This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 07, 1940
Page
3
Gloucester Parents and Citizens Association votes to abandon the Empire Day picnic due to lack of parent and public interest and support. Members cite low attendance, few workers, and high teacher burden, with a plan to hold meetings to discuss future activities and consider alternative events.
Showery conditions prevail in the district for the initial days with mild temperatures.
The Glouces ter Branch of the Primary Producers' Union reports stronger turnout at Saturday meetings. President A. McRae notes scheduling shifts to Saturdays may raise dairy farmer engagement. Topics include crows as pests, carrying calves and pigs on motor lorries, fodder carriage, North Coast stock health rules, and a proposed subscription cut from 15 shillings to 10 shillings during wartime.
At a G D T A committee meeting on the 2nd inst the plan assigns deferred matches to 11 May with the first second round match on 18 May and points for the Le Quesne Cup to be awarded in the second round. A motion disqualifies all teams not registered before the second round. Club secretaries must lodge result forms with the Association Secretary by the following Thursday. Teas for Saturday list Park teams No 1 v Barrington at Barrington with leaves 1 45 pm No 2 v Factory at Park No 2 v Stratford at Stratford and other players named.
The war has not adversely affected our major primary industries. Shipping space is found for wool meat and butter and Allied naval power secures their transport overseas. UK policy prioritizes wool meat butter and eggs, with renewals for the season’s contracts. Britain and France will need large wool meat and dairy imports, while substitutes are paused by war. If shipping normalizes, fruit and fresh garden produce may quicken prospects as market gardening expands to meet demand.
At a meeting in Wingham on Tuesday night April 30 five clubs including Wingham Wherrol Flat Lansdowne Taree Railway and Candle agreed to form a new league away from the existing Group and affiliate directly with the New South Wales Rugby League. The move follows inactivity of the current body this season and aims to secure football by joining NSW League. The decision was endorsed unanimously with Mr G Spence chairing andromotion of the plan by Mr A Mitchell and Mr English.
A district resident was convicted and fined £25 for ferrol hoarding at Curlewis in a recent case. In Sydney, the state’s first similar matter saw an employer fined £15 for failing to keep a job open for an employee called up for military training. the employee later enlisted and received £10 of the fine.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.