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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1937
Page
2
Dental practitioner based in Sydney University trained expert operates from Church Street Gloucester offering general dentistry and related services to local residents with professional qualifications and regional presence.
A Gloucester page records personal notices and local business moves. Erle Paton reports securing a sales manager post for an Australian timber export venture with English capital. Morris Motors Ltd helped a first coal export. A Gloucester Lamartan sale drew two Reuters from New England. Personal items note Mr H A Abbott and Miss Phyllis Abbott planning a Niagara to New Zealand holiday, Mr P Hahesy leaving for Chanamble, and Mr Roy Shetten taking CPB duties at Blucesist. Engagement announced between Miss Bery Akers and Lynne Page of Craven CHANCE FOR YOUNG PLAYERS details a juvenile talent search for a Commonwealth Tours Pty venture with salaries and roles listed. Anniversary Day holiday schedule discusses NSW Banks and Bank Holiday Act adjustments to February 1.
Cinesound units faced a chaotic first day on Craven Plateau as luggage broke down leaving Tall Timber Company in travelling clothes with no pyjamas or toothbrushes. Photographers and crew endured heat and bush noises while scenes for the film Tall Timber were interrupted by gales that felled trees along the timber drive.
Three residents of Wingham Geo Robertson Mick Findley and Jack Williams were drowned in the Manning River while fishing from a boat at the DeVily Elbow below Wingham. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as they began to return home. only Barnes survived.
The Australian Meat Board describes a decade of change in world meat export trade. It notes Europe as the former main market, with the United Kingdom now dominant, and outlines shifts in chilled beef and pig meat exports to Britain and Asia, including historical tonnages and policy concessions shaping future supply.
Auction notices list grazing property sales at Bakers Creek Gloucester and Barrington, with cattle dairy stock and horses offered by Messrs Matthewson and Co. over several days in January and February. Other sales include private residence goods, caravans and furnishings, and a weatherboard cottage in Glouchester.
John Thomas Monk faced charges after a visit to the Fish In shop in Church Street Gloucester with a Life Saving Club party led to a bus trip toward Taree. Police recovered several items from the bus linked to the theft, Monk admitted taking the goods and was sentenced to six days hard labour with 10 shillings costs, others expressed remorse as magistrates stressed intolerance of such conduct by visitors.
Weather notes indicate a warm spell with weak sunspot activity and no major change in the southeast. A further southward sunspot shift could trigger a fall in temperature, followed by a rise as January 1st approaches. The forthcoming cycle is expected to usher in the wet season, with drought breaking gradually.
Job notice seeking sanvassers to earn regular money by selling per 200 lines with generous commission. Deposit required. Address 61 Regent St, 8YD.
In Saturday matches small scores prevailed as the long green outfields hindered batting. C Bartlett top scored for Barrington with 46 against Gangat, Wattles beat Thistles 102 to 63 with Langford taking 4 for 1, and injuries forced Thistles to field new players. Barrington defeated Gangat with Bartlett making 40, Gloucester B beat Barrington 174 to 55, and Ward's River met Rookhurst in a non decisive match.
Organisers in England and Australia discuss sending a junior team to the International cattle judging contest at the 1937 Royal Show in Wolverhampton. Intensive training led by Mr GoM 7. Cares aims to improve judging abilities and firm up the club movement’s value. Subscriptions are to be received through the Department in Agriculture Sydney with funds managed by treasurer Md McDonald.
A printed sale notice urges buyers to attend a union furniture sale next Saturday. It lists P Baker as auctioneer and mentions Rotary work for Gloucester district farmers and graziers who have not purchased a Howard rotary hoe. Bookings can be made at Paterson Eastor and Co Gloucester. R. Souter is also noted.
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