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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
4
The article explains common jam errors from too little or uneven sugar and overripe fruit. It describes a pectin test from the Victorian Department of Agriculture using fruit pulp, methylated spirit, and the jelly clot to judge pectin. Guidance covers sugar proportions for different clot outcomes and when to use commercial pectin.
The piece extols the lay by plan as a nationwide wartime savings method in Australia. It urges all income groups to buy £10 to £1,000 bonds through installments, highlighting record applications for the first Liberty Loan and predicting strong support for the £35,000,000 Second Liberty Loan to fund the war effort.
Farmers are urged to load and unload railway trucks promptly to improve rail transport efficiency during wartime. Prompt handling reduces hardship and safeguards the indispensable service railways provide to the nation, aligning with duty and self interest.
State Agriculture Ministers and experts at the Agricultural Council conference in Canberra endorsed in principle the Commonwealth Meat Control plan. They asked for deferral of implementation until their governments could refer to their own. The plan seeks federal control of all meat slaughterers to secure supplies for the armed forces, civilians, the canning industry, and Britain.
The Railway Compassioner Mr Hartigan urged that no one travel by train this week unless essential. He warned rolling stock for civilians could be limited and last weekend warnings were ignored, forcing people to stand in scarce services from Sydney. Trains may be cancelled without notice to meet urgent defence needs and those travelling unnecessarily risk being stranded.
A departmental pamphlet argues soil condition, humus and cultivation are as crucial as plant food. Artificial manures should supplement stable manure, and city gardeners face greater shortages. Any available animal manures are valuable for growing vegetables, with utility varying by type.
The RAF unleashed a night offensive using 1030 bombers against Essen and other centers of production. Churchill in Parliament said German cities and war plants faced unprecedented, varied attacks as US air power joins forthcoming raids. Reports estimate about 20,000 killed and 54,000 wounded in Caloene and related evacuations unfold in several German cities.
Australian naval authorities expect the midget submarine resting under a steel hawser in Sydney harbour to be raised to the surface. It was one of three raiding subs destroyed during the harbour raid Sunday night. Eight killed and 19 injured when a torpedo sank a naval depot ship. eleven crewmen listed as missing. Navy Minister Iakin gave the first official raid account in Parliament, noting alarms from the Heads and the destruction of one submarine before entry.
With Australia facing war costs, Prime Minister Curtin and Treasurer Chifley urge Australians to close the Second Liberty Loan of 45,000 promptly. The issue, opened June 7, runs three weeks to par, offering 2 percent interest on short-term securities and 3 percent on long-dated bonds. Subscriptions last time reached 248,000 applications with £48,931,040. This year Treasury aims for at least a quarter of a million applications.
A lawyer recounts a case where a farmer boasts he would recognize his ducks anywhere. The defendant faces an accusation of stealing ducks as the plaintiff insists he saw them in the yard. The jurist notes the farmer’s defense relies on unmistakable duck characteristics and past thefts.
A large sale at Campbell's Hill featured about 940 fat cattle and 550 calves with strong trade. Prices ranged to £14 12s for heavies, £12 6s for good steers, and £8 1s for light yearlings, while calves reached £5 10s. Pigs and baconers were well bid, with prices firm for porkers and baconers, and rabbit skins showing improved values at Sydney auctions.
War Savings officials warn against a revival of the war fund chain letter scheme masquerading as patriotism. The anonymous letter promises 729 stamps worth £18 4s 6d when your name climbs to the top if you pass it on to three friends. Police previously investigated similar letters and officials urge immediate contact with the War Savings Campaign Organising Secretary BW3796 if received.
The list records Gloucester district men who have enlisted passed final medical examination and are serving with the fighting forces. It notes that fresh enlistments will be added as they pass into service, with acknowledgments and corrections requested. POW and Returned Wounded markers are explained.
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