
Tom Hicks
J. T. Hicks
Gloucester Shire Yards
Lismore
M. Tilbrook
Prisoners of War Fund Committee
International Harvester CO. OF
Aust
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