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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
2
An entry from Queen Street Gloucester notes outdoor cases attended and provides a contact phone number 111 for inquiries or service. The fragment indicates a local service or listing with minimal details and emphasizes accessibility via phone.
A series of brief items reports a line man in a near miss with a live wire, a safety lapse during telephone work, and a patient recovering in hospital. Other notes celebrate the Be gonias shown by a Bundock grower, a hand injury from electric work, a council decision on water crossings, Barton’s Follies at the Star Theatre, and parking guidance for country towns along with church visits and blackout planning in the region.
Heavy rain and floods delayed Gloucester A H P Association events prompting a postponement to Tuesday and Wednesday April 6 and 7. Demonstrations and trotters were being prepared with entries still open, while Sidshows return from Sydney Royal Show. Exhibitors are urged to refile entries and enjoy a likely record exhibition when weather permits.
Annual meeting of the Primary Producers Union with about 15 000 members decided to withdraw from the Producers Associations Central Council and to withdraw the general president’s membership of the Sydney Chambers of Commerce. The move follows criticism of the Sydney Chamber’s stance during the referendum campaign with country towns backing government marketing proposals. The vote to withdraw the affiliation was carried unanimously.
In Melbourne in the First Civil Court Justice Lowe ruled for the Commonwealth Dairy Produce and Equalisation Committee Ltd. over dairy businessman John Fitzpatrick of Avon butter factory Fitzroy who claimed £2587 8s 10d alleging an agreement under misapprehension. The judge found no misapprehension and awarded costs to the defendant.
Sporting notes reveal Bowls teams headed for Taree to play a decisive match to determine the pennant standings. Players include Smith McIntyre Woodward Adams Ebbeck Lowe Anderson Munro Whatson Rye Andrews Boorer Kendall Chapman Haydon Streat.
The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting stressing safer traffic at the old Bank of NSW corner with a proposed white line and a reflecting sign. Officers were elected and the group outlined yearlong aims including sewerage systems, ward representation, a planned riding to cover the town, and continued advocacy for road and telecommunication improvements.
The Glenwemter Golf Club opens with a mixed foursome draw for an 8 hole format. Notable pairings include Anderson with Laine Weekes and Mrs King, Doyle with Mrs Holland, and Parish with Miss Higgins. An 8 hole strike handicap will be used. Members and interested nonmembers urged to attend and arrive early for arrangements.
Government debates a toll bridge over the Hawkesbury River at Pat’s Berry with estimated cost between 100 000 and 500 000 pounds. Early design work and lender arrangements to secure funds for construction set to proceed, with completion projected after detailed structural plans.
For ten years the dairy farm of 168 acres near Barrington Glouces ter Rivers, about 2 miles from Gloucester, currently occupied by H Reeves. Tenders close Saturday 27th inst. Possession 1 April. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Further particulars from Matthewson Co.
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