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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
2
A W Mowle Architect based at Queen Street Gloucester is listed with contact phone 50 for inquiries about architectural services and projects.
Local newspaper page lists a Friday edition dated 1 June 1934 with a May 25 1934 insert. Itemized notices include public notices and brief society items common to weekly editions. No full articles visible, only fragmentary date stamps and dateline style notes.
Frances Parker, four, dies at Roma Hospital Gloucester after a cold developed into pneumonia. Parents Mr and Mrs Parker of Gungat extend heartfelt sympathy. Also notes minister Thininghams confirms Rocks Crossing work will continue with immediate grant aid.
The Gloucester Literary and Debating Society held an educational evening with films tracing petroleum from oil well to consumer. A Shell Oil representative spoke, with two dairy and timber industry films. An accident near Craven damaged a milk lorry, spilling milk after a Monday morning capsize, under greasy road conditions.
Removed from Richmond Windsor and Richmond Gagelle Mr H A Conferey, a noted Buctsey breeder, who acquired a property at Claredon nine months ago, brought his stud cattle from Wyuna Park near Gloucester and has disposed of them to Mr Haddin, a city dairies supplier, leaving the district. Mr Corderoy calls a spade a spade and is not impressed with the Hawkesbury or its people.
A Kempsey home was broken into on Friday night as thieves forced a side window and ransacked the premises. Clothing and jewellery worth £25 were stolen while the adjoining Parkinson residence was entered but nothing taken. Mr L Cattwater and wife thanked helpers who aided their trip to Sydney and hospital care. A Returned Soldiers Rodeo and Carnival is planned at the Gloucester Showground on Monday June 4 with prize money totaling £60 and a 11 o'clock start. A Majestic Theatre gala dance is advertised for the night.
The death of Robert Henry Maxwell aged 81 is reported in the Wauchope district. Born in Quebec to Scottish parents, he came to Australia and held roles from Ballarat gold diggings to Newcastle coal pits with J. and A. Brown. He married in Minmi, later worked as mine manager and engineer on the Copeland goldfields, Camden Haven sawmill, Hastings River se mill, and the Turon area before returning to Wauchope.
The death occurred last week at Cessnock of Morrison Marshall aged 79. He came from Seothind 30 years ago and served as underground manager of Lin Aberdare Extended Colliery until retirement. Marshall was a longtime member of the Gloucester Coal & Limestone Syndicate and regular visitor to Glour vester. He was active in the Cessnock Caledonian Society Masonic Lodge Bowling Club and Presbyterian Church.
The event will feature Chequers Dance Band with a renowned Newcastle saxophonist returning, a sumptuous sit down supper by the Ladies Auxiliary, and festivities running until 3 am. A Juvenile Frollo guarantees playful entertainment for all ages, with fancy costumes expected to be exceptionally high in standard.
Golf notes show updated morning draw for the Ladies 9 Hole Par Handicap due to extra entries and to begin after 12 noon. Entries list pairs with start times from 10.00 to 10.35 and include Miss Farthing, Miss Higgins, Mrs Suter, Mrs White, Miss Mathieson, Mrs Carolan, Mrs Yates, Mrs Boustead, Mrs Penney, Mrs Thurlow, Mrs Emmett, Mrs Street, Mrs Kelf, Mrs News ton, Mrs Kirton, and Miss Middlebrook.
The first round of the Singles Championship begins tomorrow and must be finished by Saturday June 8. The match is 81 points with a draw featuring White against Boorer Street versus Kendall Andrews versus Adams Ten versus Isaac Anderson versus Goddard Whatson versus Mime Smith versus Alder Munro versus Lowe. Players not in singles will have rink games and are urged to enjoy the fine weather as no extension is allowed.
A fragmented clipping mentions Woods peppermint cure for children coughs and cites an estimate of 25 000 barn owls in England and Wales attacking oats and mice. The text reads as an odd mix of medicinal claim and wildlife data with garbled words.
An inquest at Newcastle courthouse returned a verdict that Kneat Blanch died from shock and cerebral hemorrhage after a collision between the motorcycle he rode and a utility lorry near Limeburner’s Creek on May 12. The driver, John Walker Thornton, and other witnesses described the scene and noted the lorry lacked lights. The coroner found no evidence of criminal negligence and that death occurred by injuries sustained in the crash.
The fragment describes Esma Amelda Blanch aged eleven recounting a sidecar ride with her father to Stroud and Booral before an accident. It notes cycle lights, reflections on the road, and statements from witnesses in Gloucester about nearby traffic, with additional stray, unrelated text interspersed.
H Coote jeweller Gloucester offers repairs to watches clocks firearms and instruments with guaranteed service. Try H Coote spectacles for relief of eye strain and consults on optical needs in the city.
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