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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
1
A Local Paper for Advertisers urges buyers to choose only advertised goods and services. The message emphasizes ethics and sound economics, claiming nationally or locally advertised items meet a standard worthy of daily preference and reliability.
A single engined RAAF aircraft from Parkes to Mascot disintegrated near Glenbrook at 1 45 on Tuesday. Squadron Leader James Rainbow and four others were killed. Witnesses say the wing tore away and wreckage scattered along tracks and roads near a house. The plane burst into flames after impact, with petrol tanks exploding. An orders paper showing a 2 pm departure was found in wreckage. An optometrist, D I McDonald, will visit Gloucester and be available at the Commercial Hotel on a date to be advised.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd notes at Sydney pig auctions Tuesday totals 1150 head. Backfatters and extra prime heavy bids varied with prices from 95s to 110 per head. baconers 68s to 76s for 120 to 140 lb ranges, 62s to 68s for 110 lb to 120 lb, 66s to 62s for 85 lb to 110 lb. Porkers ranged 42s to 52s for 50 lb to 70 lb. 88s to 42s for 80 lb to 50 lb.
Free French forces from Chad territory dashed 300 miles across the desert to attack Italian air base Murzuk, 450 miles south of Tripoli. Outnumbered 500 Italians retreated into fort as hangars workshops and aircraft were destroyed. French prisoners taken and leader Lieutenant Colonel Dornano killed by sniper.
The King George V class battleship is in commission marking a new era for Britain. The ship arrives at the Chesapeake Bay entrance near Baltimore with Lord and Lady Halifax aboard, while Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill travel from the northern base. Four sister ships of the class await readiness this year, armed with 14 inch and 5.35 inch guns and rated over 30 knots. Captain W. R. Patterson, ex Australian Navy, commands the King George V after serving as flag captain to the reserve fleet commander.
British forces push a new 300 mile front from Kenya toward Italian Somaliland as Eritrean and Abyssinian operations advance. Ummbagar evacuated, Setit River crossings give aid to Gedaref to Agordat supply lines. RAF harasses fronts. Derna holds while Libyan theater sees steady western advance. Italian reverses cited by Times as Mussolini miscalculation.
The excerpt argues Mussolini erred like France by assuming Britain would not fight alone, claiming Hitler’s strategy rests on that misjudgment and that Mussolini will bear the consequences of this error.
The Commissioner for Road Transport Mr C N Neale announced a new Motor Traffic Handbook will replace the Act and Regulations for motorists. The booklet explains in plain language the duties on drivers and owners and is issued with driver licence renewals learner permits and motor vehicle registrations. Those preferring the full Act and Regulations may apply to the Department to obtain a copy.
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