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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Mar 17, 1936

Page

3

Gloucester Church Seeks Settled Minister After 18 Months

Presbytery invites Percival Hope to Gloucester district to reorganise the charge after 18 months without a settled minister. Hope, a longtime church organizer and former moderator, has served in Cooma, Lithgow, and other NSW communities while aiding fund drives and church endowments. The move aims to secure a local minister and restore full charges with ongoing Scots support noted.

Gloucester Alexander Percival Hope Presbyterian Church of Theological Hall Sydney Hope Kirk Hoskins Charles Hoskins Lithgow Walgett Mid-Clarence Moruya Hornsby Nambucca River Cooramble Stroud Trig

Butter Making Training Expanded At Hawkesbury College

A £4000 grant by the Australian Dairy Produce Board and the Commonwealth Government funds ten extra dairy students from other states at Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The grant backs equipment upgrades and faster course start, with Dr. Page and officials eyeing experimental dairies and broader national dairy training.

Australia Australian Dairy Produce Board Commonwealth Hawkesbury Agricultural College Thorby New South Wales Department of Agriculture Farle Page Melbourne Page Australian Dairy Produce Export Board Tt Wax Hawkesbury

Band Sports Handicaps Declared For Saturday Footrace

Handicaps announced for the Band Sports footrace on Saturday. Participants include Syds Barrett Syds H Healey Syds M Shoesmith and many others with varied yard markers from 8 to 50. Names such as Higgins Barbour Corbett Stanley Broadbent Reichert Page and Stokes feature among listed runners.

Band Syds Barrett H. Healey M. Shoesmith T. Ritter B. Tull W. Bolton D. Germon J. Higgins R. Barbour N. Corbett M. Stanley Broadbent E. Beattie E. Edwards

Inspector Woollett's Stock Inspector Post Terminated

The Department of Agriculture told Tweed and Lismore Pasture Protection Board that J. Woollett, longtime stock inspector, is terminated effective March 14 until a new appointment is made. Chatham Devlin and Murphy will cover duties. Woollett cited humanitarian motives in sterilising dogs and treating a herd for disease amid departmental inquiry.

Department of Agriculture Tweed and Lismore Woollett New South Wales

QUESTION OF BUTTER FREIGHTS QUESTION OF BUTTER FREIGHTS

The Commissioner for Railways Mr T J Hartigan spoke at the Newcastle Rotary Club and offered to convene a conference with the Chamber of Commerce to review rail freight bases for North Coast butter. He suggested officers meet representatives to seek a satisfactory arrangement amid complaints that butter ships to Sydney cheaper than to Newcastle 100 miles nearer.

T. J. Hartigan Newcastle Rotary Club Sydney Hartigan Chamber of Commmrce Chamber of Commerce

Church Services Across Denominations This Week

The notice lists multiple churches in Gloucester Nabiac Waukivory Forster Craven Stroud and Stroud area holding services on Lent Mothering Sunday and following dates. Denominations include Church of England Presbyterian Methodist Congregational Baptist and Stroud Ind. Baptist with various times and reverends named.

Church of England Gloucester H.C . Tugrabakh Waukivory H. W. Rogers Forster A.m. HC Coolongolook H.C . Dyers Nabiac H.C. Forster M. H.C Wm. Griffith Cochrane Barrington P. Hope B.A. Methodist Stratford Bible Clans Craven R. C. Pereira Candle Flat Tiri

Sydney Pig Market Prices Report

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report shows 1200 pigs offered at Tuesday Sydney sales with prime porkers firm and light quality selling freely. Backfatters ranged up to 90 per hundredweight, good to 65, others from 35 to 40, baconers 120 to 140 lb and rates 42 to 54. Porkers 50 to 90 lb priced 27 to 36.

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd Sydney

Optometrist Visit by London and Sydney Firms at Gloucester

TL L McDonald FBOA Honwers FEM C of Webster Park and McDonald Limited Opticians and Optometrists will be in attendance and may be consulted at Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Friday March 20 hours of visit

TL. L. McDonald F.B.O A. Honwers FEM London Webster Park & McDonald Sydney Commercial Hotel Gloucester

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Grime & Small’s Specialty Store Grime & Small A.M.P. Society D. E. Walker Victoria & Pulteney Lts Taree W. BG. Davidson T. M. Breckenridge A. G. Turner Church Street Stromberg Weldon Crossley Refrigerators Regal-Zonophone Columbia H.M.V. Records the City Radio Store Presbyterian Church MR. P. Hope Sant Hawkesbury College Moore Pharmacy New Season’s Goods Meltona S.W O.S Ing Fownes Fownes Fynazsuede Brussels Morocco Street & Parish Ltd MR. Hartigan
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