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Newspaper

Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Feb 24, 1928

Page

3

Manning Shire council discusses road grant and transfer

At a council meeting held recently in Manning, Stroud Shire bounds were debated over main road funding. The Hon W Bennett MLA pressed for a government grant of £4000 to £5000 for the project, while Stroud Shire considered alternatives including transferring funds and relocating the road area within Manning Parish.

Manning Counel Hua Fon Main Roads Board Dlesseiiis Pacific Ocean Wallishake Strout Parison Porsier Manning Stine Popeley Stroud McKinnon Mins Koester de Latta Ginneil

Poisoned Bullocks Claim Against Council Court Judgment

A judge in Henry District Court found in favor of William Walice Patterson of Boreelas against the council over poisoned bullocks used on a reserve. Trials included arsenic detected in stomach samples, with analysts split on poison presence, and the judge ruling the council’s handling inadequate while the plaintiff’s claim stood. The proceeding also referenced a separate wine production ranking in Australia with large gallon figures for Australia, Portugal, and France.

Tratortel Sine Gomel Aestigvessul Elvim Lidgen Henries Distriet Willian Walice Patterson Oli Boreelas Wise SIZN Grewinferest Bath Wilesien Mlelentinie Lwa Sydney Brisbane Patterson Pldaire i Elim Paterson Wis Bowrd Peepmakin Fone Stark Tony Huliles Stack Department Queensland Department of Agriculture Eyvinsey Gaunell Deleel Stork Jude Mocalla Gouneil PLP Roar Tider Shite Gomei Damagua

Crepe de Chenes New Season Colours and Prices

A local shop lists season colours for crepe de chine including Rose Beige Raisin and Aster Blue with price per yard from 4/11 6/11 7/6 8/11 and 10/6. Milinery and lace trim options highlight sizing and custom orders while hat flowers suits and tailoring irons offer 500 designs and prices from £4/15 to £7/10 with Bond's Art Silk Sox two pairs for 2/11.

Sahara Bond

Will of a Lunatic Becomes Poetical Testament

A spoof testament by Charles Counsherry in which the writer imagines a utopian will. It grants children fields and rivers for childhood, lovers a shared world, runners sports and songs, and finally memory and poetry from Burns and Shakespeare for those no longer youths. The piece questions sanity through lyrical, whimsical phrasing attributed to a doomed asylum resident.

Charles Lounsberry Bar of Illinois U.S.A Ediabureh Scotaman Hare Charles Counsherry Menory Childre Burns Shakespeare

Untold Tales at the Western Dairy Sale

The narrative centers on a woman named in a rustic, fractured account, once linked to a dairy, described through scattered memories of where she lived and who she knew. It hints at social ties, a suspect figure Hinkle, and a sense of village rumor surrounding a past event and its aftermath.

Treasure of Attila Gearch Near Majduboszormeny Farm

A Hungarian shepherd Ferenc Pormues and his wife, with eleven children, claim dreams from Attila guiding them to a mound at Prod farm twelve kilometers from Majduboszormeny. They search daily for a golden coffin and treasure, chanting Calvanian psalms, while planning to alert Budapest officials if the tomb is found. The tale ties Attila’s burial to the river Tisa and riverbed legends, with rival theories about which river marked the burial site.

Ferenc Pormues Majduboszormeny Great Plain Atilla Prod Poracs Attila Pri Wilm Budapest Tiza Atta Danube Tisza Bega Niebelung Bursunde

Reliable Butcher Offers Best Beef Pork and Mutton

Customers can depend on securing the best of beef, pork and mutton and prompt attention to their requirements from the local meat market.

J. White White Church Street Gloucester

A Question of Pluck and Jealous Adors at the Inn

Two jealous men meet in a hostelry and exchange frigid nods while trading boasts of wealth and influence. A party member asks how to find the right people to pluck revealing the clumsy motive behind the scheme. Dr Thaddeus L Bolton notes animals laugh as a form of sociable joy in cultural contexts.

Confidence in Pitt Son and Badgery LTD Generations of Pastoral Goods

The text proclaims sustained satisfactory service by Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd, boasting five generations as consignors of pastoral products and highlighting ongoing confidence in their reliability.

Winchewmire, Carson, Ltd Stallon Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd Australia

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