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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 30, 1926
Page
2
The Gloucester Advocate recounts a crowded show scene with Special Prizes and a chaotic day, detailing a horse drowning during heavy rain, a young man’s arresting incident, and a fatal health decline of Mrs Langworthy while noting Easter holiday plans and the Sydney Show. It also reports on butter fat contest results at Grafton and a near-tragic children's accident beside railway shunting activity.
The Gloucester A H P Association conducted a meeting in Soho Arts Hall with 3-Mosa A. W. Corbett chairing. Reports, appointments, tender pitches for a show tent and side show, and prize offers were discussed. The committee authorized special urban items and announced a grand parade at 2 pm, setting a date for the next gathering and honoring guarantors.
Abbott and Go report their fortnightly pig sale with about 260 pigs sent to market on Friday March 26. Prices varied with numerous buyers and a strong turnout. broader sales included haying and other farm items. In Sydney, cattle sales opened strongly with higher values expected, and Maitland reports solid prime beef prices as well as large yardings.
The Nabine Show committee collected £200 from an insurance fund to cover rain interruptions. Rainfall exceeded ten points around 4.90 pm, triggering payout to cover event takings. The weekend’s showers boosted March rainfall totals to about 94 inches. Port Stephens mentioned in remarks by Sir Smley de Chate at Clifton Gardens luncheon.
The Rev. Arnold, who has led the Gloucester Methodist Circuit for six months, leaves today for Robertson. Mr Barney Gately, ticket officer at the local railway station, was—attending last week owing to Hines. The operal recently passed the Night Officers' Examination and has been promoted to Mt. Heorge station, where duties will begin soon. The friends of Mrs Diana Penfold regret her illness at her home in Manchester River, near Kingston River, Meas.
An parish notice lists a Gloucester cattle sale with details about horses and livestock including descriptions like a white bullock and roan cattle. It notes the sale to defray expenses and mentions Lon Hurst Moonan in Moonan Flat.
Fragmented local government financial note lists administration expenses for general fund and street lighting, with entries for parks, quarries, maintenance, sale yards, and special local funds. Details are garbled but indicate multiple small line items and allocations under Shire of Gloucester.
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