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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1934
Page
3
Special prices on 36in British windeyette in white pink blue and salmon at 114d per yard. 30in striped flannelette at 103d per yard or 9/11 per dozen yards. 29in flannelette in blue pink salmon lemon white at 83d per yard or 7/11 per dozen. Floral flannelette 30in designs at 105d per yard. Laconia super flannel 30in in 12 shades at 2/11 per yard. Ladies flannelette nightdresses offered.
Tom Hicks reports private sale of No 3 Stock in the Kia Ora subdivision to A J White completing the Kia Ora lands sale. He also notes sale of Ray West building allotments to G Sutton and Lot 1 Sec Second to Mrs Wheatley. Gloucester Pig Sales reports a fortnightly sale with firm baconers and heavy porkers, listing numerous buyers and prices in a busy market.
Gemand reports 135 tons offered at Wednesday’s Sydney rabbit skin sale with prices easing from prior week. Better grades showed firm values. heavy petty and winter sorts traded around 1 to 2d per lb. Detailed bids spanned first and second grades, damaged pelts, greys, and small lots with many figures noted for each category.
A Bodleian Library manuscript in Oxford notes that slimming and other beauty rituals account for 460,000,000 pounds spent yearly in London. The item is described as the smallest in the world, measuring three quarters of an inch square.
Sydney detectives pursue leads in the Bank of New South Wales payroll heist where £1300 was taken from a government official. One bandit, reportedly wounded, may have died from injuries amid ongoing inquiries. A bloodstained car found in Sammel Street Newton, linked to the holdup, shows washed surfaces but no stolen items, supporting attempts to erase fingerprints.
Dr Earle Page, leader of the Federal Country Party, urged a definite downward movement of tariffs at a Tamworth meeting to secure empire trade. He cited re adjustments like Kut duty cuts and primage reduction from 10 to 5 percent on British goods as progress, but said more was needed.
Describes a vast dust storm spreading from the Midwest to the Atlantic in May, affecting about three quarters of the United States. Notes 400 million tons of soil moved, crop losses estimated, and widespread irritation. Chicago dumped about four pounds per person, while blue skies returned after the event.
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