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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1942
Page
2
A pedigreed wire-haired fox terrier was presented to the New H.M.A.S. Sydney Fund by Miss M Travers. About 500 people vied for ownership as tickets lay on the floor and the dog picked Miss J Lovell’s ticket, raising £12 10s for the fund.
Optometrist D L McDonald F B C A Honours F F M C London of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Pty Limited will visit Gloucester Friday March 6. He may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Shire Council imposes garden water restrictions effective today while Gloucester Railway Department plans sleeper and timber inspections on Tuesday at 9 am. C.W.A. members under Mrs. E F Horner expand camouflage nets as interest grows. MLA R L Fitzgerald says Gloucester school residence upgrades will start when staff resources permit.
The Australian government outlined procedures to share POW and interned civilian details with the International Red Cross via Geneva. Next of kin will be notified by relevant departments. a Tokyo information bureau is active. German and Italian POWs in Australia are employed on huts, firewood, farming, and camp improvements, with road works and vegetable production ongoing near camps.
The Minister for Aircraft Production signaled increased taxation on high salary and wage earners. He linked the War Cabinet plan to spend 600,000 on a new Australian bomber and funds for fighter aircraft to higher income taxes, arguing low-paid workers already bear heavier burdens and wealthy earners should contribute to war needs.
Darwin residents heard sirens as Australian fighter planes took off to reconnoitre for over half an hour. They returned to base reporting no sign of Japanese activity. Despite past safe intervals, townsfolk fear further bombings may come soon.
Sympathy extends to Arthur and Herb Hazelwood as Maurice Hazelwood dies suddenly in Gosford. Messages confirm George Osmond wounded in Malaya with A.L.F.. Colin Spence moved to seriously ill. Letters note Christmas greetings from A.L. soldiers in Malaya and Mosquitoes report from Wingham. Nine A.L. orphans spent Christmas with Gloucester hosts. thanks recuerdo from CLW.LA.
Private Jack Porteus of Forbesdale sends a Christmas letter from a German working party dated early October 1941. He reports being safe and well aside from tobacco shortages, describes Red Cross parcels and cables work, mentions fellow soldiers Joe Lothom and Ron Wrat enon, and sends love to his mother Mrs. and father Mr. W. D. Porteus and family. He notes snow and hopes to see Manchester soon.
The War Cabinet last week adopted a Defense Committee recommendation that normal dispersion of civil populations in their homes provides the best protection during air raids.
In Canberra on Friday the Minister for the Army Mr Forde unveiled new terms for re organizing the Volunteer Defence Corps. All current members must re enlist under citizen military forces rules with enlistment for the war duration. Voluntary enlistment remains, and those in responsible or reserved jobs may join without full time obligation. Members who re enlist lose right to resign at will. those unwilling must sever ties. Few VDC members have been called to full time service, most were in reserved occupations.
The Boulder bombing crimes escalated to fifteen fatalities with two more men dying early Tuesday Peter Bokan aged 56 and Matt Gergich. Earlier victims Monday were Stephen Dodak nineteen and Mick Mitecech twenty four. Police expect early identification of the bomber found at Boulder Cemetery as motive remains unclear with theories ranging from racial tension to gambling.
Casualties among the ALF troops in Malaya were not as high as feared and most men withdrew safely to Singapore fortress. Major-General Gordon Bennett advised the Army Minister and praised the troops for delays to the Japanese advance. Reports from General Wavell and Bennett honor the sailors and soldiers who fought in Malaya. Good rains bring floods to Queensland with warnings for northern rivers.
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