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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1953
Page
4
Fragmentary note describes home baking tasks and chores. References to cakes batter baking and kitchen items appear with unclear, misread phrases. Mentions tea time, household duties, and possible names or places, but specifics are obscured.
Market notes indicate cautious demand for cattle with limited seller interest and steady prices in most regions. Next week features a large sale of top quality Hereford and Hereford Shorthorn bullocks from Westgrove Mitchell for NSW and Victorian fatteners, while eastern Riverina tests demand for young cattle and weaner drafts at Gundagai. Local buyers face small offerings in the south with tentative quotations.
Director 3 M Baisworth opened the Gloster Pastures Protection Board meeting noting Glenfield research on myxomatosis from the late 1920s. BW Butteworth reported at the annual PLP conference that Valley sites show two thirds reduction and a £5000 production impact from lyxomatonin. Abbott cited progress between Armidale and Maitland and Carleslag confirmed limited rab bite patches on a long inspection.
The Church Army plans film screenings in Gloucester as part of its evangelistic and social activities across Australia. A Tyrol House HQ oversees the cinema unit which will show two films on pagan persecution and Christian mission. The unit travels Sunday evening through Tuesday, then moves to the next district on Wednesday.
A local Protection Board controversial meeting on May 14 2003 debated expanding rabbit inspections. The motion to relax inspection rules failed amid split votes from Directors Irvine Abbott McPherson Crowther Horton and others. Debate centered on fairness versus additional workload and potential prosecutions for uninspected properties.
Captains and crews held a Sunday shoot at the B00 yard range with rifle positioning noted. Scores list numerous shooters including Hille with figures 29 26 20 75, Ble 25 40 18, Eld e 4 35 18 74, Baker 36 98 74, Gerrard 34 30, Wyeratt 36 26 4 08, Bartlett 37 22, Pons 32 8 41.
A reader writes in a rambling domestic inventory describing scarce food and supplies. The note lists milk, butter, bread, vegetables, hens, cow, and storage items while lamenting worn tools, dirty home, and cleaning needs. It ends with a closing sign off, Down.
Directors discuss delaying property work to assess landholders and possible loopholes. The board weighs reopening procedures and compliance with act provisions while noting risks and benefits. Several directors advocate caution, fearing extra leverage for landholders and potential delays in progress.
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