OFFICER VISIT AND TRUCK YARD CONCERNS IN REGIONAL AUST
An officer from the Civil Aviation Department visited Gloucester to inspect landing grounds at Mr Hampton's property under Newcastle Aero Club supervision for training. A Marlboro protection board meeting discussed supplying the Railways Department with details on yards deemed satisfactory, while concerns were raised about obsolete yards causing injuries to cattle and delays in transit. Butter payments for December were set by the Macleay River Dairying Company and Raymond Terrace Co op. A car crash near Port Macquarie injured a child. the O’Neill family recalled a nine month trip to England and immediate hospital care. A light item notes a film star’s daughter's remark about a new father, with a humorous punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aviation Department
Gloucester
Uay
Hampton
Pul Dock
Newcastle Aero CM
Mattiant Pantukes Protection Board
Department of Railways
G. B. Waller
Wallarobha
Walter
Port Macquarie
England
HT O'Neill
W. O'Neill
O'Neil
Pat
Parl Macquarie Hospital
Newcastle Aero Club to visit Gloucester for flights
The Newcastle Aero Club will visit Gloucester on Saturday January 23 offering district flights in a Klemm Swale low. The following Saturday January 30 the training plane with dual controls, led by Mr. Thompson, will visit with Mr. Rushbrooke and Dr. Munro for inquiries. The club’s landing ground is Hampton’s paddock near the showground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle Aero Club
Gloucester
Popularine
Thompson
Afr
Thompson Will Also Be Mr. Rushbrooke
Dr. Munro
Mr. Hampton
Leap to death at Forster Baths in Forster Ocean Baths incident
Gregory William Johnson senior of Concord Sydney leapt from the outer wall of the Forster Ocean Baths last Saturday night and vanished after swimming about 80 yards. His boy was found in a battered condition near the wall early Sunday. Johnson, a traffic branch employee at Macdonaldtown Railway Department, had been holidaying at Forster and had suffered ill health for some time.
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Forster Ocean Baths
Gregory William Johnson
Concord
Sydney
Johnson
Railway Department
Macdonald Iown
Forster
Lottery Tickets Sale and Aircraft Order Report
The article notes state lottery ticket purchases impose penalties outside city centres, with ticket extras and postal costs outlined. It mentions the Commonwealth Government considering clerks of petty sessions as local agents, plus a 40 plane order for American NA16 aircraft. An attempted Brinbine to Batavia flight by KNM Douglas airliner is planned from Sydney, while Monroona in Queensland sees floods after long droughts.
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Postal Department
Sydney
Lottery Department
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Pty, Ltd
Brinbine
Batavia
Royal Dutch Netherland Indies Airways
K.n.nm
Douglas
Qantas Empire Airways
Scenic View of Gloucester and The Buckets Prominent
The Sydney Mail highlights a panoramic Gloucester coast view from the Mogrami, famed for its “Buck ets” hills. It notes the night lights along the Mogran descent and explains the name Buckets as a corruption of the Aboriginal “buccan” meaning rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Sydney Mail
Coming Stock and Land Sales in Gloucester Area
Auctions planned by Matthewson and Co. across Gloucester and Barrington locations from January 19 to February 2 include cattle, dairy stock, horses, furniture, and real estate. Sales feature 400 head of cattle, a 444 acre Barrington Farm, and multiple estate lots with 11 am and 2 pm timings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Matthewson
Tom Hicks
Gloucester
Masara Matthewson
Matthewson & Co
Seasion
Gloucester Township
Suba Yision
Bartington Street
Gloucester Hotel
Local Bowls Meet Taree Tomorrow and Handicap Draw
The program lists players to meet Taree on the local Green at 2:15 pm with names including Whatwon Rye Andrews Boorer Ebbeck Lowe Anderson Munro Chapman Hawdon White Street Houghton McIntyre Woodward Adama. The Electric Light Singles Handicap draw for the Cavanaugh Cup outlines matchups such as Smith versus Munro or Hawdon and Adams versus Boorer, with rounds set to begin next Tuesday night weather permitting. The report also notes the Finnish motorship Joanna Thorden was wrecked in Pentland Firth near Caithness and the Orkney Islands with 32 aboard, eight survivors.
