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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
3
At night a masked intruder entered Mrs Hect or Hob bins home at Bottle Creek 35 miles from Casino and demanded money. She handed over a £10 note after her husband was away. Tabulam police report difficulty obtaining a clear description of the suspect.
Germany introduces export and import licensing for arms and munitions. New York eyes silent streets with rubber horse shoes. Seven coastguard cutters designed to carry aircraft are under construction in the United States. Crotes adopts a bill raising Spain’s army to 145000 next year. Ivory used for billiard balls and piano keys fetches high prices. Chocolate arrives in England as a beverage, then costs ten to fifteen shillings per pound. Birds taxed in Zebreh Mora via. sparrows incur 2s. Wales hosts diverse religious sects. An all wood typewriter and an alkwood clock are claimed by a Bosnian peasant. Frogs boom in Yugoslavia due to French shortages. air shipments to Paris pay 2s per fifty. Rugby disturbance near Toulouse injures several. Two hundred fifty footballers killed last season in America. eighteen deaths in six weeks this season. Genoa bankers sentenced for smuggling funds out of Italy. Special express trains move cauliflowers, chocolate, fruit, coal and flowers at forty miles per hour on British railways. A diet of fish eggs and potatoes aids slimness without heavy restrictions. Mrs. Burton of Crofton ages eighty six and great grandchildren still bike. Jubilee stamps in 200 varieties total 1,000,000,000 across the Empire, some rising in value. A clock or watch life depends on proper starting and adjustment. Buy timepieces from H. Coote, practical jeweller, Gloucester.
Matthewson and Co report a successful special cattle sale at Gloucester last Tuesday with strong attendance and clear prices. Best bullocks and heifers fetched premium rates, cows and calves ranged, while some lots sold poorly. numerous buyers and noted consignors posted prices across many lots, reflecting robust demand.
A yarding at Homebush Stock Sales in Sydney shows a large selection of cattle with diverse lots. Prices ranged from 1/5 to 6/1 with prime beef mainly 26/- to 33/- per 100lbs and yearlings 31/- to 39/ per 100lbs, alongside 159 Queensland cattle among 3702 head sold. A separate note describes a North Wales bank clerk recounting a village dealer stockpiling sovereigns totaling over £1000 in a family habit of keeping money at home.
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