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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
4
Sunday notices list events at Warrington Corbey Barrington and Berrico Moudtville Rawdon Vale with morning and afternoon times. Other items include Bowman Rey Murahanl Church of England Gloucester Church Berrington School of Arts and Taipan in Worcester with February dates.
A 1906 Gloucester editorial laments the town's unsafe living conditions. It warns that wealth hunger endangers residents, calls for sanitary reforms, and proposes forming a committee to protect public health and ensure safe, healthy growth.
The Maitland hospital reports 29 typhoid cases with three more at Cabar. Sydney Coast Hospital, with 328 beds, is fully occupied by various illnesses. A thunderstorm with large hail caused damage in the district, while rainfall totals reached twenty-five inches in some areas. A Singleton dairy herd of 100 cows was moved due to drought, milked on the road, and cream sent to a factory. Baldy’s Sale, cash only, and local cattle losses due to unknown causes are noted.
Application has been made by the program committees for a veterinary surgeon to be sent to Sydney as many cattle are affected and owners know of a cure called Bionxins. Sickly patients at Dungo hospital show mixed progress while Dig Wright delivers care to the ill and the two Gorton girls with fever are improving under doctor supervision.
In a small town a sad death is recorded for Claude McInnes aged 16 son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil McInnes after a three week illness. Typhoid is cited as the cause despite efforts by Dr. Weight and Dr. Wright and nurse from Sydney. The funeral was held at Barrleyton cemetery with Rev. W H Marshall officiating. Sympathy is extended to Mrs McInnes and family as Mr. McInnes remains in critical condition at Dungoy hospital.
Mr J V Viaie, manager of the Gloucenter fells at Bowman, arrived at Gloucenter on Sunday last with a new shaft. The company faces water scarcity and cannot revert cruekling operations.
A derailed engine and wagon halted on the Dirt Glunken Station line, fifty people aboard unharmed, with the road damaged and fire alight. In Fremantle a Hutn patient and family discovered three cases of plague. The Byron Estate in Inverell district offered for sale, about 12000 acres sold, prices £4 to £11 per acre. Mr Coghlan accepted the platthon of Agent-Gentius for New South Wales for three years. Chinese anti Christian prints spreading, Japan ready to act if a revival of Boxorinip occurs.
Senior-Sergeant Edwards and Constables Rosaetter and Mitchell led a capture after cattle were reported missing in Walch district. Suspect, a young man known in the Walerie and Gloucester districts, is said to be connected to altered ear marks and brands tied to Med K Mackay. The arrest followed a long ride from Tagatha to Carracabark and near Moonan Brook where evidence was secured.
Sporting news recounts Keeper, A Hooke's star, collapsing during a training run on the Walehia race course on a Tuesday. It notes Stanbury, rival champion, was nearly struck by a shark while resting on his oar in the Parramatta River. Rugby sees Walea beat Kentland at the international match, and the 100 yards title at Moore Park goes to M'Fadyon of the Bank of New South Wales.
A garbled report from Woollahra notes no Presbyterian service in Clorcester Sunday. It records the local option vote cost per vote and total votes, plus scattered items about deaths and crimes in Queensland and New South Wales with unclear connections.
The district endures heat with slow rain, crops suffer and drought fears rise. Local arts funds linger with high debt, while Barrington School of Arts awaits opening. Community hopes for a public meeting and better entertainments despite controversies and waning public confidence in Gloucester concerto.
A scrambled report from the Tweed Herald covers D Collett buying land in Gloucester district and a harpoon incident involving Matthew Williams at Wollongong. It details a boy nearly drowning in a Bodgerebong to Maralvia tank, a heroics during a harbour crisis, a shipwreck near Sydney to Moree, and a lightning strike killing a Longreach resident. The piece blends local mishaps, rescues, and distant wrecks with sparse dates or precise details.
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