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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1952
Page
4
Obscure minutes reveal an unusual legal offer to Stroud Shire Council. A motion discussed a proposed fee connected with a structure near a tree line and a Barrnary with permit issues. The committee debated action and possible further inquiry into the matter and related services.
The royal party led by a King and Queen will stay at Botha House on Natal's south coast. Details on functions and schedule remain to be announced as the tour of South Africa by 1947 era sovereigns proceeds, with an interior appointment of alternate state counsellors in the absence of the two princesses.
Stroud figures featured in a local broadcast with Dr Lavinia Murray Deputy-Provost Rex Gorton and NG Wood listed among participants. Murray is noted as the only woman on Stroud Shire Council. The report highlights Stroud breeding, prize poultry, and dairy farming, with mention of local civic ties and heritage.
The Queensland Government awarded Hackey Constructions a 27 anniorum school buildings contract valued at £ A358437. The firm has now totaled Australian orders in three weeks to ET5,000. A separate New South Wales order for 139 schools is described as the largest ever placed with the firm by the Commonwealth. Included is a new high school at Nowrt with nine separate buildings.
An arson fire at a house on Umeen Avenue near Nams Ucew Heado destroyed the building. The owner, Mr. Geogr Percival Clement, reportedly poured a liquid believed to be lemonade and lit a cigarette before igniting the blaze. The property valued at 13,000.
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