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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
1
A sale advert offers ladies coats wool goods dresses and blankets at reduced prices with many items and numbers. The page then lists a cricket score line showing Hobbs Grimmett Sutcliffe Medardson etc and a match drawn with bowling figures for Gregory Grimmett Macartney Richardson Malley Ryder Andrews.
Macauley scored freely while Geary stayed solid. Grimmett troubled the batsmen, finishing 5 for 8 as England followed on. Hobbs and Sutcliffe defended in a long partnership before Hobbs fell to Grimmett, setting a new test run record at 2673, eclipsing Clem Hill’s 2666 set in 1942.
Dr. V Page the Federal Treasurer arrived in Sydney and defended the special customs duties on road imports. He said the £36,000,000 expected over ten years under Commonwealth and State schemes would pay back many times over through cheaper petrol and reduced wear on tires. He noted U.S. tires last about 42,400 miles while Australian tires run only 3,000 to 4,000 miles, highlighting efficiency gains.
A brief item notes a novel influenza cure titled Great Pepperrnt employed by a figure named Woods. The report describes a claimed breakthrough and mentions a group called Golds advancing the remedy. Readers are urged to watch further developments from local observers.
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