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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
3
The report details cauliflower harvest timing affecting quality and yield under warm, dry conditions. It notes open textured and damaged heads, with buyers wary of brown to red discoloration. Prices vary by grade and damage level, listing multiple weekly figures for inbound and outgoing lots, plus notes on market interest and consumer impact.
report claims major bombardments hit four Japanese cities including Tokyo Yokohama Kobe and Kawasaki as US forces push toward the final phase of the war. General LeMay commands air strikes with new raids spreading over Honshu and Kyushu. Tokyo radio warns citizens of Okinawa losses as preparations for another invasion escalate.
Reported Allied advances on Tarakan push toward remaining Japanese pockets as Australian forces trap survivors and clear pockets on Labuan. In Borneo, Balikpapan raids expand with 180 tons of bombs dropped, oilfields at Berin and nearby targets under threat as Japanese dynamite squads strike back.
Japanese realizance of Annewe vans broken and General Buckner says only a few thousand Japanese left to mop up. Buckner predicts enemy resistance ends within a week. Australian and American reports place Bouganinyine front four miles from Monoati, with attacks sweeping toward Wewak and the Bepik River. Kavieng bombings continue as Allied forces press operations along several fronts. A social event is noted: a dance in Rigorw Hall on Friday and June.
The Minister for Agriculture Mr Graham says New South Wales plans for Commonwealth cooperation to train ex servicemen are complete. Few veterans have received practical training. the department will equip experimental farms and arrange private firm training and specialized courses in dairying pig-raising and poultry farming to meet numbers and provide facilities without delay.
At a board meeting of the Wingham Royal Co operative Society Ltd the resignation of manager J B Grant was received with regret. Grant, away on holiday, suffered a heart attack and his duties were temporarily covered. L J Mackrell of Cottoyne is named manager, described as energetic and capable to push the factory's aims.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports very firm pig prices in Sydney Tuesday sale. Overall offering 1300 head with about 10 more, backfatters and heavy weights sold up to 240 per bend, good baconers 180 to 200 pounds per hundredweight, lighter pigs around 120 to 180 shillings, various weights fetching 105 to 120 shillings.
The page lists church service schedules across multiple parishes including Holy Communion Evensong and youth activities with times and locations. It also reports a Royal Australian Air Force supply route bombing update from Bougainville noting armored bulldozers and tanks supporting a open road clearance, with frontline movements and reader warnings.
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