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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
2
The visiting optometrist Dr F B C A McDonald F S M C London of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney will consult at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester. Visit hours are 9 am to 5 pm. Watch for date of next visit.
Mr J P Abbott M HR will visit Gloucester tomorrow Wednesday and meet constituents at the Gloucester Post Office at 3 pm. He will spend the night in Gloucester then travel to Dungog the next morning. Readers are reminded of the Gangat Sports at Mr W E Flannerys on Saturday next 20 June with horse and other events and profits to Red Cross and War Chest funds. A dance will be held at Bob Dods that night. A roadside crash near the sale yards shows a battered Willy's Knight sedan and a dead cow, with occupants lightly injured, amid wandering cows near the road for days.
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd with A. L. Stewart & Co. Tamworth will hold an auction at the Tamworth Municipal Yards on Friday next, the 19th inst. 1000 head of high quality New England bred cattle to be drafted and sold in suitable lines. Yard is expected to be outstanding and buyers are strongly urged to attend. Sale starts at 1.30 p.m. sharp.
The Perpetual Trustee Company told Glen Innes District Hospital board it sent £3900 as a legacy from the late John Rule estate and that about £100 more would follow. The funds are in a Bank of New South Wales special account awaiting guidance from a forthcoming special board meeting.
Gloucester hosts a Friday night tribute organized by the Returned Soldiers Social Committee, Gloucester War Chest Fund, and National Emergency Services. Miss Louie Ross, a key worker now joining the WAAF and admired by all groups, receives gifts of a handbag and a fountain pen while Pte Jim Smith is welcomed home from overseas service.
Gloucester War Chest Fund discussed forwarding 200 pounds to the Lord Mayor's Comfort Fund to aid canteen and recreation for the Army. Treasurer reported 1298 pounds 4 shillings. Debate covered future operations, canteen orders to A.L.F. and Air Force, and whether local funds can double commitments.
Heavy fighting continues about 15 miles from Tobruk with perimeter defences not yet involved, according to a Cairo dispatch. The fighting signals ongoing clashes in eastern Libya as forces maneuver near strategic areas.
Bernard Joseph Brown died suddenly of heart failure on Saturday afternoon while helping move furniture at a sale in a building he erected in Gloucester. At sixty he left a life of varied enterprise from horse depasture to produce store and auctioneering. Survived by his wife and two daughters, his funeral was held at St. Joseph's Church with burial in the Gloucester cemetery.
Mr. Dec Britten of Gloucester postal staff has been notified of a transfer to a military camp postal unit at Singleton. Cpl. Herb Smith, son of Mr. A F E Smith of Gloucester, arrived back from the Middle East about two months ago and came home on his first leave since reaching Australia.
Edward Hilton, a Dubbo baker, slipped near an electric dough mixer at Scothmer's bakery and his hand was drawn into the blades. He kicked the belt free and stopped the machine, but remained trapped until colleagues freed him ten minutes later. He suffered a fractured arm, a lacerated hand, and severe shock, then was admitted to Dubbo District Hospital.
The obituary follows Mrs Christina Beaton wife of Donald Beaton of Barrington who died at Newcastle District Hospital after illness. She was raised by the Grants of Ward's River, lived in Cooplacurripa Barrington Tibute areas and in Barrington. Funeral held at Gloucester Presbyterian Church with pallbearers among her sons. Survived by husband and large family including Stanley Hazel Archie Don Elsie Ken Alan Doris Betty with numerous relatives and friends. Burial in Gloucester cemetery guarded by community tribute.
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