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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 17, 1946
Page
1
All sizes coats in varied styles priced economically at 68/-, and 9 coupons. Striped shirts for men at 19/7 and 12 coupons. Men's suits limited stock in navy and grey shades offered at 7/9 and 30 coupons.
A big tourist influx marked the school holidays in Forster with full occupancy of guest houses and cottages from Sydney suburbs and regional areas. Rains improved rivers feeding Wallis Lake, boosting bream flathead and whiting catches as Fisheries Division researchers tag black bream to study movement and growth across estuaries from Wallis Lake to Bundaberg. A forster life saving club ball crowned the season with cups and pennants presented to top performers.
Jod Williams wins Silver Cup for Champion Junior Swimming Contest and receives a Juvenile Club Championship pennant. Allan Stein earns Silver Cup for Juvenile Sprint and multiple pennants including Juvenile Genes sprint and Junior Beach Sprint. Sid Ireland secures Senior Beach Sprint pennant in clubs championship. Geoff Breese gains Senior Belt Race pennant. James Underwood takes second place in the Club Competition for Point Scores for the season.
In Gloucester a landlord obtained a six week order to quit from the police court against Muriel Day ies of 27 Cook Street. She admitted no rent paid this year while five employed lodgers in her home contributed nothing. The landlord, John Carolaw, cited £55 18s arrears, disrepair, and non payment. Day ies said her husband, a former Navy man, sent little money and she could not pay.
Licensed fishermen from Woolgoolga to Nambucca harvested marketable fish totaling 620000 pounds in the year ended June last. The catch was shared among 42 full time and 91 part-time fishermen with a total value about £26000.
J Andrews of Dowling Street in Dungog listed contact as Phone 99 in a brief classified style notice.
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