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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
2
Optometrists and Opticians D L McDonald and partners will visit Gloucester on Thursday March 7 from morning to 5 pm and Friday March 8 from morning to 10 am. They may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel.
Several horses new to Gloucester will race at the local course tomorrow with Sydney broadcasts, a dance at the School of Arts, and multiple booths to boost proceeds for the Returned Soldiers' Building Fund. Injury report and Australia Day office hours also noted alongside upcoming cattle sales and Dungog Digggers Rodeo plans.
A decomposed body was found yesterday afternoon a mile below Bulliac in the Barrington River. Police and locals identified the remains as Ernest Seale Garland by deduction from timing and sighting records. Garland, a Fisher Bros. trapper at Bulliac, was seen attempting to swim the flooded river on 11 June and disappeared. The body was sent to Gloucester for interment and an inquest is planned at Gloucester Police Court next week.
Flight-Lieut Ken Cheera on 34 years RAAF service is in serious condition after a riding accident on Saturday afternoon near Krambach. He fell from a horse, struck his head on a tree, and was carried a mile to reach an ambulance and then to MRD Hospital. He remains unconscious on Tuesday morning.
Rumors around Mr J Hodges a Gloucester district rural school science master now on holiday in Sydney are denied. Mrs Hodges writes from Sydney that a head injury from a New Year’s Day river swim at Liverpool led to an infection. He left Liverpool Hospital and, per Mrs Hodges, is en route back to Gloucester with Mrs Hodges, expected to arrive tomorrow.
Large Pepperwood and Camphor Laurel Trees purchased and removed with high prices paid for timber. Flame Trees sought in irregular shapes or straight logs, standing or cut. Blackbean stumps and logs purchased and removed with good prices offered. Full particulars to Ralph Symonds Pty Ltd Morley Avenue Rosebery Sydney.
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