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Newspaper

Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Feb 06, 1940

Page

3

Free Speech and Nazi Propaganda In Churchill Speech

The piece cites the New York Herald Tribune noting British free speech limits fascist heckling at a Manchester speech by Winston Churchill. It contrasts Nazi bans on foreign broadcasts with Britons’ tolerance for speech, and discusses how Allied broadcasts may irk German ideology while the Nazi regime fears foreign influence.

Ministry of Information Herald-Tribune Valhalla Ieime

Naval Gunner Admiral Darlin Led Front War Roles

Admiral Darlin served as commander in chief of the French Navy, led a battery on the Western Front at Melisé and in Alsace, Noyon, and Belgium, then went to Salonika. He later served on the Chinese squadron staff, led the School of Pilots, and acted as chef de cabinet to Minister of Marine Georges Leyelles, earning high praise and attendance at the 1930 London conference.

Darlin Melisé Alsace Noyon Belgium Salonika Georges Leyelles

Silage Means Security For Stock During Drought

Condobolin farmers were urged to use pit silage as a drought reserve by Condobolin Experiment Farm manager. He advised combining silage with cereal hay lucerne hay and grain, plus salt bone meal and epsom salts, to sustain stock and support normal growth during dry periods. Silage storage is fire and weather resistant, maintains quality over years, and was notably used during NSW droughts including 1938.

Condobelin Condobelin Experiment Farm New South Wales Condoholin

Milkman in Rabbit Trap Sparks Wary Lithgow Residents

A milkman was injured when his cart hit a rabbit trap in Lithgow causing fear of tampering on Stephenson Street at night. Residents report traps set nightly by unknown hands, many seen early morning but disappearing before breakfast. Meanwhile news that General Weygand will visit Cairo to inspect troops and defenses draws Great interest.

Lithgow Stephenson Street Hla Neary East Weygand Cairo

Man and Dog Adoration Across Life and Law

A long reflection on dogs as man’s loyal friends tracing loyalty from Caesar to nomadic camps. It cites Albert Payson Terhune and Senator Vest’s eloquent plea for a dog spared in a famous case, praising the animal’s steadfast devotion through wealth decline and death.

Caesar Edward Albert Payson Terhune Canada Senator Vest Senator West

Refrigeration Plants Approved for Australian Camps

Army headquarters in Melbourne approved cooling chambers and refrigeration plants for all camps in Australia. Details and specifications are delayed with Sydney engineers awaiting unit specifics. The plan, raised by army medical officers, aims to improve meat deliveries and inspect dairy milk suppliers.

Australia Army Melbourne Sydney

Evolution of rifles from 1400s Leipsig to modern guns

The article traces rifle development from the Leipsig gun with an iron tube and touch hole to modern breech loaders. It covers matchlock arquebus, wheel locks, flintlocks, Baker and Brunswick rifles, Minie, Snider, Martini-Henry, Lee-Metford, Lee Enfield, and SMLE rifles. It notes key inventors, calibers, ranges, and the shift to smokeless powder and magazine loading, ending with anti tank rifles.

Leipsig Augustin Rutter Nurnberg Whitechapel Alexander Forsyth Milie Kaffir War Crimea Lancaster Hay Royal Small Arms Factory Jacob Snider Lee Metford

Provide Both Feed and Shelter

An Agricultural Gazette note argues for belts or groves of edible trees on sheep properties as insurance against Crougat and as emergency fodder and shelter for sheep in summer and winter. It cites past overclearing and loss of fodder plants like salt bush, urges planting though many graziers have not adopted it, and recommends the guide Trees on the Farm Farmers Bulletin No 167 from the Department of Agriculture Sydney priced 1/1 posted.

Crougat Agricultural Gazette Farmers' Bulletin Department of Agriculture G.P.O Sydney

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U.S Britain Germany Mr. Churchill Milkman Andrews and Johnston Electric Church Street Gloucester A. Johnston Thomas W. Eagleton King Street Taree Hones Deere Winer Light Newcastin Nami M. Light & Son Box P.O Newcastle Jersey Sheers
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