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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 21, 1946
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes list names and places including McDonald JBC A Monclare WAAC and Veer tarh Mebonaid. mentions optometrists, payments and a May visit day. Phrases are garbled but indicate a medical professional schedule and local business references.
A local entertainment event set for May 26 at For thrainle Hall features 9 attractions led by Miss Tonkin and includes a police party on the bill. Proceeds go to support the Southern candidate Miss Jenn Sturn via the RAL. Other events include a Wacky contest and a Grouceater show with plans for a Burley Dawn style evening.
A dense and garbled personal notice lists numerous names, locations, and affiliations from Melbourne to Randwick and Mullane. It mentions Mrs J A Colsan, Mrs Biena Fanny Kirby, Georgina Kirby, Mark, and various military and civic roles, with scattered references to Melbourne reminders, burial details, and attendance at a funeral or memorial event. The text is fragmented and hard to parse, but centers on social and familial notices across several Australian locales.
A 1940s style film note touts Paramounts And the Angel Sing starring Betty Hutton Dorothy Lamour and Fred MacMurray with Diana Lynn and Mimi Cameron in supporting roles. The obituary style review hints at songs by Burke and Henson and mentions a London stage prop style list of names and prices for a local auction or sale.
Auction notices announce Thursday sales including furniture offered by Mr Tom Hck and Gordon Wooda on the 28th. Also advertised is Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and influenza, a listed remedy in the sale notices.
Competition Tennis results and Saturday Park fixtures list several matches and team pairings. Names such as Bark, Barrington, Park, Purley, and Grady appear with districts and venues referenced. The passage reads like a schedule card with scores and participant notes, though the OCR is garbled. It outlines Park teams for Saturday and various grade levels, including Park 1 and Park 2 events and multiple named players.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions rowing terms, locations, and several unclear names. It references a semi final, a banner, and progress notes, with scattered place names and dates, suggesting a sports brief about a rowing event and associated venues and participants.
Pack of Uugedingove roams Doyle's River country in Wing Tiam, attacking cattle and killing livestock. Settler Mr B Warmer bought two fox foundry protest stones, but a hound was mauled by the pack near his farm. Wolves and danger loom as cattle losses rise in the district.
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