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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
3
A reader laments Gloucester's slow telephony and Post Office hours, urging 24 hour service and noting lost business due to delays. The letter criticizes postmasters and officials for stagnation while urging progress and district pride for Gloucester.
A Gloucester Agricultural Association meeting was held at the School of Arts with many members listed as present. Officers and judges were appointed for divisions including Herefords, Fat Castle, Pigs, Poultry, Dairy, Fruit, Flowers, Produce, and Machinery. Dues, life member addition for Mr. D. W. Pheron, and a $1 entry fee for the bird-view booth were decided. Sympathy extended to Mr. Curtis on a bereavement.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention 4 778 000 unmarried men for service and 21 000 000 between ages 1 and 45. References to Mr Gerard, American ambassador Pagé, Berlin and London, and a State Department query are present but details are garbled.
The notice lists closing dates from March for various agricultural entries including cattle sheep pigs poultry dogs and women’s industries with March 12th for miscellaneous and schedules. H. M. SOMEH 32 secretary Ocean House Moors Street Sydney appears as contact.
A historical notice lists prices for Native Dog seven shillings sixpence per scaly Native Dog Pup twenty four pence per scaly, Hare two pence per scalp and Paddampjon two pence per scalp. Ordered by J Warren Scobif, Architect, West Mortland.
Nominations open for directors of Avon and Barrington Co op Buiter Factory Ltd Gloucester. The retiring directors include Ht. Perrom Lan ders Geo Deards Alsmith and Monro. Members invited to attend and submit nominations by Saturday at 10 o clock minute eleven.
The week shows Charest Services at Church of England in Bexugesimua and Stratford with Rev H W Rogers, Methodist Church in Australasia on February, Presbyterian and Baptist services listed for Invergordon and Steound HLA. Scheduled times include morning and evening services through February 11.
A jumbled digest with parliamentary talk, war loan appeals, and local trade notes. It mentions municipal proceedings, a plea for funds to back the Commonwealth War Loan, and advertisements for watches, rabbit skins, and barber supplies. It also cites Dutch conscription limits, Niagara Falls geography, and a New World outlook on public notices.
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