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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1938
Page
4
Fleecy lined gloves in navy black and brown drop from 2/11 to 2/6 and are very smart and warm. Ladies wool gloves in attractive colours reduced from 3/11 to 2/11. Children woollen gloves listed with sizes 1/9 now 1/3 and 1/6 now 1/-.
A newspaper ad lists discounted men’s and boys’ clothing with reduced prices on cotton shirts tweed shirts flannelette shirts slab coats fleecy undergarments wool gloves and various trousers. Notable cuts include sports coats from 27/6 to 21/ and felt hats 14/11 to 25/6 while wool gloves and tops see marked drops.
Advertises silk full fashioned hose and assorted linens at reduced prices during a winter sale. Listings include Ladies silk hose 1/-, 1/6 for silk and lisle, 2/9 for wool blends, and multiple fully fashioned hose in 3/11 to 6/11. Housewares feature rugs, sheets, pillow slips, towels, table cloths, eiderdowns, bloomers, vests, and wool garments with marked savings.
A Liverpool girl Trene aged 16, blonde hairdresser from Knotty Ash, elopes with Joseph Jady of Liverpool to English Gretna Green at St. Charles the Martyr Peak Forest Derbyshire. Police report and vicar claim of banns exemptions under a charter by Charles I. The couple planned a Scottish wedding, claiming legal residence criteria were met. Parents opposed, but the couple says they followed all laws. The romance involved members of an opera club and a famous La Bohème pairing.
A couple sought a marriage with a 15 year residential qualification. They lived in the village for a day, then residence, visiting only three times. They arrived from Liverpool on Sunday and lodged with Mr and Mrs Marsden Barber, who witnessed the wedding. The groom’s father warned of upsetting the ceremony upon receiving a telegram.
A. Enright reports selling 170 horses on Thursday with buyers from the North Coast and colliery representatives present. Riverina and Western Districts stockyards yielded heavy horses, sending prices higher. best gelflings to £28, mares £28, draft horses £210, strong horses £1, Kentish/med to £2 10, ponies £8 5. Gloucester cattle prices rose on light yardings. R. J. Moore top at £8 1, avg £7 14 2 for 39 steers. Pigs remain firm with 1100 penned in Sydney sale. backfatt ers to 146d, primes to 95d, baconers 1201b to 1401b. various weights quoted. Rabbit skins down slightly with mixed demand. prices varied by type and grade.
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