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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
3
Bargain sale offering 36in British Windeyette in multiple colors, 30in striped flannelette, 29in flannelette, 30in floral flannelette, 30in Laconia super flannel, ladies nightdresses, pullover sweaters, fleecy lined bloomers, children sweaters and cardigans, fleecy lined underwear, wool golf socks, and woollen pajamas. Prices range from 1/11 to 6/11 per item, with many styles in stock.
At an Australian Overseas Transport Association meeting dairy producers proposed a three year freight contract with shipowners offering a 5 percent rate cut conditioned on exports at least 90000 tons annually. Wool and fruit exporters objected, debates prevent ratification, losses to producers could reach 19000 pounds yearly. rates to apply until December 1981.
In a Full Court judgment known as the mare and foal case the court ruled unborn progeny of a mare are potential property but not independent chattels. The appeals by George Bell against Herbert Thompson involved two actions over the care of a mare and foal that died.
Melbourne readers learn that a railway truck disappeared from Victorian tracks five years ago. A recovery on Princes Pier end reveals a possible match, with officials noting the find could solve a long standing mystery about an empty truck missing during sea operations and presumed drowned.
News in brief recounts Jose Calder of Buenos Aires suffering a skull fracture and broken ribs when a bar slipped during a lift. Also covered is a Bermuda sea garden opening and a diver access plan. A German beekeeper uses bees to carry messages, boasting reliability over pigeons. The Russian regime weighs banning beards as a political statement, echoing historic British bearded tension and public attacks on beards.
A humorous yet peculiar report claims dwarfs from Hungary formed a National Union of Hungarian Dwarfs and planned a world dwarf congress in 1945. The piece mocks Nazi racial theories while noting quirky leadership and distant towns, then shifts to Merthyr Tydfil’s housing arrears and stout education funding despite economic strain.
Soldiers' hillside badges on Salisbury Plain draw awe as relics of regimental pride. A 16th century Venetian altar-piece, long used as a school target, was found beneath chalk and grime by Lincoln's Usher Art Gallery director, revealing Madonna and Child enthroned in Heaven.
The wartime Q boat tactic of disguise and sudden attack is adapted for fishery patrol boats. Police vessels now resemble ordinary trawlers to operate covertly in fishing grounds and seize illegal fishermen.
A weathered line from a New Postman who came back with a parcel quotes a trek along a road with no house named Fragile. The fragment hints at a journey through a barren route and a dialogue about fragile places, reflecting travel folklore.
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