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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
1
A vintage catalog style list promotes infant wear and children s wool garments including coats jackets bonnets and bootees. Items highlight washable cream smocked ensembles flannel towels wool jackets and cosy woollen jumpers with coupon counts for each purchase. Calls to call early for available shades accompany the sale.
Summary of wartime briefings: U S and Japanese ships clashed at Rendova as American cruisers and destroyers repelled attacks while air battles persisted. Raids hit Vila and Munda. MacArthur directs from New Guinea as battles expand. Allied bombing targets Cologne Hamburg and the Ruhr. Rome suburbs lightly bombed. Evatt cites Australia’s shift to offensives. Roosevelt veto upheld on commodity bill. Martinique talks with Vichy authorities surface. Russian guerrillas derail enemy trains. a Great Allied convoy crosses the Atlantic with air cover intact. India faces famine risks. American bombers hit a Rangoon oil refinery.
In Kalgoorlie Western Australia last week three thousand watched the Lieutenant Governor Sir James Mitchell unveil a tablet to Paddy Hannan at a tree planted in an historic spot. Fifty years ago last week Hannan made the find that opened the Golden Mile mines and launched Australia’s richest gold fields with a total production of £114000000 to date. Local authorities have beautified the site and the mines remain among Australia’s wealthiest assets.
The Fourth of July is marked not only in American cities but also by British people. With American troops abroad fighting fascism, Brits join in the celebration of liberty and democracy. The text recalls the Declaration of Independence signed July 4, 1776 and echoes Roosevelt in war speeches. Americans abroad celebrate to honor forefathers and shared goals with British allies.
Mr F W Hutton dairy farmer was struck while on the farm likely while adjusting trace chains on a roller. He lost memory after the accident and wandered away before being found by his wife Mrs Hutton. He was attended by ambulance staff, then taken to the doctor and hospital with severe contusions to the right ear an incised wound about 14 inches long in front of the jaw and severe shock.
The Department of Agriculture warns that ashes from cecal or coke and gas producer units have virtually no fertiliser value as they lack plant nutrients. Wood ashes vary, generally 2-3 percent potash with tiny lime, magnesia and phosphates. they have limited fertiliser value and should be composted rather than spread directly on soil.
The Assistant Director of Rural Industries Dr A R Callaghan called claims of widespread dairy cow slaughter exaggerated and misleading. He noted only a rise in cull disposal across states except Queensland and said sales mostly moved cows from low productivity farms to better properties with machine milking. He warned that a shift from dairying to beef in Victoria could harm future production if unchecked.
An island in the Indian Ocean alone hosts cats descended from two wrecked felines about eighty years ago. The feral colony is large and fierce, surviving mainly by fishing in shallow pools along a dry reef. When fish are scarce the cats prey on each other, illustrating natural selection in action.
Soldiers on leave in town visit an auction of fruit and vegetables. They buy items, gift a pup for 12 shillings to a boy, and joke about taking many taxis. The Chronicle notes their eagerness to spend money and their humorous spending spree.
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