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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1932
Page
2
Friday January 22nd four, am to pm. Appointments may all be booked at A Gavanaugh's chemist.
Mathewson and Co report holding another special cattle sale at the Gloucester Shire Yards on Wednesday 13 January with about 1050 head yarded. Buyers showed strong demand and prices rose 10 to 15 shillings on previous sales, led by store bullocks and Hereford cattle. many lots listed with firm prices and buyers from both local and outside markets.
The Gloucester Public School announced successful pupils in the recent Intermediate examination led by Bruce Andrews and Phyllis Christie among others. A separate police action involved Eric Campbell of the New Guard facing a baying insult charge under the Police Vagrancy Act, with the case likely to be heard today. Weather improved with a rain shower and cooler winds, followed by further showers. News briefs mention golf draws, a Gloucester wedding, and upcoming auction plans by A. L. Stewart and Co, plus a note on a bloods match and local cricket holiday games.
Agua Caliente Mexico reports Phar Lap the Australian thoroughbred has been allotted 9 st 31 lb in the £10 000 handicap to be run on March 20. Other top weights listed include 9 st 8 lb for the next best. Also notes political comments on reparations and new Commonwealth postage stamps to be issued with a green tyrerine design, available end of January.
The United Australia Party supporters attack Dr Earle Page over his warning that the ministry may be short lived following his Melbourne trip with Mr Lyons. W P Chapman, who says he was Page’s campaign director at Taree, published a public letter in Sydney papers accusing Page of breach of faith with electors who backed him for unity. The piece denounces metropolitan influence over the Country Party and recalls past political shifts and loyalties in national leadership battles.
J Russell King, new general manager of the Producers Co operative Distributing Society Ltd, notes Australia has shipped nearly 10 000 tons more butter to the United Kingdom this season but current stocks are unchanged. He expects an English tariff favoring Empire products and urges stronger selling organizations in Britain to improve quality and curb fore and on sale practices.
Mr Claude De Bernales chair of the Australian Gold Industry Council says he cannot believe reports the Federal Cabinet plans to abolish the gold bounty. He argues the gold industry has fulfilled its promises, modernised rapidly, and that the 1931 value of the industry was about £3,900,000 with bounty payments for the year unlikely to exceed a small sum.
The Engineer W J Bordges reported unemployment relief figures and costs for fourteen enrolled applicants, with fourteen married and twenty eight single men placed to work. Expenditure totalled £145 128 with charges to the State Highway and council contribution noted, work performed in Barrington to Philip Streets improving areas including Memorial Clock Park. Discontent voiced by Cr Reichert over relief gang work, but the report was adopted after questioning expenditure and future clean up. Firefly Creek and McGram Creek road reports noted timber clearing and culvert work, with approval for remaining expenditure and immediate action. Current roads staff inactive. resumption expected via Farley Mulligan and other main road works planned to start Monday January 11. building permit granted for Mrs M Osmond’s weatherboard dwelling in Denison Street.
Rudy Vallee, famed radio idol, appears Saturday at Star Theatre in The Vagabond Lover a talking singing dance comedy drama with Sally Binne Marie Dressler Norman Peek and Rusty Vallee's orchestra. The second feature is A Lady's Morale with further notable cast and incidents.
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