Britain to ration butchers meat on value basis
The British Minister for Food Mr W S Morrison announced meat rationing on Monday March 11 for those over six. Each person will receive one tenth worth of meat per week, with under six receiving offal items. The policy excludes manufactured meats. The report also notes a record cattle sale in Brisbane and mentions shifts in Australian petrol regulations and other varied historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Morrison
Brisbane
Hillgrove Station
Chartres Towers
Brisbane Wholesale Meat, Pty
Johnstone Alingham Trust
Gloucester sewerage talks at council meeting
Health Inspector reported on sewerage connections including Bowral Bowral Butter Factory waste and Peters factory treatment. Council discussed visiting Bowral with factory and council members to inspect handling and determine feasibility and costs before finalizing plans.
Record Public School Health Exam Triumph and Film Preview
Ansetinmeer Public School head G R G Yates led a Health and Temperance exam where 51 candidates all earned merit certificates and 24 won prizes with marks above 80 percent. Master John McKer won the Good Templar silver cup with 95 percent, the school achieved an average of 78.5 percent and captured third prize in the state. Also noted is a film feature on Boy's Town at the Majestic starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, praised for its emotional portrayal and the scatter of supporting acts. A reader reports on an economy claim about car fuel savers and test results from various devices and fuel types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansetinmeer Public School
G. R. G. Yates
Forbesdale
P. H. Deards
John McKer
Good Templar
Averae
Spencer ‘Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Majestic
Edward J. Flanagan
Omaha
Nebraska
Spencer Tracy
Sellom
Tracy
Father Flanagan
Whitney
Flo
Andy Hardy
Foster Lynn Bari
Wally
Vernon
Rush to join ALF enlists 4000 NSW volunteers
In New South Wales about 4000 men have submitted names for the Second AIF. Recruits will be processed next month with initial medical checks at home towns, then railway warrants to Sydney for further examination and boarding. Approximately 800 more men are needed from NSW for the next reinforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Sydney
Doctor returns with two big game fish certificates
Dr. F. Munro returns from a Port Stephens week of fishing with two certificates from Newcastle and Port Stephens Big Game Fishing Club. One for a marlin weighing 154 pounds, the other for a six foot 6 inch hammerhead shark. The marlin fight lasted minutes while the shark took about three quarters of an hour to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. ¥. Munro
Port Stephens
Newcastle
Jensen
Viking
School Notes Update on Enrolment and Facilities
There are now 98 pupils in the Super primary classes with more returning to bring total to about 100. The whole-school enrolment stands at 221. Upper classes are fully taxed. lower classes not yet filled. Compulsory attendance ages are six to fourteen, with parents required to send children regularly. The District Library Scheme is active. most schools have revived books. Schools not yet receiving a box should arrange with Local for delivery between 9 am and 10 pm on school days. The Mower garden has been prepared for early flower planting. Two large rubber stamps, World and Australia, have been purchased at £1 14s and prove useful in geography. A new piano arrived this week, costing £84 to be paid by the P and C Association, the Mothers’ Club, and the School. Mrs Tate is making a covering for the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weboolx
Alveady
Ah He
P. & C. Assn
Mothers’ Club
Schou
Tate
Price of Butter Increase Sought by Central Hunter District
The Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union met in Singleton on Thursday and unanimously carried a motion urging the Central Executive to seek a 2d per pound rise in butter prices. The motion cited higher production costs from taxation and general increases in the cost of living and dairy farm inputs, aligning with Queensland’s request for the price hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Primary Producers’ Union
Singleton
Mesra
G. D. Clydesdale
H. Wright
Queensland
Oddities in Names and Origins of Common Things
A playful set of corrections notes that many familiar items do not originate where their names imply. It lists examples such as turkeys from America, Turkish origins in Russia, German silver from China, and Cleopatra’s needle, while اشاره clarifies porpoise hides come from whales and camelhair goods derive from squirrel tails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
America
Russia
China
Prussia
England
Cleopatra
Thames Embankment
Old Yorkshire dialect scene of a dying man and meal request
A dying old Yorkshire man is offered any food by a doctor. The farmer's wife consults him in dialect, with the patient expressing a simple wish for food. The scene centers on care and relief in a rural setting, highlighting dialect and domestic concern.
Commercial Specil Store Cattle Sale Report at Gloucester
W B Sparke Pty Ltd reports a very successful store cattle sale on Tuesday with about 700 head sold at strong factory prices despite dry weather. Prices reached near historic highs for Gloucester store cattle, with numerous local buyers and wide participation, including many named consignors and buyers across multiple lots and breeds.
