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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1941
Page
1
A persuasive local ad urging readers to choose advertised goods and services, arguing that trusted brands and clear reputations ensure consistent quality. It appeals to ethics and economics, claiming that the Local Paper for Advertisers upholds a standard readers can rely on.
An advertisement copy proclaims reach of 3000 readers in the Gloucester District as the sole guaranteed method to place goods and services before the public, asserting that only a tiny fraction of buyers can be reached by other means.
London relief reports that Soviet counter offenses have pressed German invaders in at least three sectors along the front. German communiques claim steady attacks while Soviet forces defend major river lines and halt crossings as four thrusts push toward Leningrad, Smolensk, Kiev, and the Dnieper region with Hungary and Romania aiding unless stalled.
Moscow reports rapid German reactions with widespread forest fires in the Luck area. Moscow notes 709,000 German dead or wounded since the war began and claims 200,000 prisoners. A Moscow Radio spokesman vows vengeance for London and Allied losses in the air raids.
London reports Britain and Vichy may seek armistice in Syria while forces push along the coast toward Beirut and Palmyra. Cairo says British mechanised units advance west toward Homs with total successes elsewhere. Beirut raf raids continue under heavy air attack. Turkey reportedly denies allowing passage of troops to Syria.
RAF night and daylight raids targeted Magdeburg Munster Osnabrück and Beilenfeld in western Germany with heavy damage and fires. Rotterdam and Den Helder docks were bombed while Caen aerodrome faced Bomber Command attacks. Coastal Command sank two ships off Norway. No RAF losses reported.
London dispatch details a Mediterranean submarine attack on June 20 against an Italian eight ship convoy protected by four destroyers. The leading cruiser, believed to be the Gneizia, was torpedoed and sank. British submarines reportedly sank three Italian supply ships and torpedoed and crippled another cruiser on the same day.
The NSW dairy discussion urged butter quality improvement through better cream, improved margarine processes, and enhanced buttermaking with vacuum and filtration. A Dairy Department lecturer noted limited pasteurization of unaged butter and called on farmers to supply higher quality cream to boost local consumption, which rose to about 40 percent per head from 24 percent since 1924.
Senator McLachlan warned in parliament that Europe faces an inevitable famine as Germany and Nazi forces threaten neighboring countries. He urged broad aid to the Soviet and Ukrainian fronts, distribution of Nazi camp horror books in Australia, and rapid adoption of steam and electric power for transport including subsidized private research to convert cars to steam or electric power.
In a Commons reply, Foreign Under-Secretary R A Butler said occupied countries must fund the Army of Occupation, paying about £1,060,000,000 yearly in kind and cash. Norway Denmark Belgium Holland France face heavy charges per head as Germany requisitions goods and wealth, with losses estimated around £100,000,000 annually.
TL McDonald a London based optician will attend at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Saturday July 12 from 9 am to 3 pm for consultations. The notice includes a lighthearted exchange about a child’s future as an auctioneer after he hid his father’s watch under the hammer.
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