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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1951
Page
3
Gloucester Race Club again abandons its meeting due to persistent rain. The big double meeting scheduled for January 27 and 28 is canceled, with the Gloucester Cup moved to March. Southern horses had arrived and officials hope for better weather at the next fixture.
Bulldozers move in February to prepare 250 acre site near Rooty Hill railway station for a new town named New Coventry planned by Ex-Imperial, S.4 and A. Club. 800 homes and forty shops: aims include land purchase, home building, and housing for Australian and British ex servicemen families.
A near century after gold discoveries began in 1851 Australia’s growth and settlement are linked to the metal. The Chambers of Mines of Victoria and Queensland publish a free book by T C Dickson with illustrations by Len Annels, outlining gold’s historical and investor relevance and inviting requests.
At the Ninth Biennial Conference of the British Empire Service League a proposal to use sale proceeds from the Burma railway to compensate prisoners of war was rejected by the British Government. The government said proceeds would be divided between Malaya, Burma, and the Netherlands East Indies and not used as POW compensation. In a separate note, a farmer from Sudbury, Peter Gage, described how he mounted a second-hand car radio to his tractor to listen to BBC Radio Times broadcasts, gaining access to British and foreign stations while working.
Tenders are invited for mail conveyance from July 1951 on routes including Gloucester Post Office to Railway Station and other regional links. Tenders due by 2:30 pm Wednesday January 1951. Forms available at Sydney General Post Office Maitland District Postal Inspector offices.
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