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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1941
Page
4
A historic set of instructions explains laying out a circular well site with a 3 foot diameter, using a nail and batten to mark the radius and a plumb line to keep vertical walls. It details brickwork, dry brick technique, course leveling, and a 20 foot depth estimate requiring 1000 bricks per foot of depth.
The Commonwealth Government factories employ over 25 000 direct workers producing anti aircraft guns machine guns universal carriers and ammunition. Progress spans cruiser tanks and small armaments with ALF testing Libya made vehicles and a camiser tank in early design. Export of Ambornaft Wiernaways and Tiger Moth trainers continues, engines supplied by Australian Gipsy Major. Tooling deliveries surpass 4000 units worth over £3 000 000. Australia aims for self containment and export surpluses for allies. About 280 women will join the Royal Australian Air Force ground staff roles, to be replaced by men as male operators return to training and recruitment.
State Agricultural Departments and farming bodies press fodder conservation as vital to stock raising. With Commonwealth support linked, moves aim to build fodder reserves, steady butter exports, and protect pastoral regions against drought, though research on costs and best concentrated rations remains needed.
Military authorities outline steps for trainees and employers to apply for exemption as six month training camps are introduced. Applications go to unit commanding officers for those already in camp or in training, while employers list affected staff and may appeal to higher authorities. Those not yet called up should approach area officers with details of local trainee housing and unit allocation to minimize business disruption.
Mrs Russell Shearer of Glendon unearthed an 1800s gold ring in a corn paddock on Glendon Estate. Inside reads Herenus Scott M D Oct 16th November 1821. The inscription recalls Dr Scott who sailed with Sir Joseph Banks to Australia and died en route. His sons Helenus and Robert were granted lands at Glendon and named the estate after their Scottish homeland. Glendon Brook runs through the property and the ring’s tale links to early settlement, church grants, and the Mitchell Library legacy through David Scott Mitchell.
Legal experts in Canberra on Sunday night confirmed that the Commonwealth Government's child endowment plan could not be successfully challenged. Implementing legislation will be in two sections detailing machinery for distribution of the child allowances and the funding method. The revenue measure faces expected controversy by proposing a payroll tax on employers. The government may defend this by promising later adjustments to wages, property, and other taxation areas as future increases appear necessary.
British officials argue the war effort can meet a 4 billion pound expenditure without inflation. Banks have subscribed about 2.7 billion to treasury deposits, while weekly Treasury bills are issued at 65.09 million. Price rises in October ran around 1 percent, and prepayments of income tax by firms and individuals exceed 32 million as a practical form of restraint.
A leaf-green two inch insect from the locust grasshopper family was found in the State forest at Chlchester and sent to the Forestry Commission for identification. Norman Field reports another specimen linked to M B Welch, suggesting a probable new species of Duceta. Further specimens are requested for study. it is leaf feeding but too rare to affect economy.
A fragmentary wartime note reports Greece and Italy in conflict as Italian demands for surrender of Greek territories trigger war. The piece references Greek premier Metaxas and Italy’s threat of marching troops at daybreak. A separatespeed contest story mentions Harry Ashmore and an emu achieving high speeds along the Coonamble road, highlighting endurance.
The 1999 40 annual report of New South Wales Main Roads Department notes wartime shifts in road building through June 30 1940. Income rose from motor vehicle taxation and petrol duties, aided by a November 1939 tax rise and steady registrations, while loans surged to finance unemployment relief. Expenditure reached a record level as defence and relief works expanded, with £295 000 from the Commonwealth for strategic roads and camps.
The report notes continued bridge construction over the Hawkesbury at Peat's Ferry with Abutment A and Pier 1 completed while Pier 2 caisson sunk 54 feet in soft bed. A Hunter River bridge site at Hexham is prepared for tender, and a large loss over income to Sydney Harbor Bridge is reported. Traffic split shows rail and tram revenue share. defence roads and maps are detailed. Continuous coordination with military authorities is emphasized.
Diplomatic observers say Hitler pressed Yugoslavia to allow use of railways for German war materiel to Salonika with troops, and Belgrade may acquiesce as the week ends. In Somaliland the fall of Mogadishu is announced and British forces near final stages of the campaign.
The death at Strathfield of Mrs. Ads Reynolds, aged 71, ends a long family legacy in Dungog. A daughter of the Tate Joseph Abbott family of Dungog, she and her husband Thomas Reynolds lived in West Australia before returning to New South Wales. Survived by five sons and five daughters, and about twenty grandchildren, her funeral was attended by multiple siblings and relatives. The service was at St Anne's Church Strathfield, followed by cremation at Rookwood crematorium.
Soviet Hnesia reportedly fields 171 submarines, with others under construction, and aims to expand the Red Fleet. Russia, though large, remains a second rate naval power with limited modern ships and several older vessels. Japan holds a far larger surface navy with many carriers, cruisers, and destroyers, while Germany's surface forces and bases in the Baltic and Black Sea constrain Soviet naval reach.
A fragmented readable line urges paying a hospital contribution today. It mentions a badge and a visual cue in the window, signaling a local fundraising appeal and community participation in hospital support.
On March 14 the public will witness a first of its kind march and parade by women’s war service organisations and hospital nurses through principal city streets under Hospital Saturday Fund of New South Wales auspices. Several groups will be represented including St John’s Ambulance Brigade Voluntary Aid Detachment Women’s Australian National Services National Emergency Services Ambulance Drivers Naval War Auxiliary Women’s All Services Canteen Fund Catholic United Services Association National Defence League of Australia Australian Women’s Flying Club and Women Slen les.
A large white sow sold for the stated price at a pig sale in South Grattan. Buyers doubted its return home but K Aspinal of South Grafton purchased the sow for the price, and with careful care the sow recovered quickly and again fetched a strong price at the yards.
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