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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1944
Page
4
An overseas news item supplied by the Australian Associated Press appears in this issue. It covers international events and developments of interest to readers, presented in a concise reporting style consistent with the newspaper’s tone.
Captain J. B. Cullins C.B. is named Commodore First Class in charge of the Royal Australian Navy’s Australian Squadron the first RAN graduate to reach this rank. At 45 he previously led the Shropshire and captained the Sydney famed for sinking the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in 1940.
Private Alvin Bailey and Private Theresa Bailey, who met at a Red Cross dance in Naples while she was with a Women's Army contingent, shared a long gaze and held hands as they rediscovered each other. They recalled arriving in Italy and being sworn in in San Francisco last year after Thanksgiving.
A Lithgow resident learned that a tyre given as a gift violates rubber control regulations. A person may not acquire a tyre by gift loan or purchase without permission from the Controller of Rubber. Applications are made in the usual way, with approval unlikely unless tied to wartime essential needs.
Copy required day prior to publication. Contributors and advertisers must send material by mid day Monday or Thursday due to mail delays and staff shortages. Secretary advises matter may not appear if late. Also an advertisement for Drewe's Fonniebelle Cafe boasts meals and casual dining.
A wartime poem urges readers to remember soldiers sent home on leave from New Guinea who faced hostility at home. It compares comforts at home with the dangers and sacrifices of service, condemns unfounded criticism, and honors the alcohol stigmatized troops who continued fighting Japanese forces. The piece closes noting Pte. R. L. White sent it from New Guinea.
On Sunday June 11 readers are invited to multiple churches across Gloucester and Stroud including Church of England services at Gloucester H.C Copeland 11 and Rev J A Smith, Presbyterian Belbora and Gloucester, Methodist Gloucester, Stroud District Baptist Stratford and Ward's River, with 7 p.m. services and morning offerings. A Monthly Gospel Meeting is planned at the School of Arts Hall at 7.15 p.m. with Mr D Monteith coordinating.
A church note from Methodist pages shares Rev. N. Lynford Smith's weekly reflection on love, care, and strength to aid others. The verse urges selfless acts to ease fellow workers' burdens and strengthen friendships through small daily contributions.
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