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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1943
Page
2
A fragment mentions All-party committee on repatriation proposing higher service pensions to be included in a forthcoming Repatriation Bill. It notes government regulations for war purposes and hints at parliamentary discussion. The OCR text also briefly references a boy named John Mitchell from Macksville with injuries after an incident.
D I McDonald of Webster and Jack and McDonald (Sydney) Pty Limited Optometrists plan a Saturday visit to Glovecator in late February. They may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel from afternoon until five.
Local column from Gloucester reports a prisoner in Italy and a prisoner’s letter to George Watson. Updates mention a Gladstone area observer at 8 pm and a Gloster town cap tip meeting on the 27th and a review of men in Class One. George Walson’s hospitalization and Olive Yardy’s return to duty are noted along with family records discussions and a timber inspection schedule.
Columbia's unusual new comedy Here Comes Mr Jordan stars Robert Montgomery. Directed by Alexander Hall, produced by Everett Riskin, with a Seton Miller script and a cast including Claude Rains Evelyn Keyes James Gleason Edward Everett Barton Rita Johnson Hallywell Hobbes John Emery Donald MacBride Benny Rubin. Universal previews Keep Em Trying next Friday and Saturday, Anniversary week.
Caucts proposals may prompt the Wardee Treasurer Mr Chitley to introduce new direct taxation measures in Parliament. If approved by Parliament, collection will begin in April at the latest. CACTOBLASTIS ATTACKS Vegetation in Muswellbrook damaged as the pest shifts from nut trees to crops. Damaged plots include pumpkins Hubbard aquash with losses around £20 feared without quick action. Mr E Campion reports extensive leaf damage and will notify the Department of Agriculture.
The Trade and Customs Senate announces a third sugar allowance for jam at 18 lb per person with immediate effect. Keane warns of sporadic stripping and limited sugar arrivals, urging households to obtain ration forms from the Deputy Director of Rationing to apply for all members.
Listings show Epiphany services at Gloucester Bam and Stratford Ham with times around 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Methodist and Congregational services occur in Gloucester and Cedar Grove with several morning and afternoon times led by Rev. J A Smith and Rev H Lynn. Presbyterian Bree Church and Lower Barsington Church offer 11 am and 7:30 pm services, with multiple pastors named for Sunday duties.
At the Majestic Theatre Gloucester a Welcome and Farewell social honored Lieut. Nance Hawdon and Cpl. Roger Rye with an Australian Nursing Unit overseas. Miss Murray, who served with the WAAAF at Wagga, was farewelled. Speakers praised service, thanked War Chest and Red Cross, and urged support for returning troops and families.
A wartime dispatch notes Private Tom Foster of Taree is reported as a prisoner of war in Mezz4, with confirmation pending from allied authorities. The item records the status in the ongoing conflict and identifies the town of origin.
Soldier recounts desert trek with minimal kit, surviving 24 days in harsh Middle East conditions. He notes tanks guns planes and a battlefield scrapyard, plus dangers from booby traps and a butterfly bomb, and mentions ice cold weather, snow, and proximity to North Africa. He shares home news from England, including shortages and rationing of matches and new domestic routines.
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