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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

May 10, 1940

Page

3

Primary School Notes Tell of Test Results and Reopening

The report lists pupils who took top places in class exams across multiple grades from first through intermediate, naming winners in English history geography arithmetic algebra geometry agriculture science domestic science physiology needlework woodwork and tech drawing. It notes about ten pupils may enter the First Leaving Certificate class in 1942, with school resuming May 21 and mid June exams for super primary classes. The reference library added new books as its popularity grows.

Peggy Golds Jan McLeod Jean Jory June Nichols Iris Hay Jean Nichols Janet Turner Dorothy Wallis Pell Brorson Neville Jepson Frank Munro Jean Lowe Pauline Parish Joan Grady Jim Ebbeck Doris Hebblewhite Keith Tull Rene Stanbury Elizabeth Hooke Alfred Bowen Pupis Rene Stanbory Joyce Blanch Kevth Tull

Hand washing urged to prevent disease in food handling

Health guidance stresses frequent hand washing as key to preventing illnesses spread by food handlers. It urges employers and employees to ensure clean habits, proper sanitation in eateries, and regular hand hygiene before preparation and after using the toilet, with explicit cautions against bare hand contact with cooked foods.

New South Wales

HEENZO remedy offers thrice use and big savings

An advertisement touts HEENZO as an internal cough and cold remedy a nasal antiseptic for catarrh and head cold and a gargle for sore throats claiming instant relief. It notes a two shilling bottle plus water makes a pint of the remedy and urges purchase. A separate item reports a Sydney woman paying £30 for a polished maple silver coffin for her pet dog.

Sydney Canowindra

Hypnotised Young Nurse in Spy Tales

In a feature on popular spy books, M. Boucard, a European espionage expert and former French naval officer, is cited confirming authentic-sounding cases. The article recounts a German youth who rose to the Crown Prince’s inner circle, a Spa Armistice magistrate who vanished, and a Paris dentist-linked agent who hypnotised a nurse into betrayal before poisoning herself to avoid court.

M. Robert Boucard Reginald Hall Falkenstone Ronald Leslie Melville Secret Services of Europe Stanley Paul M. Boncard England M. Boucard Britain Germany J.M. 27 Heidelberg University Prince Leutenant H.Q Rupert of Bavaria Lille Captain X Spa Whitehall Mile Solange de X Argonne Paris France John O'London Weekly

A W U Hits Miners Over Communist Leanings

The A W U dissociates from the miners strike by condemning Communist sympathies within the ranks and urging removal of members with such leanings. The union itself also bars known communists from membership.

A.W.U

New Child Welfare Rules Limit Employment of Young Entertainers

New regulations under the Child Welfare Act restrict employments of children in night clubs stadiums and as acrobats. Licenses authorize children over seven to work in entertainment venues with parental supervision and restrictions on Sundays late nights and school hours. Licenses for street trading also bar visits to liquor licensed premises billiard saloons and gambling venues.

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