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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1934
Page
2
Victorian Works Department figures show that a medium powered car offers comfortable transport at a very low cost. The total operating expense, including petrol tyres oil repairs insurance and depreciation, averages just under 4s per mile based on careful records.
In the third round and semi final of the Watt trophy electric Vent competition Boorer and Anderson faced stiff challenges against Street and Andrews. Results show Anderson 26 9 over Turner, Boorer 26 10 over McIntyre, Street 25 12 over Fandan, Andrews byeby. semi finals saw Andrews 24 22 Street and Anderson 27 27 Boorer, setting Andrews to face Anderson in the final.
Leslie Foley, while pruning f iders near Werthemday in Rome, was bitten on the ankle by a redback spider. He killed the spider and continued work but grew drowsy. Four hours passed before medical care, and several more hours passed before he was out of danger.
Local notes report road grant supervision by Mr. Langford, stock sales planned at Gloucester yards, revised cattle sale dates, a snake sighting in Church Street, Poultry Club activity, dogs at Newcastle Show wins, Returned Soldiers League visit by Mr. Hadfield, carpet snake protection push, Copeland sports day plans, a fatal railway truck accident near Taree, pub policing legal questions, and a closing note on British air travel figures.
Melbourne reports a long session where NSW Premier Stevens won approval from the Loan Council to borrow £2,000,000 for unemployment relief. The plan, backed by the Commonwealth and three states, passed five to two with Victoria and Western Australia in opposition.
The Literary and Debating Society plans a public debate next Wednesday on the proposition that capitalism must give place to communism. The talk contrasts private property and freedom of enterprise with state or worker ownership, noting even communism would leave some property to individuals. The public will hear the discussion that night.
Matthewson and Co report a heavy yarding of good quality pigs at their fortnightly sale with strong competition for baton pigs. Multiple buyers and numerous consignments from named buyers and sellers pushed prices up, next sale scheduled for Thursday 15th March. Also notes light yarding of pigeons and balanced prices across other livestock. Homebush Stock Sales in Sydney report steady cattle and pig values with firm market.
The Gloucester P C Association met at the School with strong turnout. President C B Snodgrass and officers were elected, debates covered rural schooling, railway timetable changes, and funding for text books, with calls to press the Minister for Education and council to improve local facilities.
In a historical review by Dr Mur Wie, maternal and child welfare chief, the piece argues diseases in the tropics stem from sanitation and ignorance rather than climate. It contrasts Europe’s past plagues with Eastern conditions, notes Livingstone’s observations, and links poor water, sanitation, and hygiene knowledge to high disease rates, citing relapsing fever and enteric illnesses as examples.
The Gloucester sale notes a postponement from March 14 to March 3 due to wet conditions. Wholesalers Merryweather, Malcolm Murray, Ivatt and Co, W Chandler, Arthur Chandler, A G Hicks and others from Nowemboc and New England are booked, with further entries invited. TOM HICKS handles furniture and farming implements through FE Bulley, who is leaving the district. Terms cash. Auctioneer: Gloucester.
Under instructions from A S W Cox the Gloucester town properties will be offered at auction at the Gloucester Hotel on Saturday 10 March 1934. Lot details include vacant land and weatherboard cottages with multiple lots and perches and profit estimates. auctioneer Elliott and Waller Mingog Solicitors for the Vendor East Maitland. Also listed are farm implements, dairy equipment, and stock with terms noting about £1100 cash. Annual meeting of Gloucester Golf Club to follow at 8 pm Monday 14 March with officers and financial statements.
A fragment discusses typhus and other illnesses in London like settings of the 18th century, noting hygiene as a world force. Professor Andrew Balfour links religion and hygiene as twin forces guiding humanity, while warning religion has caused bloodshed. It argues hygiene alone could foster international cooperation amid distrust.
A cattle sale is announced at Gloucester Ship Yards for Tuesday next the 6th of March at TL o clock. The listing provides sale details and the time for bidders to attend at the yard.
Matthewson and Co announce a mixed sale including 34 Hereford bulls 3 years 1 Hereford steer 18 months 13 Durbar cows and calves 18 partly, 41 store cows, 180 Hereford and Devon bullocks 34 years, 7 Black Poll steers 2 years, several brands and paddock lots, Jersey heifers 12 18 months, springers and mixed cattle. A dairy herd and plant from MU Borham at Glinuvester River, 24 Jersey cows 4 springers 5 heifers 6 months 2 good farm horses 1 saddle mare 170 gallon Baltic separator, cash terms.
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