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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
1
Garner's Cash Store Gloucester advertises a week long sale with ladies winter coats double widthdress tweeds and dress lengths. Features include 43 yards per pattern dress lengths and wool de chinos at discounted prices. Phone order option via Garner's Cash Store.
The Gloucester Advocate notes the district's population of about 5,000 and its prosperity. It emphasizes advertising in the only newspaper printed in the Gloucester district, urging readers to seek advertising rates by applying to P.O. Box 12, Gloucester.
Many men think savings accounts suit women and children and that business men cannot use them. Yet those with many payments to make over a wide area can benefit from a savings account as a convenient aid to money accumulation. There is nothing undignified in savings bank business and funds earn interest rather than remain idle. Throughout Australia there are branches and post offices.
An agrostologist urged pasture management to raise fertility through soil treatment. He noted coastal soils leached by rain are poor, that lime and superphosphate restore topsoil in drought-friendly pastures, and that yearly lime and fertiliser use plus proper grazing and paddock rotation improve clover and grass quality.
Mr. R A Patten of Taronga Zoo told Railway Institute listeners under the Meat Inspectors Association that proper diet extends captivity life for elephants and lions, while many reptiles gorge only at certain times. He noted koalas need eucalyptus leaves for moisture and that some birds and mammals show loneliness when isolated. Lifespans cited include tortoise 200 years, vulture 118, polar bear 40, elephant 10, camel 40, chimpanzee 20, and koala 14.
The article notes that the reduced single fare and one third return fare, begun about eight months ago, remain available and offer a meaningful cut for travelers. It also mentions English coins first dated during Edward VI’s reign.
The King and Queen embrace businesslike routines, with the Queen creating an office at Buckingham Palace for her work and using a typewriter. Secretaries use steel filing cabinets and labeled baskets, processing over 100 letters daily. At Sandringham, the King tightens estate management, aiming for profitable farming and earning the nickname Farmer George.
A 48-year-old ex soldier in Alabama, disabled by a bone disease, shot himself in 1932 and has since led an active life with a bullet lodged near the pituitary gland. Doctors say the bullet altered his brain function and improved his mood, but the case is described as a million to one chance and not a general treatment.
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