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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Feb 10, 1948

Page

3

Cricket Sunday Match Against Waratah Mayfield

Gloucester A and B grade cricket teams prepare for Sunday games against Waratah Mayfield and Blues at Gloucester Park. First grade lists W Atkins and J Beaton leading Gloucester, Waratah fielding their Newcastle side. second and third grade lineups include J Ebbeck D Deards and G Sinderberry with Barrington and Stratford fixtures noted.

Waratan-Mayfield Gloucester Park Gloucester Waratah-Mayfield Waratah Newcastle W. Atkins Lo Atkins G. E. Smith R. Smith E. Higgins H. Haas C. Fraser M. Fraser M. Price J. Giddey J. Muddie J. Beaton L. Wratten M. Corbett Power Ross K. Buchan Barrington Blues F. Patmore W. Merchant C. Merchant W. Clark D. Shaw J. Moore G. Sinderberry E. Dean B. Webeck J. Higgins Stratford R. Elliss H. Laurie T. Laurie B. Laurie A. Bhew W. Smith A. Beaton K. Beaton J. Testorelli G. Arrowsmith W. Forbes

Night Tennis Postponed Matches Rescheduled By Rain

Weather forced postponement of night tennis with the following replay dates. Feb 15 Park Reds vs Belbora 1 Tara Valley Belbora 2. Feb 17 Dairy Banks vs Barrington Park Blues vs Pirates. Feb 19 Park Whites vs Wanderers Wallanbah vs Forbesdale. Feb 23 Pirates vs Park Reds Park Whites vs Forbesdale. Feb 24 Wanderers vs Dairy Banks Belbora 1 vs Barrington. Feb 25 Park Blues vs Tara Vale. Mar 1 Dairy Banks vs Park Reds Park Whites vs Belbora 1. Mar 2 Park Blues vs Wallanbah Wanderers vs Barrington. Mar 4 Forbesdale vs Tara Vale Pirates vs Belbora 2.

Nee Ing Meatohan Park Reds Belbora Tara Valey Dairy Banks Barrington Park Blues Pirates Park Whites Wanderers Wallanbah Forbesdale Park Reda Dairy-Banks

Commercial Homebush Cattle Market Report and Maitland Sale

Sydney market opens 10/ to 20/ dearer with best vealers 71 per 100lb and steers 65. Heifers 62 bullocks 57 cows 55. Maitland fat cattle sale includes 800 head with bullocks to £23 7, best cows to £16 1, vealers to £13 15, calves to £7, pigs firm with backfatt ers to £18 and bacon pigs to £11.

Homebush Sydney Winchcombe Carson Ltd Maitland Malthino

Church Services and Cattle Droving Report

Church services are listed for multiple denominations with dates and times across Gloucester and nearby towns. A report notes Mr O E Heather and Mr G McDonald attending Gloucester and Gresford, plus a livestock purchase by Messrs E W Sparke Pty Ltd involving 46 bullocks from four vendors. The cattle travel via stock routes to Gloucester and Gresford in about 14 days, droving costs cited as cheaper than rail, with an investment around £7000.

G. McDonald Gloucester Gresford Macleay Bherwood Beechwood Long Flat Ellenborough Bulga Mountain Allardice Mesara, E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd Moacleay “Chronicle

Gloucester Show Schedules for 1948 Available Now

Schedules for Gloucester's annual show on April 9 and 10, 1948, are available from secretary Mrs M Mowton. The notice highlights the Junior Farmers season and the intersone competition, urging local cooperation and participation from residents.

Gloucester M. Mowton

Baptist Minister Transfer and New Stranger in Stroud

The Rev. G. W. Wilson moves from Stroud to Woonona on the South Coast with his first duties there next month. Rev. A. E. Perkins will succeed him in Stroud. Mrs Wilson, from Newcastle on Tyne, sails with their son aboard the Stratheden to join him in Australia after 71 years apart. Canon Williamson resigns East Martland rectorship to visit the United States for a goodwill mission and study church post-war relations, leaving late February.

G. W. Wilson Stroud Woonona A. E. Perkins Sydney Stratheden Wilson Mewcastle-on-Tyne England Canon Williamson St. Peter East Martland Newcastle United States of America

Food for Britain Gift Parcel Scheme Inaugurated

Arrangements completed by the N S W Food for Britain Appeal launch a Gift Parcel Scheme for Britain. A food depot in Britain will pack and deliver parcels from England after remittance and recipient address. Each parcel costs 10 shillings and includes tins of meat dripping pastry and other pantry items. Orders restricted to individuals in the United Kingdom with strict recipient naming and limited to two parcels per person at a time.

N.S.W. Food For Britain Britain England Food For Britain Fund Ministry of Food United Kingdom New South Wales Food For

Ferocity of a snake at Baell Brook injures man

Ronald Smith, 22, a labourer for Foster and Fullock contractors building Kempsey’s new ambulance station, was bitten on the left leg by a black snake while shooting near Bellbrook. He was taken by Kempsey ambulance to the District Hospital and discharged Monday.

Baellbrook Ronald Smith Foster and Fullock Kempsey Smith Bellbrook Argus

Bowls Injury Halts Dungog Player for Weeks

In Dungog on Wednesday night an eight lady bowls player tore leg muscles while shoving back from a finished head on the green. The injury will keep her sidelined for several weeks, according to the Dungog Chronicle.

Dungog Green Dungog “Chronicle

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