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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
2
Dr. McDonald of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Pty Limited will visit Gloucester on Saturday February 42nd or May be consulted at the Commercial Hotel. Hours of visit are 9 am to 6 pm.
SUTTER FACTORY PAY BREAKS NOVEMBER RECORD. December production volumes at Gloucester Diatrick Co-op and Dalry Co Ltd show higher pay to suppliers and larger tonnage than November, with detailed rates and distributions to plants. Also reports on old Homestead Church roof shingles, a visit by MP J P Abbott, a destroyed barn incident, dairy cows poisoned in Oxley Island, a Christmas hamper winner, Barnawartha accounts notice.
Late war dispatch reports Hitler, alarmed by Soviet pressure, ordering no ground surrender without heavy costs. A massive drive by newly captured Kirovograd area forces pushes eastern armies toward the Dnieper bend. Another force advances toward the Bug River, threatening escape routes.
Mrs. Saran Jane Gill, 76, wife of B J Gill of Damarsey Island, died suddenly on Christmas Eve after a short illness. A native of Maitland, she lived in Kolodung and Dumoresq Island, with daughters in Sydney and Durgaresq. Funeral held Sunday December 20 at Dawson cemetery with Rev W Latham.
Allvice received at Battalon Tstwerk from Corps HQ as four officers join Commissions. Lieuts Dew Plummer Warley and Cox promoted. praised for service. Upcoming announcements expected. seven more Vickers MMG arrivals noted. Armoured exercise at Taree Range included live gunnery with tankette. HQ plans two weekWing coverage with drills and battle training.
Fay Balmer plays a woman who refuses war disruption in The War Against Mrs Hindley at Majestic Theatre. Casting includes Edward Arnold Richard Ney Jean Rogers Van Johnson Bara Allgood Spring Byington. Sherlock Holmes in Washington and The Desperadoes in Technicolor follow. Social notes praise a farewell to Arthur Creagh and War Chest Fund gestures at Majestic. Sheep weight record reported by Mosers Moreheads Ltd with prize-winning Merino-Shropshire cross at Warwickshaw.
An Australian cyclone hit Monkreal on Monday 27 December, causing widespread destruction. The strongest damage occurred at Menkerai with uprooted trees and shattered fences, telegraph lines down, and roads blocked. No deaths or injuries reported. 150 workers labored to restore communications and access with military aid aiding repairs.
The Anateshian Boomerangs fighter veered off course near Narrogin Western Australia and was guided back to safety by Volunteer Air Observers Corps VAOC. Interceptor planes coordinated a safe landing after rapid radio silence, with praise from Minister for Air Draken ford for observers in Narrogin and Yor districts.
Britain has boosted wartime outputs by about 300 percent since 1960 through material substitutions and new production methods. Timber savings reach 000 tons via sawdust and cement hats. paper replaces metal in petrol tanks. plastics replace aluminum in nose-caps. forging methods save 400,000 tonnes of steel and 18 million man-hours. Home production accounts for around 80 percent, up from four percent pre-war. Printing replaces embroidery on uniforms saving extensive hours and materials. Plastic buttons on aircraft reduce breeze costs by about 2,000 tons annually.
The government announced meat rationing details on Friday. Coupons labeled G will key a fortnightly meat amount, with four groups A to D determining ounce values per coupon. Non coupon items include sausages triype livers and hocks while poultry and canned meats remain uncouponed.
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