Gloucester Mothers' Club elects officers for 1942 at annual meeting
The Gloucester Mothers' Club elected officers for 1942 including President Mrs A Tate Vice Presidents Mrs J Thompson Mrs Creagh and Mrs Heck Secretary Mrs K Crane Treasurer Mrs A Chaplin Auditor Mr M Newton. The president reported five regular and one special meeting, two fund raising dances, and the Annual Juvenile Ball. Financials showed a start balance of £7 17s 10d and year end cash of £146 10s with 31 financial members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club
A. Tate
J. Thompson
Creagh
Heck. Hazelwood
K. Crane
A. Chaplin
M. Newton
Tate
Thie
Ciib
McGowa
Civilians Warned Against Approaching Military Positions
Military headquarters warns the public not to approach or loiter near military works and posts. Parents and schools urged to warn children as traps may be present and danger rises at night with armed troops and sentries. Relatives are asked not to visit service members at posts to preserve discipline.
Sugar Dealers Forbid Selling Sugar On Conditions
Senator Keane warned that some grocers refused sugar supplies unless customers bought other goods as well. Following tea controls, grocers cannot impose sale conditions. breaches of Prices Regulations may lead to prosecutions. Commonwealth Prices Commissioner will pursue offenders.
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Keane
Commonwealth Prices Commissioner
Homebush Sales Report From Flemington and Maitland Auctions
Market rounds show 1644 cattle yarded with firm demand. NSW buyers pay steers to 15/9 per 100, heifers to 9/9, cows to 9/6 while calves fetch 2 to 7. Pigs around 40 to 106 shillings per hundredweight. Hides and skins rise with prime tallow up 12/6 to 17/6 per ton. Local stock at Maitland notes rain reducing fat cattle supply but values advance 10 pence a head on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homebush
Sydney
Pitt Son and Badgery
Flemington
H. A. Abbott
Gloucester
A. G. F. Munro
Moree
Winchcombe Carson Ltd
Maitland
Campbell's Hill
Winchombe Carson
E.rk. BD. Andrews
Mr. George
A. Abbott
Hereford
J. C. Hooke
Shaw Bros
W. P. Reichert
Ave
A. Ridgeway
B. J. Stokes
Mt. George
Provision of 1,000,000 civilian respirators arranged
Arrangements have been completed to supply one million civilian respirators for the general population. The plan indicates centralized procurement and distribution to public facilities and communities in need.
Red Cross Tea Gathering at Mrs Hawdon’s Home
Members of Gloucester Red Cross Stanch are invited to an Afternoon Tea at Mrs W W Hawdon’s home on Queen Street tomorrow April 1. Please bring a plate. M J Tilbrook Tion See
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester Red Cross Stanch
W. W. Hawdon
Queen Street
M. J. Tilbrook
Gloucester Land Board Meeting Notice 1932
A meeting of the Local Land Board for the Land District of Gloucester will be held in the Court House at Gloucester on Thursday 16 April 1932 at 10 a.m. H G Barrite District Surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Land Board For the Land District of
Gloucester
Court House
H. G. Barrite
Probate of Charles Blanch Will in New South Wales
In the Supreme Court probate jurisdiction an application will be made after fourteen days that the Last Will of Charles Blanch, late of Gloucester NSW and dairy farmer, dated 28 April 1931, may be granted to Mabel Evelyn Blanch and George Charles Blanch as executors. Creditors must send their claims within fourteen days to Hawdon & Hawdon, Proctors for Executors, 28 Martin Place Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court OF New South Wales
Charles Blanch
Gloucester
New South Wales
Mabel Evelyn Blanch
George Charles Blanch
Hawdon & Hawdon
Aubrey Halloran
Martin Place
Sydney
War News in Brief Darwin Raids and Front Updates
Seven Japanese bombers raid Darwin for the seventh time. two shot down by Allied fighters and two more likely destroyed. In Port Moresby dog-fights, young Royal Australian Air Force pilots outmatched a superior Japanese Zero force. Allied attack on Koepang leaves a ship burning and a flying boat likely destroyed. Japanese losses include two aircraft down in Port Moresby raid. one pilot believed to have bailed out. H.M.S. Campbeltown rammed the dock gates at St. Nazaire and five tons of explosives exploded. RAF covered the return of British forces. Burma fighting sees Japanese forces converging on Toungoo north of Rangoon with 4000–5000 mixed troops west of the Irrawaddy.
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Darwin
Port Moresby
R.A.A. F
Koepang
Dutch Timor
H.M.S. Campbelltown
St. Nazaire
Loire Estuary
France
Campbelltown
R.A.F
Burma
Toungoo
Rangoon
Chungking
Irrawaddy
Wanted Immediately For Full Time Duty Service NSW
Advertises full time signals service across New South Wales at standard army pay. Apply in writing or in person to Staff Officer Signals VD.C. H.Q. Bear Mint Building Macquarie St Sydney. Ineligible if already serving except in special cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S.W
D.C. H.q
Bear Mint
Macquarie St
Sydney
Peace protests erupt during Hitler speech in Chemnitz
Stockholm dispatch reports a violent outburst at Chemnitz during Hitler's Commemoration of Dead Heroes with crowds shouting We do not need war We want peace. In Wuppertal munition plant workers halted production for two hours to protest front mobilization, five workers arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Chemnitz
Hitler
Wupperthal
Oak Kitchen Cabinets and Tables Feature in Miscellaneous Ads
An assortment of household goods listed with prices includes oak kitchen cabinets with rounded ends and tables, chairs, and desks. Also offered are glassware, breakfast cups, Primus stoves in multiple fuels, vermin control products, cleaning gear, and garden items, with varied pricing for 19/21 shillings items and tools such as spades, scarifiers, and deck chairs.
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St Gloucester Mothers’ Club
Ley In
Commercial
Oua Wy
Arthur V. Eastwood
King St
Parly Anta
W. E. Sparke
J. Foyle
Tom Hicks
Gloucester Shire Yards
New England
B. Laurie
Eanne Estate
Bignell Bros
A. Laure
J. D. Pavish
FP. Keegan
A. J. Carter
J. Blenvowe
Carter ‘Ayres
Gloucester) Pty., Ltd
R. B. Laurie
G. R. Hicks
W. E. Hicks
T. A. Laurie
T. Bird
D. Lynch
C. Locke
Bert Laurie
F. B. Haydon
H. B. Haydon
RED Cross Society
Bowen
Dog Trap Creek
T. Carlton
Dungog
Holbrooks (Asia) Pty., Ltd
Box
Waterloo
Primus
Australia
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