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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
2
A W Mowle architect based on Queen Street Gloucester advertises office contact with phone 50 indicating availability for local building work and architectural services.
Heavy rains drenched Gloucester with up to seven inches in parts, rivers running bank-full and post office records show 545 points for the morning. A stock sale by Matthewson and Co was postponed to August 7 due to flooding while Ernie Nelson’s Domino set a new high jump ground record at the Cairns Show and Johnnie Graham set a 7 ft 3 in ground record for a pony at the same event.
Majestic Theatre screens The Private Life of Henry VIII produced in England by London Films with an all English cast directed by Alexander Korda. The film boasts superb production values in photography lighting direction and continuity and features Charles Laughton in the title role as Henry VIII with six wives.
August 30 at the New Majestic Theatre features a big entertainment with a spectacular opening. Special engagements have been arranged and further particulars will follow. An advertisement calls for twenty voices, male and female, to train for the opening, described as unusually novel.
Mr D I McDonald F B C A Honours F S M C London sight testing specialist of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Ltd will be in attendance and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel on Friday 10 August from 9 am to 5 pm Appointments may also be booked at A I Cavanough's Chemist.
An elderly prospector John Reid and his wife report a rich gold strike south of Coolgardie and west of the Londonderry mine. A syndicate paid 2000 for a 24 acre option and secured an additional 72 acres nearby as claims spread over miles. The site sits in a concession granted last year to Western Mining Corporation by the Government.
Mr L S Holmes of Manchester adds a pure bred Jersey calf from the Department of Agriculture to his herd. The calf, ex Nancy of Richmond by Richmond Echo, comes from a top dairy line with strong milk and butterfat records. Posey II of Richmond is a half sister, tracing to Richmond Echo and Wagga Gladdys.
The Associates announce the Locke Cup draw with pairings including Mrs Street versus Mrs Pariah and Mrs Hogg against Mrs Cavanaugh. Play begins at 1 16 pm and a meeting follows at the club house.
Gloucester selects B Penfold B Yardy O Yates J Penfold M Gillham James J Parish M Yates C Landers M Green I Matthewson for a Saturday match against Newcastle on August 4. Any unavailabilities must be reported to the Secretary or President promptly.
Flooding hits Wingham with the Manning River rising after heavy rain. Six hundred twenty nine points of rain recorded at Wingham Post Office up to Monday morning. Upper tributaries fed the surge, sweeping low-lying land. Weather outlook remains unsettled with little promise of improvement.
9 H. Coote, Jeweller, Gloucester, advertises City Prices and urges readers to describe their needs for a trial. Catalogues kept at hand, satisfaction guaranteed.
The Mining Division at Copeland is cancelled and Gloucester Mining Division is created effective August 20 1934. The Crown Land Agent at Gloucester becomes Warden's Clerk Mining Registrar and issues miners rights and business licenses at Gloucester. Copeland's Warden's Clerk will transfer mining registers and maps by August 17 to Gloucester for operation on August 20.
Maitland saleyards saw firm prices despite light supplies due to wet weather. Cattle included prime consignments with best bullocks reaching £7 5s and cows to £7 10s, calves to 44s 6d, and pigs with baconers around 63s 6d. Homebush stock sale noted good demand with 1999 head sold, and new projects included Byron Bay premises for beach sand processing and Zircon Rail Ltd capital of £60,000. A pigeon post between Ailsa Craig lighthouse and the mainland operated with aluminium-finished mail-bags.
The regular quarterly Gloucester P P Board meeting at Shire Hall discussed the death of Hon. Walter Bennett State Member for Gloucester and his influence on P P Board matters. The board approved a right of way through Chinaman's Creek Reserve for Mr Lovatt under conditions. Caretaker appointed at Two May Reserve and questions about an entrance at Rocks Crossing Reserve were reviewed. The Tea Gardens Progress Association sought a Permit Officer, with Mr T E Pyman J F proposed. Constable C A H Davey resigns as Permit Officer at Nabiac due to relocation to Bega.
The secretary noted no successor to Mr Davey, Moore granted extended leave with partial pay, and a new award affecting stock inspectors. Council advised on notices for stock reserves and fire underwriter arrangements, plus forming rabbit suppression groups in Waren, Lower Waukivory, and Stratford. Bootawah group formed and steps outlined by Mr Maiden and Mr Wilson in Taree.
Church listings show Church of England services on the first Sunday after Trinity with Rev. H. W. Rogers at Gloucester, plus Methodist Gloucester service times, Bible class Tuesday at 7 45 led by Mr Pereira, Congregational Mission at Gloucester with Pastor J Battle and Tugrabakh Copeland sessions.
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