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Specil
W. B. Sparke
Ger.) Pty, Ltd
Gloucester Car Store
Tullocles Marte
Hereford
Jooal Devon
J.B. Gavele
Geo. Yeork
B. Laurie
Barbara Laurie
Herbert Laurie
Robt
Laurin
Mis
M. M. Laurie
Laure
Bullark
Tiene Lanela
Ant Pat
J. Breckonridge
A. Laurie
PAS/IOS
Pavia
Stours
W. S. An
S. Shaw
Hillock
Cy Brides
Mpage
B. Matthewset
A. Matthewson
J. Matthewson
Laas
Rolf Teers
W. A. Rolf
Ceatt Schneider
Livermore
Atery
Helfere
B. Bell
Telfora
Smwyth
T. Bovhan
Ente
Sam Ridgeway
Ernb
Telfer
Stettiman
Mure
Houcester
N. E. Sparke
Gloucester) Pty. Ltd
Alctinnfrrs
Gloucester
Temperature soars past a hundred in Gloucester event
The Gloucester thermometer hit a century yesterday with 104 recorded at 1 delorke. Archbishop Kelly celebrated a birthday in Sydney and attended a Town Hall gathering. Properties of J K Mackay go to auction at Dungog on March 8. Mr and Mrs J H Bolton and family were hosted at Dungog Parish Hall and plan to move to Hurstville next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Delorke
Archbishop Kelly
Archdahon
Sydney
J. K. Mackay
Dungog
J. H. Bolton
Famity
Christ Church
Hurstville
War News In Brief On Finnish War And British Roles
Proclamation may permit Britons to enlist under Forsgo Enlistment Act as Finnish war threats rise. a vast Soviet army pushes toward the British frontier. Britain readies for Second ALF and Expeditionary Force arrivals, while Germany seeks an Eastern front. Churchill in Commons vows arming ships in the North Sea against aerial attacks as German vessels seek shelter in neutral ports.
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Forsgo
Ingy Down
Thitons
Helwany
Brie
Penne
Russia
Manterheim
Tulind
N Ot
In-dia
Domision Torres
Egypt
Adens
Singapore
London
Germany
Ite
Russian Galicia
Odessa
Caucasua
Ting
Admiralty
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
North Sea
Mr Alex Wilson Recovers From Food Poisoning
Personal notice states Mr Alex Wilson suffered food poisoning early in the week but received timely medicine and is now on the way to full recovery. Mr J G Wilson will judge the Jersey section at Wyong Show this week and officiate at Watcha and Muswall Brook in two to three weeks. Mr DPréd Taylor of Copeland left on a trout fishing expedition visiting Showy River and Mount Kosciusko.
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Alex. Wilson
J. G. Wilson
Jersey
Wyong
Watcha
Muswallbrook
Dpréd ‘Taylor
Copeland
Kosciusko
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THE
City Price Draper and Mercer
A. J. Cavanough
Hemist
AY Hazelwood
A.hazelwood
Lynn Bari
Wally Vernon
Joan Weenie
Rollin
Cinesound News
Pat O'Brien
Ann Sheridan
Bob Hope
Shirley
Washington Square
Shipyard Sally
Dodge City
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
McCarthy Inte
Kempsey
Roma
Gloucester Advocate
O'L Company
C. A. Gregory
Feders Hon
Australia
Tabulam Cattle Sale
Messrs
Farrell
Cato
C. T. Campbell
Mayne d Juncion
Stradbroke Island
Courier-Mail
Campbel
H. Ernest Odlum
Odlum
Campbell
Richard Finsnie
Arctic
Canada
Finnie
Mr. Finnie
Sandy
Bonductor
Cornell
Taree
Peters
Bowral
G. Dy Laurie
Moore
Bignell
Grant
B.C. Laurie
Salyaa
Temperance & Health
Makera
Shell Magazine
Rush
Alf
N.S.W
P.P.U
Synnay
Thivalay
Pitt
Sit & Baiorry
Flemington
Ilay
F Dowling
Dungoo
Chapa
Colin
Wincheonite
Carson
Ito
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
PAM
Leeks
Ns.w
Ford
Meeword
Rovers
Dalgety & Co, Ltd
VALE
Sparke
Gloucester) Pty., Ltd
G. R. Hicks
T. A. Laurie
Spencer Hicks Estate
H.G Saxby
E. C. Laurie
Bowen Bros
Retreat Station
Bert Laurie
Vyner
Tom Hicks
Maitland
Ani Pontes
Enright
Prom
Nott
North West
North Conah
River Mars
Tom
Tom Hices
K. Mackay
Court House Hotel
Crawley's
Fingal
Dungog-Greaford Road
Main Creek
Sea
Mlk Board
Weismantel
Ward's River
Stratford Paddock
W Sparke, Pty., Ltd
T. Carlton
A. S. Borthwick
Tith
M. A. Newton
John Major
Misa Jenkins
Saxby
Hazelwood's
Hazelwood’s
Church Street
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