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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
3
Dan's advertises great winter bargains with a wide range of wool and flannel fabrics and knitted garments. Prices span from 2/11 to 42/6, featuring 29in flannels, 38in wool crepe de chine, tweeds, striped flannelette, jumpers, coats, vests, coats, and socks. Multiple colors and sizes offered, highlighting all wool items and tailored pieces.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions E Sutton, a painter and decorator, with scattered phrases about life and work. Several unreadable terms and names appear, including references to suppliers and addresses, but the readable core centers on this tradesperson and their craft.
Matthewson and Co reported satisfactory prices at a Wednesday dairy sale with varied cow and heifer prices across multiple lots. James Forbes dispersal at Forbes and Tom Hicks with purchaser Mr. Murray noted. Sydney stock sales showed moderate quality cattle, while rabbitskin market declined and Gloucester cattle values held steady. pig offerings at 1500 head produced firm porker prices but easier backfatters. draught horses at Glen Innes achieved top price of £50 and strong average of £36.
Coastal Dairy Farm competition results name F Q Stokes of Monbrook via Taree with 1803 points securing first place followed by F W Fisher Kempsey 1744 points J W O Martin Candle 1657 points and E W Milligan Krambach 1621 points. Dr Stokes will represent the Middle Rivers in the forthcoming championship supervised by Dalgleish. Field day and farm inspection by Sanderson Whittet and Wilkinson set for Thursday June 7 at 10 a.m.
Government allocates funds for needy families to buy primary products in Dungog Forster Gloucester and Raymond Terrace areas similar to the Christmas scheme. Also promotion of a cough remedy recipe using HEENZO concentrate mixed with sweetened water to create eight bottles for one small cost.
An 19th century style ad by D K Redman and Sons offers horseshoeing plough share work including sharpening and steel work. It lists prices like 5/8 for plough shares, 12/6 for shares, 4/6 for saved and steeled shares and markets cash only with reasonable rates. The ad emphasizes cash transactions and reasonable charges.
A dense catalog of apparel items including shirts, pyjamas, dresses, bloomers, vests, hose and nights. Items feature sizes, weights, colors and prices such as 2/6 and 4/11, with brands like Bond's and W.& Co. noted alongside terms like all wool, flannelette, and twill.
A listed fabric item notes a 30 inch Veldora flannelette suitable for pyjama designs. The reference shows a sale or special price marked as Was 1/11 and Special 1/7, indicating a discount period or reduced rate. The text lacks full context but identifies the fabric type, width, and promotional pricing.
A local advertisement lists Potter & Moore supplies including Hand Bag Size Face Powder 6d, Night and Day Cream 6d, Lavender Cocoa Nut Shampoo in 1/6 and 1/9, Lavender Powder Cream 1/11, assorted Hand Bag Perfume, Mitcham Lavender Talcum Powder 1/6, Rex Tooth Brushes 2/6, Three Flowers Powder, Natural and Rachel Powders 2/6, Narcisse Powder 2/6, Palmolive Soap 5d cake, Lux Soap 4d and Bath Soap 6 for 1 shilling.
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