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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
2
Optometrists and Opticiana firm Jack and McDonald of Sydney will visit Gloucester on Saturday August seventh. They may be accommodated at the Commercial Hotel. Visit runs from morning until five pm. D L McDonald FEO Honours BSAC London associated with Webster.
Last night at the Sydney RAAF Recruiting Centre there was a gathering with local recruiting committee members. Officials stated there is a demand for 18 to 40 year olds to join the WAAAF and Air Training Corps, with applications to be directed to H N Chapin, secretary of the Joost Committee, Shire Office, Gloucester. Personal notes list AJP and others on leave from the Northern Territory, and L Parker elected president of NSW Dairy Factory Managers' Association. The Majestic Roraama cinema advertises a film on radio and wartime warning methods, with actors pledging secrecy and also screening Mr Bug Goes to Town and a Paramount feature.
The Hon. J. P. Abbott, MP, received a communication from the Acting Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs acknowledging a letter of 7 June 1943 about better facilities at the Gloucester post office. It states inquiries will be made and a further communication will follow.
Rim Impounding Officer J Middlebrook reported ten cattle and six horses were impounded as measures to curb stock on roads. Council debated prosecutions, urged stronger enforcement, and recommended a new gate near gent lava tory. A liprade barrier at Boundary Street was proposed to deter park unauthorised access. A plaster cast of horses’ hoof marks was suggested to identify culprits.
Railway department proposes to carry out mill and timber inspections at Gleuseater on Tuesday 18th June at 9 am. Cutters and carters are required to bring proper forms to the inspection nomination.
The President of the Australian Council of Retailers criticized the Rationing Commission chair’s call for a stocktaking by coupon values at Manchester gods or lay-by. He warned it would waste manpower and strongly protested the decision.
War Cabinet approves weekly allowances for professional and vocational trainees who are service members. Rates vary by status with maximum £5 8s for married with children and £3 5s 8d for single or no dependants. Prime Minister Curtin says Commonwealth covers training costs. Women widows receive £2 weekly if at a home and £2 15s otherwise. In the U.S., 86,688 war prisoners in 21 camps with 22 Germans, 14,516 Italians, and 2 Japanese. A remarkable incident: two huge stacks, 20 and 24 tons, floated downstream for miles and lodged upright. A stolen car was recovered near Maitland, minor damage reported. Cattle market: 2042 yarded at Maitland and 2042 at another yard, prices up with best bullocks at £19 18s 6d.
Winchrombe and Carson Ltd report from Homebush last Thursday. Andrew Sansom of Gloucester secured 25 birth jocks to £16/14 per head, average £14/15/3. Mrs. B. F. Rong of Gloucester sold 7 veal er s to £12/2, average £6/12. J. A. Rows of Gloucester sold 17 voters to £7/12, average £5/14.
World famous figures including Bir Harry Lauder Peter Dawson Misa Gladys Moncrieff and Captain Frank Hurtoy endorse HEENZO as a quick economical cough remedy. The ad claims a bottle of Concentrated HEENZO mixed with water makes a pint of family cough remedy suitable for adults and children, with savings noted by home use.
Prime Minister Curtin announced in Canberra that the Commonwealth dairy subsidy is fixed at 6.5 million pounds annually, up 4.5 million from the October 1942 level. The subsidy covers butter cheese and milk to condensing plants, with real estate controls on dairy lending to prevent land-value rises, plus a tribunal to resolve farm owner and share farmer disputes. The measure is retroactive to April 1, 1943, and aims to pass the full subsidy to producers once approved by the Arbitration Court.
Production figures released by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician Mr Cir yer show April butter output at 8 058 tons, with comparisons to April 1942 and 1944. For the first 10 months of 1942 43 butter output totaled 149 704 tons versus 140 604 tons in a prior period. Cheese production for 1942 43 ten months reached 32 593 tons, up from 25 736 in 41 42 and 29 662 in 40 43. April production this year is last tong, compared with 1 886 in April 1942.
Angis Gro Fraser, 85, native of Waratah, died Monday June 7 at Scnd Memorial Hospital Scone two days after admission. He guided Golden Grove Middlebrook for 18 years, formerly ran a Jersey stock farm in Ray mond Terrace for Dr J B Meredith, and managed the Jersey stid before Gloucester. Survived by widow and five sons and two daughters. Funeral held Tuesday at St Luke's Church of England and Scone Cemetery.
Gloucester Shire Council met with councillors present including President T Moore and J G Wilson. Discussion covered Bowmann Plateate Road repairs, dairy farmers offering to work, street lighting changes to 100 watt lamps, and council plant release refusals. Charity support pledged, and road culvert and causeway projects planned.
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