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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1942
Page
3
Major-General Gordon Bennett stated that Australian casualties in the final stages of the fight for Singapore were not heavy. He noted earlier engagements taught the Japanese to avoid Australians, and in attacks on the approaches to Singapore the enemy penetrated soft spots where Australians were not in those sectors.
A Brisbane report cites Mr R C Philip of the United Graziers Association suggesting Japan might invade via the Gulf of Carpentaria. He notes over a million cattle graze within 200 miles of Bourke Town and proposes releasing bushmen from military service to herd cattle down toward the New South Wales border.
A damaged wartime notice from New South Wales outlines the end of daylight saving across Australia until summer returns. It notes clocks are put back at 2 a.m. and hints at ongoing wartime controls and industrial impacts while government officials consider future light saving policy amid shortages and shifts in peacetime expectations.
Vague notes describe youths exiting a port area amid a broader military training program. Details are unclear due to fragmented text but imply parental concerns and organized activity by authorities.
A chaotic incident aboard the Melbourne Express ends with a deadly blaze and a crowd push to safety. Witnesses report a rousing struggle as passengers scramble from the burning carriages while responders race to control the fire and evacuate the vessel.
A fierce storm hit Mr A Gillfiths at Mountin Top Dorrigo injuring his animals. A flash killed a horse and another was thrown over a fence with the top wire broken. Despite cuts from lightning, no blood appeared on the horses. The report appears in the Gascette Gazette.
A Guindagal Independent militiaman in uniform ferried at a town hotel meets a civilian man on departure. An exchange ends with the militiaman knocked unconscious as the civilian fires, telling him to run back and recalling experiences in Greece and Crete.
Britain held its biggest salvage campaign for waste paper in January with 20000 pounds in prize money donated to the Waste Paper Recovery Association by civic groups. Twenty areas shared 11000 pounds each, split among local authorities by weight collected, with half of winnings given to war charities such as the Red Cross and the other half to a locally designated charity.
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