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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
5
Berlin paper reports General Egloffstein governor of Strasburg has offered resignation amid hoax parade of the garrison and a telegram claiming the Kaiser was coming, seen as connected to the episode.
A girl applied to have her banns of marriage declared invalid after learning her fiancé was consumptive. The fiancé offered to marry in a suit or fiction if she refused, and stated he had no objection to canceling the banns.
A report describes a dusk robbery where a taxi-cab was hailled on the Champs Elysées. It notes wooden blocks and paving stones left by workers disappearing overnight as the very poor furtively remove them, marking a new issue for authorities to monitor.
An omnibus carrying holidaymakers burst into flames in Leeds. The vehicle was stopped quickly but burned fiercely before firefighters arrived. Two civilian witnesses were injured in a collision en route to the scene, one suffering three broken ribs.
Excitement rose in Charlottensburg as a black cat believed mad bit two women and a boy before being driven into a cellar and captured. Investigators found the animal frightened by unknown people and snapping at passersby. the cat recovered and allowed caressing.
Vienna frets over a bronze double headed eagle on the Ringstrasse War Ministry. The statue, copied from an obese Schonbrunn eagle, is seen as overbearing and unsuitable for a martial emblem though it may endure as symbol of the Austrian Army.
A woman stopping passers by in Rue St. Lazare pleads for food for her baby a doll turns out to be the infant. Investigating officers uncover a string trick and linen items stolen from street stalls hidden in the doll’s clothes. The hoax leads to the suspect’s arrest.
The well-known draper Marois Chat estate has been valued for probate at £572,058. Testers note distributing large number of bonds to relations in England. For bronchial coughs use Woods Great Peppermill Cure priced at 1 shilling.
Sunday services at Calaghan's Creek 11 a.m. Tigrah 8 p.m. Brewt 7 15 p.m. Monday May 19 Little Manning evening Mr Hawison's Pastor Harper leads the announcements.
Church of England notices list service times at Copeland Barrington Gloucester and Wingham parish events. Rev K Kitler to lead evening prayers with tiered dates in May including May 21 7 p m and May 22 7 p m at Westwool and Glooucester locations.
Gloucester 11 a m Mirboo 2 p m Barrington Hall 7 p m Sunday School p m Rev Thomas K Taylor church schedule listing times and location for Methodist services in Australia
The notice lists morning worship at 11 a.m. at Invergordon and 7.30 p.m. at Gloucester with Reverend A. G. Mackintosh-Carter B.A. leading. A separate 1 p.m. service is mentioned at Carnock.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for cards flowers and letters after the death of their devoted husband and loving father.
A special meeting of the Gloucester Rugby Football Club will be held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday night, 14 May at 8 p.m. The notice invites members to attend and participate in the agenda.
Public notice convenes a meeting for those interested in horse racing on Saturday next April 7 at 1 pm at Commercial Hotel to form a club and arrange races under rules. Trustees Yarckow Steer appoints 2 year old DY Ko near Ribe as collateral. if not released the horse will be sold at the Pound on May 16 at noon by Poundkeeper J. W. Corrept.
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