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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Feb 03, 1939

Page

3

Deanna Durbin Star Leads 100 Men and a Girl at Majestic Star

Majestic Star Theatres present Deanna Durbin in the new Universal film 100 Men and a Girl a music filled comedy drama opening this Saturday with conductor Leopold Stokowski and an acclaimed cast. The program also includes Can This Be Dixie with Jane Withers and a strong supporting lineup featuring Slim Summerville Helen Wood Thomas Beck and Sara Haden.

Majestic Star Theatres Deanna Durbin Universal Deanna Leopold Stokowaki Adolphe Menjou Alice Brady Eugene Palette Mischa Auer Billy Gilbert Alma Krufer Christian Ruth Jack Mulhall Dixie Jane Withers Twentieth Century Fox Slim “Summerville Helen Wood Thomas Beck Sara Haden

The Mosquito Tragedy of Councillor Timms

A comic yet grisly scene unfolds as Councillor Timms battles a mosquito siege in his home. After a brutal night, he discovers his wife unconscious and bloodied, prompting a police inquiry and a citywide joke about Gloucester’s troubled mosquito problem.

Council Tsay Timma Sway Timms Mrs. Timms Councillor Timms Ash Saad

Jersey Cow Dies of Snake Bite

A severe setback strikes Mr. Frank Johnston's Baerami Jersey Stud with the death of six year old Macquarrie Cherry from a snake bite. The cow had completed 273 days of a 365 day test yielding 10.915 lb milk and 7 per cent butter fat, totaling 12,150 lb milk and 696.12 lb butter fat at an average 5.7 per cent. She outperformed herd mate Oaklands Mildred in Muswellbrook Show 24 hours home milking with 521 lb milk at 6.8 per cent.

Frank Johnston Baerami Oaklands Mildred Muswellbrook

Insurance chairman warns timely enrolment to National scheme

National Insurance Commission chairman Brigden urged delays in enrolling with approved societies are unhelpful. He noted 1,200,000 insurable people remain unenrolled, stressing duties under the National Insurance Act and that health benefits require approved societies. Contributions apply regardless of enrolment, which costs nothing and benefits timely joiners.

National Insurance Commission Brigden

P. M. at Dubbo condemns booting in street fights

The P M at Dubbo denounces booting in street affrays and tells toughs that Wooloomoo Joo and Surrey Hills tactics must cease. He warns that the boots will be put away and sentences three months hard labor for each offender.

P.M Dubbo Wooloomoo- Joo Surrey Hills

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