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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
4
In a wartime Australian setting a narrator recounts a flight with a sky jockey, witnessing espionage fears and a tense plane ride. The dramatic narrative follows training, peril aboard a biplane, a stalled engine, and an emergency spin toward the ground before a controlled recovery and a promise to continue.
Two golf fiends an Englishman and a Scot play a round. After the first hole the Englishman asks how many the Scot took. The Scot says eight, then eight for the Englishman. On the second hole the Englishman asks again and the Scot insists it’s his turn to ask first.
A Beacon list of Gloucester district men who enlisted and passed medical exams now serving with the fighting forces. The roster includes many surnames with towns such as Gloucester, Barrington, Copeland, Stratford and Ward's River. several entries marked reported missing or died on active service.
List of local service personnel from Gloucester and surrounding areas in Royal Australian forces, detailing names, units, and statuses. Notes indicate air crash deaths, Madagascar service, and embarkation for active duty. Citations urge notifying the Gloucester Patriotic War Chest Fund secretary of regimental particulars and embarkation updates.
The New York paper P.M. pays tribute to Australians describing them as the enfant terrible of the Middle East. It notes their excess energy and prowess in battle, their height and toughness, and their propensity for hand to hand combat. It says they fight like demons, crave glory in retreats, and sing their war cry in advance.
Road safety officials in New South Wales report about 70 pedestrians have been prosecuted in Sydney for traffic offenses. The push follows rising casualty lists and warnings that pedestrians must use crossing points to reduce accidents.
An Australian deep water accident reports an octopus killed a porpoise after a struggle in Rip channel near Woy Woy. Fisherman N Needham and two others brought the creatures ashore for butchery. The piece also notes strict no-photography rules within Australian territorial limits without Defence permits.
World famous figures including Sir Harry Lander, Mr Peter Dawson, Miss Gladys Moncrett and Captain Frank Hurley endorse HEENZO as a quick acting economical cough remedy. Advert states concentrated HEENZO costs 2/1 and makes one pint of remedy when added to sweetened water, suitable for adults and children.
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