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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1947
Page
2
A notice lists an optometrist event with dates Thursday July 10 and Friday July 11 at the Commercial Hotel. The camp and speakers include names such as Linton Moran and Spimeys Py. Public attendance details and times are given for the eye care session.
Amid a heated public discussion deputies propose stricter controls on firearms and military equipment. Officials reference turndown of unregulated weapon sales while emphasizing public safety and national security.
Fragmentary OCR text references AOMERUNT STOCK SALES and firms including Avene Thorodhe Pink Run Badgery Ltd RBH and AcE Capel Havens. Mentions figures like 400 Mui Garrada and 14 atest in WAT with unclear dates or places. Unable to extract a coherent event, entities are sparse and reading is garbled.
A scrambled, whimsical notice cites Hartigan and Weilnenlay announcing a restoration plan for a railway project. The garbled text mentions a Monday start, a penalty, and concerns over per hour waste expressions. The fragment hints at humor amid a puzzling, damaged broadcast about transport and delays.
Fragmented OCR notes list names and places such as Barrington Parke and Narn Woein with stray numbers and terms. The legible items reference tennis notes, orders, and venues. No clear event dates or outcomes are readable.
Fragmentary report describes golf notes and tennis mentions. Names and details are unclear but reference to Bat City and near 18 holes with a May date and a tennis element.
Fragments recount social figures and guests at a local event. Mentions include Mrs Davin, Mr Meret Cemeret, Aire FD King, and Frank Le Feurve visiting from Guiesods. Observers describe Bowmen, Baker, and Jacob Seating in scenes around a porch with distant references to Mount and Raven shaw in Sydney.
Church notes describe a souvenir beaker with photos of Morpeth Church and its bishops. Thanksgiving service planned at St Luke to be led by the Lord Bishop of Grafton, with diocese trams and templetins aiding the Newate Cathedral aged people fund.
A fragmentary report notes a sale of 1180 pigs with varied prices. Buyers included Von wat Keer and others, with prime baconers and heavy hogs selling at scattered bids. Prices ranged from 12 10 to 28 shillings and pence per head, reflecting mixed demand and differing weights.
Found item indicates an Active Service badge review. Owner may name same as the quoted number apply This Office.
Fragmentary notice states a meeting or action set for Tuesday next in May at 7:30. Secretary CAROLAN is mentioned with unclear organization name Gloureatormt of Glimaeren.
A damaged snippet shows garbled names and dates, unclear events, and stray numbers. It references places and individuals in a non coherent way, offering little usable context beyond scattered terms like Mount and 70 era markers.
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