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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1941
Page
3
Your years and your age are not sole measures of health. Health depends on living habits and proactive care. Some fifty five year olds seem younger than thirty due to inborn vitality or heredity, while prevention and early detection offer real control over disease progression.
The article urges individuals to take initiative in monitoring their health, noting health as a marketable product and prevention as cheaper than illness. It warns that neglect of hygiene and unhealthy habits lead to early deaths, and advises taking an inventory of health to correct even minor abnormalities for a longer life.
The list shows pupils A J Bowen Denis Hazelwood Winsome F Hojel Elizabeth Hooke Heather J Morris L W Parish G A Ross Rene Stanbury Keith Tull J Yardy with pass grades and subject codes for English History Geography Maths Physics Physiology Technical Drawing Woodwork Needlework Agricultural Botany Agriculture I Agriculture II Home Economics. About 200 guns and large war materiel were captured at Tobruk. prisoners expected to exceed 20,000.
W B Sparke reports a very heavy yarding of pigs at the fortnightly sale with prime bacons and heavy porkers dominant. Buyers attended in full, prices steady for prime pigs, stores easing. numerous consignments sold to strong bids, led by H Martin and others with varied prices across hundreds of lots. Next sale set for Thursday 6 February.
The RSL volunteer corps resumes after the Christmas break with a Sunday morning parade at the Park at 10.50 am and a full muster urged as members invite new recruits. A church parade follows at 7 pm at the School of Arts for a memorial and thanksgiving service for Len Turner and Australian forces at the Star Theatre.
Mosquitoes have distinct sexes with only the female biting. Males live a few days while females live weeks and require blood to lay eggs. Eggs hatch in 12 to 14 days in stagnant water. Mosquitoes resist drying and moisture can renew latent life. Gambusia Affinis fish are used to control larvae in ponds marshes and swamps. Malaria yellow fever and elephantiasis are spread by infected mosquitoes. Bites transmit disease through the watery saliva. Spraying rooms with a mosquito killer like Fly Tox is advised to reduce home risk.
Mr C N Neale chairman of the Liquid Fuel Control Board and Commissioner for Road Transport gave assurance that petrol ration tickets remain valid until March 31. He denied rumors that tickets in use and now being issued would be worthless when a new counterfeit proof type is issued next Tuesday January 28. The improved tickets will be issued but ordinary coupons remain negotiable until the stipulated date.
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