Gloucestershire Council notes and road and service plans
The Engineer reported progress on a £15 scoop purchase plus £5 freight to acquire a serviceable cubic yard scoop. Road work includes fencing at Beattif’s Island, repairs to Cobark River bridge, Curracarari Giro road planning, Merewether Pitlochry roads upgrade, and private road construction. Health inspector records one notifiable disease, sewerage permits total 282, with renewals requested for several plumbers. The council discusses butter factory waste, swerage treatment, and provision of public conveniences.
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Donaldson
Karamfa-Monkeycott Road
Carleton
Newcastle
Upper Hunter
Beattif
Anc
Plac
Cobark River
J. Gayatt
Follo
J. B. Thomas
C. Revenport
Roberts
Dr Bignel
Jess Linden
Advocate Accounts for June 1941 Quarters
Subscription accounts for the quarter ending June 30 1941 have been issued and subscribers are asked to review them promptly. Due to paper scarcity higher costs and production pressures the paper will be discontinued to subscribers with arrears of two years or more after fourteen days from this date and arrangements should be made to reduce the balance within that period. L and D Rye July 1941.
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RYE
Uth
Optometrists Visit in Gloucester on August 23
Optometrists DB J McDonald and allied care providers from Sydney firm Jack & McDonald (Sydney) Pty Limited will attend at the Commercial field Gloucester on Saturday August 23. Consultation hours are to be announced.
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J. McDonald
P.salc
Londony
Webster, Jack & McDonald
Sydney
Gloucester
Population growth tied to industry, says scientist
Dr A B V Richardson, Deputy CEO of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, told Melbourne Constitutional Club that future population expansion requires industrial development. He cited improved farming methods cutting need for workers and boosting output, noting Wool and Wheat gains could add millions yearly. primary production employment fell from 211,000 in 1911 to 189,000 in 1938.
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Australia
A.B. V. Richardson
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Richardson
Melbourne Constitutional Club
Stock at Homebush Auction At Winchcombe
H H W Andrews Mt George secured 12 steers to £11 3 average £11 1 9 and 1 8 Robinson Bundook 2 bullocks £10 5 average £10 1 8 3 cows to £10 17 average £10 1 9 1 heifer £9 2 F Robinson jun Bundook 2 venters £7 1 1 heifer £9 7 at Winchcombe Carson's auction Homebush Thursday fast.
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Homebush
H. H. W. Andrews
Mt. George
Robinson
Bundook
Winchcombe
Carson
Alexandria City of East and West Through Time
A compact history of Alexandria tracing its founding by Alexander the Great, its role as a crossroads between East and West, and its rise as a major hub for trade, learning, and empire. It notes the city’s strategic harbor, legendary library, Pharos lighthouse, and the conflicts between Greek, Egyptian, Jewish, and Christian cultures, plus Napoleon’s campaign near its shores and its enduring importance to empire defense.
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Mackina
Europe
Africa
Asia
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Lake
Marcots
Nile Delta
Feypland
Suez Canal
Australia
New Zealand
Alexander
Babylon
Alexander the Great
Tang
Mice Uni
Pharos
Alexandrin
Julian Caesar
Cleopatra
Egypt
Artony
Nile
Palestine
Jerusalem
Inter
Hypatia
Red Sea
Cairo
Napoleon
Nelson
Australian Comforts Fund Delivers Goods to Troops
Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Goward reports no consignment from the Australian Comforts Fund has failed to reach troops and none lost to enemy action. The NSW division funds 40 percent of needs while Goward, returning from the Middle East, notes 42,000 miles covered in 18 months. Tobruk received comforts four days after capture, including tobacco and socks to soldiers on bulwark rations, with regular deliveries despite bombing. The fund prioritizes transport as the main constraint, maintaining supplies to advancing units with minimal delays.
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Australian Comforts Fund
Raymond Goward
M.B.E
Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund
New South Wales
Goward
Sydney
Middle East
Tobruk
Gowaru
Western
A.C
Cotonel Guard
Bombed Britons recall near miss and courage under fire
Canadian Private R J Perkins survived a near miss in Effra Cottage during a London raid. He and cousin Alaric freed Aunt Bea, bruises and a sprained ankle noted, as shattered houses and a damaged city showed resilience. Another Canadian, Mrs Bloms-Jones, reported narrowly missing incendiaries and a 250 pound bomb landing nearby in Coventry.
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R. J. Perkins
Bea
Canada
Alaric
Aunt Bea
Effra Cottage
London
Hitler
Victoria
Oxford
Randolph Bedford Dies at 72 in Brisbane
Randolph Bedford, author and Labour politician, died Monday night in Brisbane aged 72. He represented Labour in the Queensland Parliament since 1923 after serving in the Upper House. He wrote many books and pursued mining across Australia, New Guinea, Italy and the Mediterranean, with extensive travel in Europe, America, and Australia.
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Randolph Bedford
Brisbane
Labour
Queensland
Australia
New Guinea
Italy
Mediterranean
Europe
America
Alexandria's Rise Shapes Mediterranean Destiny
The text portrays Alexandria as reestablished on a new isthmus linking to Pharos Island, with a major harbour on the western side. It notes British Navy and Air Force bases shaping Suez outcomes and Britain’s future in the region, concluding that events in Alexandria could determine mankind's fate.
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Alexander
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Pharos
Suez
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Gloucestershire Council
Tottow
Mesrani
Pitlochrs
Tro
Nowendoc
Wattie Wilson
Hetin
Hickman and Hayden
B. Hooke
Cletrac
Schmirrer
Unis
Bete
Irwin
Optometrists
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Journay
Street & Parish
Madras
Manchester
Flannelette
Kayser
Bond’s
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