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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
1
A local advertisement lists low prices on boys heavy wool pullovers in sizes 24 to 32, zip pullovers, ranger shirts, tweed coats, mens wool flannels, gabardine trousers, heavy work boots, silk socks and Broadway ties. Featured items include eiderdown quilts and sale specials with reduced prices for each item.
Sale notes list heavy white sheeting at 1 shilling 6 pence per yard and delicate linen finish sheeting at 2 shillings 3 pence per yard. Check glass cloth described as good quality with 9 pence per yard sale price. Heavy linen osnaberg offered at 1 shilling 3 pence per yard with sale pricing.
An explanation from Sydney outlines the fruit inspector’s duties in Grafton districts. Inspectors examine backyard fruit trees to prevent spread of pests and diseases and advise owners on required control measures or, if trees are old or unprofitable, suggest destruction. Authority notes inspectors act with care for owners’ wishes while prioritizing pest control.
A curious stranger with a game-bag and gin visits a rural town and shoots at parrots near Maytom's corn. The shot misses, a frightened mare jumps the road, and Denny Bourke rides home singing by a distant blue lagoon as rumors spread that the Man from Snowy River was a fool.
Thomas Fraser died after a brief illness at Milway 09 last Friday at Taree District Hospital. A respected dairy farmer born in 1860 at Bullabadella Lyn Now Jumber, he moved to the district as a child and built a renowned herd and property. Survived by a widow, two sons Lachlan and Thomas, two daughters Mrs Pratt and Miss Jean Fraser, and several brothers and sisters, his funeral was held at the Forster Church of England cemetery amid a large gathering.
A fragmented colonial tale recounts Pamjo y Magy and a nurseman chasing a bolting charger across Australian plains from Aberdeen to Bourke, with strange local references and a noisy wireless timeline. Separately, a pottery collection dating to 1600 BC was found in a cairn at Clonium near Newry, County Down, Ireland by Oliver Davies and Estyn Evans of Queen's University, Belfast.
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