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Pennant
Taree
Whatwon
Rye
Andrews
Boorer
Ebbeck
Lowe
Anderson
Munro
Chapman
Hawdon
White
Street
Houghton
McIntyre
Woodward
Adama
Smith
V. Munro
V. Hebblewhite
Thomas
V. Woodward
Adams
Joanna
Thorden
Pentland Firth
Caithness
Orkney Islands
Tuendy
Commercial Clearing Dairy Sale At Forbes’s Sale Event
Matthewson and Co report a successful clearing dairy sale held last Wednesday for Mr. B T Forbes with strong attendance and prices clearing well. The catalogue lists numerous calves, cows, heifers, bulls, and pigs with varied prices and multiple buyers in attendance, plus a note of other livestock and dairy utensils sold at satisfactory rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthewson and Co
B. T. Forbes
LMC
Gloucester
Tom Hicks
T. Borham
J, Batley
King Bros
Digby and Everett
L. Digby
G. W. Murray
Roy Rudkin
B. Everett
Bambach
R. Ellis
H. Johnston
C. B. Farley
W. P. Reichert
K. A. McIntosh
Dé . M. West
PG. Middlebrook
J. Aitken
T. C. Hampton
O. Edwards
L. S. Holmes
FW. Holmes
BG. Moore
Alex, Miller
RB. Lyne
J. K. Relf
J. Daniell
SG. Bille
M. J. Landers
J. Meinnes
Atkins and Mowle
J J Atkins
A. Digby
Clem Gallagher
T. H. Paff
Mrs. FE. Edwards
Barkwill
E. J. Bowen
T. M. Murray
A. E. Tull
H. Digby
Casey Wat
J. Foyle
J. Averett
T. Phillips
W. J. Henderson
Ho A. Sansom
Mra
Fel
Barwards
Manus West
V. Sansom
Mies
V. Sanson
F. B. Shaw
Gus Forbes
T. P. Ellis
Bignell
A Dearda
J. Latter
R. M Baston
Roy Shultz
RD ‘McRae
World and Local Notes From The Week News Reel
Expenditure forecasts show Italy spending on army navy and force while Europe fears war. Trotsky arrives in Tampico en route to Mexico City. Vrolsky to stay out of Mexican politics. Roosevelt proposes two new battleships as nations push naval builds. Royal Wedding film confiscated in Berlin. Odets and Rainer wed in Los Angeles. Education plan to be voluntary and published after Parliament reassembles. Poisoning incident at Wagga and a fatal electrocution case in New South Wales. ongoing mine shaft murder inquiry at Wedderburn. Major Versteigh visits Australia seeking service extension. NSW half-year excess expenditure rises. Obituary notes and local deaths conclude the brief.
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Europe
Whalley
M. ‘Trotsky
Tampico
Prida
Mexico City
M 'Vrolsky
Norway
Roosevelt
Aut
Isea Hy Congress
Berlin
Diamond pendant found in library book loan Lithgow
A reader found a diamond pendant valued at £65 in a book borrowed from the Charles H. Hoskins Memorial Literary Institute Library in Lithgow. It was likely used as a bookmark and was claimed by its owner, a Lithgow woman. Fines under NSW Gaming and Betting and Liquor Acts in 1938 totaled £43,042 with 39,267 in breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hoskins ‘Memorial Literary Institute
Lithgow
Lithgow Woman
New South Wales
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A. I. Cavanough
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Keico Creek
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Kendall's
Majestic Theatre
John D. Benson
Sydney University
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Forster Baths
Monroona
Queensland
Florelle Beauty Salon
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Ghime & Smalls Building
Church Street
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INO. Calman & CO
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Los Angeles
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Royal
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Muswellbrook
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Paling
A. J. Cavangugh
E. R. Reiman
D. K. Redman
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Glow
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Webace
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Holmes
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Thristie
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K. J. Bowen
Hy A. Maunsell
Durham
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Barrington
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Fowler
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Shire Yards
Ood
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AK Courier
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A. Lynch
E. Scrivener
J G Baxby
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Cloucester
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Olive Mona Dew
W. Dovey
J. Major
John Major
W. Bedford
Pultney Street
F. Weston
Meenin
D.C. Rye
Gloucester Shire Yards
Witton Gus Fortes
A Greskym
RB Smith
Are Estate Mra
Gallagher
Barrington River Dairy Farm
Farley
Barrington River
Harrington River
Auchon
Baker's Creek
Nile
Seattle
Nreserved Auction Sale
OPR
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M. A. Deline-Radcliffe
Otder
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