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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1941
Page
1
A promotional note extols buying only advertised goods and services, arguing that a consistent, high reputation guarantees quality. It asserts advertisers statewide and locally uphold a standard that protects consumers and sustains sound economic choice through trusted local paper notices.
Each issue of the Advocate is read by 3000 people and is the sole guaranteed and definite avenue to reach the Gloucester District. Only a tiny fraction of the buying public can be reached by any other method.
London reports say British patrols have reached the Derna outskirts after advancing from Tobruk along the desert road. RAF heavy bombing supports armored units as Italians retreat on multiple fronts. Prisoners and pockets of Italians are being cut off as operations press forward toward Derna and surrounding areas.
The report notes 20,000 as the target and large arsenals being sorted. General Sir Archibald Wavell’s forces are a few miles from Libyan Desert supplies west of Derna near the tank action site. It mentions coastal road progress, a Tobruk to Benghazi route via Mesili Derng, light fortifications, a tiny harbour, and RAF bombings westward from Tobruk. It also reports Italians moving their air force west, eight enemy planes burned at Dems, and damage to grounded planes at Marum south of Benghazi.
A Hay New South Wales grazier becomes commander of the first contingent of regular troops for Abyssinia. Emperor Haile Selassie reviews them in London, ahead of a perilous march into enemy territory. The contingent includes four sergeants from Trangie Longreach Newcastle and a Papua rubber planter, all former ALF volunteers. They face 150 miles of tough foot travel through dense thorn forest and bamboo.
James Rumble, 72, collapsed and died while splitting timber in his paddock for fencing posts. His wife was present. A lifelong resident of the Dungog district, he had long worked the Salisbury mail contract.
London reports indicate Nazi influence grows in Italy with riots in Milan and Turin. German troops reportedly control key points, factories, and staff duties, while Italian forces may join in. BBC and Ankara Radio cite troop movements and concealed operations as officials assess who battles whom in the north.
Report from the December 6 1917 Halifax disaster describes the Mount Blanc blaze and the ensuing explosion that killed about 2000 people and left 20 000 injured. It notes the HM S Highflyer crew who sacrificed themselves to save others, disappearing in the fire.
A London overview notes that the United States holds over 38 percent of the world's monetary gold in Fort Knox Kentucky. It details the vast value, guarding force, and the high cost of storage while tracing gold’s history and the factors that back the world’s monetary system.
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