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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1942
Page
2
D I McDonald of Webster Jack & McDonald Sydney Pty Limited Optometrists will visit Gloucester Saturday August 8 and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm.
Gloucester Park hosts a Patriotic Sports meeting on Saturday 18 July with bridle horse races and other events for men and women. Proceeds support the Red Cross and Gloucester War Chest Funds, with programmes available from Mr E Weekes.
The Ward's River Red Cross has worked hard for the Prisoners of War Appeal and sent a cheque totaling £102 16s 9d. This amount was raised in ten weeks.
Barrington, New South Wales breeder H A Stevenson purchased Navua Vain Volunteer from Navua Pty Ltd Grose Wold. The cow, a top quality Jersey with imported bloodlines, has prizes from Sydney Royal shows and produced substantial milk yields and fat. Also notes Volunteers for artillery drive and local community notices including an 88th birthday and dairy front updates.
A large crowd welcomed Gunner Tom McInness home and farewelled Aircraftsman Archie Chubb and Private Howard Elliott. McInness, one of ten Australians, escaped from Singapore and will share his adventures in Friday's edition. A fire brigade demonstration on incendiary bomb rescue drew a big audience, with more details promised Friday.
Walcha district far exceeded its Second Liberty Loan quota of 7 000 by subscribing 20 020 from 86 donors. In the prior loan, with a 8 000 quota, subscriptions topped 24 000. An interesting visitor to Kempsey was Mr T N Brunskill of Wagga Wagga seeking North Coast cattle for transport to the Riverina.
The Prisoners of War Appeal Fund reaches £99 1s 1d with gifts from Mrs Andrew Laurie £1 Mr G D Laurie £2 2s George Watson £1 and Mr Alan Smith £9 10 6 from a novelty evening. The final tennis party on Saturday July 4 at Park Courts raised £2 8 7 for the fund. Dawn Morris won a tea cosy donated by Mrs Chaplin and W Connolly won a propelling pencil. Mrs Ellis won a case donated by Mrs Highfield. The society thanks Mrs Carthew Mrs Channon Mrs Brorson Mr Hebblewhite each 2 shillings Mrs W Garner £1 Mrs Nash two balls Mrs Fox and Mrs L Easton biscuits for afternoon tea. For general Red Cross funds thanks to Mrs Cavanaugh £7 10 proceeds of jams and Mrs Reichert £4 10 sale of pig.
A new coupon based tea rationing scheme starts Monday offering an eight ounce three extra ounce five week allotment per person. It allows purchases of half a pound per transaction with no need to register at a shop and enables group buys. Coupons 1 to 4 valid from July 6 to August 8 with additional coupons announced August 10. Household books may be presented by one person or leaf coupons detached by the supplier and receipts issued. Groups may paste coupons on sheets for larger purchases by work groups or institutions.
Reported by a ministerial statement that Mr Drakeford visited a secret aerodrome costing £3,000,010. It also notes at least 100 new aerodromes have been built in Australia in recent months as a large construction program moves ahead.
Commercial Homebush stock sale reports show 1516 cattle yarded with steady prices. Winchcombe Carson notes unchanged market with best wearera to 59 per hundred pounds. Maitland fat cattle yardings total about 820 with prices largely unchanged. calves scarce, Bobbies best to 4, heavy calves to 4, and Pigs market keen with back fatters to 145 and bacon porkers to 99/6.
In New Zealand hams and pork are very limited with regular rations restricted to invalids, expectant and nursing mothers, and children. General rationing allows only three eggs weekly per person, certificates needed, with leftovers sold to the public. Prices for eggs have risen to about four pence a dozen, creating a market for backyard poultry comoye.
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