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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1934
Page
2
Expert of Hides Aides and skins exported from the Commonwealth in the first ten months of this year were worth £2,827,01K more than in the same period last year according to a Commerce Ministry announcement by BL Stewart. The sole decline appeared in opossum skins, while sheep skin exports rose to £2,000,0'305.
Figures from the Director of Posts and Telegraphs show a May increase of 16 692 wireless licenses, lifting total licenses to 974 115. The 12 months to May 31 mark a 25 percent rise with New South Wales accounting for 212 700 licenses, and wireless licensing now reaches about 37 percent of dwellings.
The Gloucester Annocott reports on Gordon Bennett managing editor of Palmer & Settler news suffering serious illness in Mosman. W Bennett ML A 4 has bronchitis but improving. Sergeant Bolton, recently ill, underwent a major operation with a stable outlook. J McRae and Mrs McRae visit Moree district amid medical concerns. W Hayman of Gloucester railway staff, now packing for Grafton, will be missed by the local rifle club.
Railway workers host ambulance losses weekly meeting at the station and invite St John Ambulance members or prospects to join. Contact Mr McLaughlin or instructor Mr Martin to form a St John Ambulance class.
Australia defeats their opponent three rubbers to two to reach the final against Czecho-Hlavakia. The star singles saw Crawford defeat Rousses 2 2 4-6 and Merlin beat McGroth 4-8 6-1 6-3 6-0.
Mr Stokes of Macleay Co operative Dairying Co outlines confusion among suppliers about butter charges this month. Under the Fatalisation Scheme, for all but certain sales within the State the full price fixed by the Committee applies. The current price is 1/3 a th, and all factories must adhere, with potential home consumption buyers facing a 2d per lb increase. Australian gold price report notes Mine price fixed by the Human Wealth Bank for gold lodged at Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 8 at £7/15/10 per standard ounce, 22 carats, with 100.14 per cent premium. ounce fine price £8/10/-, down £1.
Dairying Co Kempsey fixed pay for choicest grade 8d second grade but ter Cheese price set at 1 per lb butter fat eggs at 1/5 per dozen first pay under equalization scheme. Also reports a two headed snake claim from South Carolina with mixed accounts from a University of South Carolina official and a negro in Hagefield County.
A mother died after childbirth and a newborn, with a five year old child, and a restrained father were found dead in their home. A dog wandered the street and was taken away. The sequence suggests a family annihilation with the dog’s fate unknown.
The Gloucester Red Cross Society branch met in the Soldiers' Room at the School of Arts on Tuesday. Attendees included Mrs Ad White in the chair and secretary Miss Dawson plus Mesdames Street Matthews Gray W Garner Rye. Apologies were read from Whatson Matthewsom Rogers Holmes Hoge and Cavanough. The next and annual meetings were set for Tuesday July 17 with hope for strong attendance.
Attention is directed to an important land sale at the School of Arte Hall tomorrow at 11 4m. Mr T Hicks offers the Kis Ora subdivision of four blocks, a dairying proposition near town. At Gloucester Hotel yard after the Kia Ora ash Messrs Matthewson Co offer the Bar rington farm of 64 acres with the Bowman grazing property of 511 acres. All members to be on the green at 2 o'clock tomorrow for rink arrangements.
The Hon. R. S. Vincent Minister for Mines and Forests toured the Ommonwealth Creek mining field in Gloucester with Shire President J R Higgins and local business leaders. Four operating companies Kin San Copeland Mines Radio South North West, plus Tirat 4 Sydney, attended. Wages exceed £500 per fortnight with over 50 men employed. £8000 spent on development and plant.
A reader, referencing old Forward and Will See, criticizes ambitious footballers who write letters from hotels and pubs. Mr Laurie defends football while the writer mocks pretension, noting local habits, trivial breakfasts, and public opinion shaping the sport’s image.
