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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
2
In Gloucester the Hipmorint Nall business case renews contention as subscribers back a new committee to decide on memorial options. Proposals include a memorial hall with reading rooms, a School of Arts rebuild, or a pure soldiers’ memorial funded by subscriptions and ballots to gauge public opinion.
Stockowners are reminded annual land and stock return is overdue and should be lodged with the Secretary of the Pasture Protection Board at Gloucester Farms. If not received, apply for a form to avoid penalties. Newcastle Old Buffers unable to play this Saturday, hoping for a full-strength side on February 9. Stratford teas meeting disrupted by mischief. police alerted. Dungog Chronicle notes Mr Johnny Lloyd’s fishing trip near Lower Bowman with perch and catfish, awakes present. King’s slow progress reported with improved strength. Stratford sports concert planned Saturday at 4:30 with events, supper, and evening entertainment to aid Stratford Hall improvements.
Mr Hardes announces the opening of his new Sales and Service State on Park Street Gloucester to be opened Friday evening at 145 pm. McAule from General Motors will give addresses. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Rain on the North Coast brings heavy falls with Gloucester reporting 22 points and Forster leading.
The show association delegates, led by President Mr A J White, reviewed the single Judge system and assigned judges across sections for the upcoming show. The grazing rights for the showground were debated with Waddell and Co receiving bids, while a Royal Show exhibit was planned with produce from Corland and Gloucester butter. Progress on the dairy cattle shed is advancing and a keeper for cattle drafting is proposed.
A meeting of the Amatuanis-How committee in Maitland discussed merging the Munter district butter factories into a single concern. The plan, naming The Munter Valleys Dairies Ltd, aims to gain greater control, reduce costs, standardize processes, and improve marketing across factories including Gloucester, Muswellbrook, Denman, Scone, Tamworth, and others. A further consultative vote and West Maitland meeting set for February 4 will decide on details.
An overflowing audience attended the opening of Union Church at Stratford on Saturday evening, with Rev. H. W. Rogers Gloucester sending apologies. A public meeting followed, pledges and donations totaling £21 were raised, and Sunday services were held in the new building by Revs. Seal, Dickson, and Mr. Murray. The weatherboard structure cost funds lacking, but £194 in cash donations and £468 promised were noted. The building was erected by voluntary labor with extensive local support and gifts toward fittings and furnishings.
A Tamworth gathering of the Northern New State movement is planned for Tuesday and Wednesday with about 40 representatives expected. Alderman P. B. Tehwd of Ballina will welcome delegates, Colonel P. P. Abbot will preside, and MPs including V. C. Thompson will attend. The talks will outline a scheme for enlarged local government and provincial councils, with plans to split the state into regions and grant subsidies and borrowing powers.
Organiser H Stone and C Ml Blenkin present 25 extra interesting events at the Stock Drafting and Trotting meeting with prizes of £80 and £70 respectively. The event occurs on Monday under Seo.
The annual meeting of adherents of the Free Presbyterian Church of Australia was held in Wingham Church. Rev S P Stewart presided as moderator. reports were read and adopted. The congregation discussed the Manning charge and retirement of Rev S P Stewart after fifty years, considering a recommender from Dr McLean in Scotland. A tentative cable to Scotland was sent concerning a new minister. Alex Cameron was appointed to assist with retirement matters.
A well known heiress performed opposite a famous actor who complained that her constant laughter disrupted a scene. He urged a change in her behavior while she insisted she never faulted him, ending with a terse remark about waiting to get home.
A fragmentary scene shows a couple in a dining room discussing a remark about a hole in one. The wife reacts with surprise as the husband mishears and shifts topic, while bystanders and a child narrator add to the awkward domestic mood amid garbled dialogue and a distant, tense undertone.
The Country Women's Association, a prominent state group, works to improve welfare and conditions for country women and children. It plans to expand maternity care, extend Bush Nursing services, establish libraries in rural centers, provide holiday accommodation, offer tent rooms for country visitors, and unite women and girls under a brighter life. state president Mrs Sawyer and vice president Mrs Mackay will visit Clopedstar around February as the association, with 220 branches and 44,000 members, continues growth.
Sydney Monday sale saw few prime cattle and limited lighter types in yarding around 3100. Vealers strong, overall quality below last Thursday. Prime descriptions steadier as trade opened, with varied prices for steer, bullock, heifer, and baconer classes. attendance fair, competition not as brisk as prior week. About 4900 yarded, with quality ranges from small cattle to prime weights and a general lighter demand.
On Friday and Saturday next a bin carnival will be held at Wingham Showground with an £80 stake drafting event and £16 for wetting. The total prize money amounts to £286. An English authority notes the world railways cover 168000 route miles. More than half the total ary of ANY Yin BOARD.
Local police authorities are presently engaged in the collection of the state electoral rolls. They appeal to country and town residents to assist them in their task.
The extract notes D I McDonald and F S M C London connected optics and Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Ltd with Martin Pinca Pitt Shroot, will attend Commercial Metal Company in January 2010 from 9 am to 5 pm. It also mentions Russia's canal length from Leningrad to China at about 4500 miles and roughly 3 million motor cars worldwide, one for about 64 people.
Reports from the Melbourne sale yards show a decline in fat cattle quality since Christmas with prices firming only in some lots. Midling and inferior cattle are hard to sell and the market is uneven. Separate notes mention drownings at Clive Grange and wire service uptake in Britain, the U S and Germany, plus a new railway station and refreshment room at Taree expected soon.
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