A large Cross District gathering from Hine Copeland Gloucester and Barrington attended a basket social at Copeland Hall on Saturday night to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Considine and family before their move to Bogan Gate. The event featured speeches from local officials and neighbours, a presentation of gifts, dancing from 7 pm to 1 am, and a supper. The crowd joined in singing For They Are Jolly Good Fellows, Auld Lang Syne, and the National Anthem, with apologies noted from several locals.
The Fulton Cup final round, played with a stroke handicap, features a draw listing Charlton against Woodward, Anderson against Langford, McIntosh against Street, Turner against Armstrong, Laurie against Dawson, Shaw against D Rye, Hawdon against Parish, Coole against Thurlow, Stephens against Oldtich Garner versus L Rye. Old man Par excelled Wednesday as Mrs Yates won the par handicap on nine down, with scores including Mrs Newton and Mrs Street ten down and others progressing to eighteen down.
James Coulter and Jane Harrison faced the Police Court before Messrs A J B Laurie and M Newton on Tuesday. Each was fined £3 10s or seven days imprisonment for trespassing on railway property after being found under the goods shed at the local railway station. The couple, from Grafton, admitted travelling in an empty goods train and seeking shelter during rain. Harrison received an additional sentence of 21 days in Maitland Gaol for having no lawful means of support.
A fragmentary verse recalls the chilly months from early May to late September when coughs and colds predominated. It mentions weakened health, sneezing, and wheezing as humanity’s breathing troubles, touting a supposed cure called Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy.
H Coote Jeweller of Leicester advertises city prices on repairs for watches clocks guns rifles mechanics instruments and offers spectacles to relieve eye strain with guaranteed service and repairs.
Police probe a double tragedy at Branch Creek near Hllerston after Harry Wilder shot Gordon Campbell and killed himself. Campbell, 18, was Wilder’s companion at the Innestail station. a rifle lay beside Wilder. Constable Kearsey reported the incident, with detectives Almond and Chartres en route to the scene. Campbell had recently left school and lived with his uncle, Willis Gunther, at the property.
Fortnightly auction sale saw a tight yarding with good demand for springers. Notable entries include W Midgeway three items totaling £6 0s 9d, J Woyte four items around £4 10s, Holmes two head at about £4, and W Henderson bull at 26s. N Pinlayson heifer 24s. McCarthy entries include 164 steers and heifers from GK Doyle and a dairy herd of 51 cows.
INLIMEWHON AND Co report a yarding of about 250 pigs at their fort nightly sale with strong buyer attendance. Competition was good and market firm with heavy pigs in demand. Prices ranged with numerous names and figures noted, and next sale set for Thursday July 5. Extra heavy yarding reported by Hicks, stores in strong demand, multiple individual pig prices listed.
Winchcombe Careon Ltd reports 4K cattle yarded with mainly medium to useful quality. Market dearer with good to prime beef at 20s to 25s and yearlings at 25s to 30s per 100 lb.
Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd report rabbitskin sales with faz tong offered on Wednesday. Heavy pelts were irregular though demand remained strong for others. Market averaged 1d higher with Winters to 41d racks to 1d, best heavy pelts to 70d, others to 50d, best does to 287d, others to 15d.
Reports show rabbit skins totalled 137 tons at Wednesday Sydney sales with strong demand for most descriptions. Prices ranged from 4d to 1d per lb for heavy pelts, and varied across categories from int winters to damaged pelts, reflecting a general upswing in value.
Prime porkers and baconers showed firm market in Sydney cattle sales with lower values for buck fatters and other grades. Total offerings reached 1560 head, with porkers driving most of the supply. Prices ranged from 5 shillings to 70 shillings per head for various weights and descriptions, while other grades sold from 2 shillings to 48 shillings per hundred pounds.
Report from Shanghai states a mechanic's wife in northern Ching has given birth to eight children at once. Seven boys and a girl survive, with five others yet to live or die, amid hopes for all to prosper.
Care of the Eyes should be a mass concern, write to Webster Jack and McDonald at Sydney Ltd for eye care advice if your sight is defective. Send repairs. They specialise in repair work. Warh this Paper for date of visit.
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