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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 25, 1934
Page
3
Great winter bargains feature fabrics and garments from Dan s including 29in dress flannel 2/11 price, 38in wool crepe de chine 5/6 yard, 36in woollen tweeds 3 1l yard, and many ladies and mens wool items with prices. Hundreds of fabrics and ready to wear pieces, Lincoln Mills skeins, and a call to choose now at the Bargain Arcade.
D K Redman and Sons advertise Norsey Shed work offering plough shares sharpened from 12/6 to 3/6 and steeled from 2/6 to 4/6. AML work offered at reasonable cash rates.
Advert reads W H Young seeks rabbit skins hides and calf skins in any quantity and offers best prices. Contact W H Young by phone at 4 Barrington.
New Zealand aviatrix Miss Jean Batten lands at Darwin at 3 80 p m after leaving Koepang Timor to break the women’s solo flight record from England to Australia. She beat Bert Hinkler’s 15 days 12 hours, completing the journey in 14 days 431 hours with oil stained clothes from a quick plane overhaul. Darwin officials and Mrs Mollison, the previous holder, greet the record setter and hail her achievement.
The Comboyne district reports the first seed setting of Kikuyu grass in Australia. Mr. L. Pfeiffer found a patch bearing complete flowers and seeds after years of non seeding on his property. The Comboyne Plateau sits 1900 feet high with an eight year average rainfall of 63.80 inches.
A solicitor in a recent English Police Court case contends that visible cigarette stains on a defendant's fingers imply means to support himself. He argued the man involved must have resources given the smoking evidence.
The court refused to admit cigarette stain as proof of a party's means. The judge noted staining varies by how a cigarette is held and offered no reliable test, despite public opinion backing the decision.
In Supreme Court chambers Mrs. E M Harris testified that Sydney jockey Johnstone riding in England earns about £12,000 a year and is not in need of money. Mortgagees under the Moratorium Act sought leave to exercise rights on a £15,000 mortgage and to enter Buckingham Flats at Point Piper. The matter, including interest over £700, was adjourned.
Gloucester Fruit and Vegetable Market promotes its stock including carrots parsnips cabbage rhubarb beetroot onions and potatoes with fruit such as bananas pears apples oranges and lemons. It advertises drinks cordials and tobacco with cheap case lot rates and free local delivery in Gloucester District by B. Saxby’s.
An assortment of clothing items priced for clearance features men's tweed caps 2/9 to 4/6, sports caps in navy royal and wine 2/3, blue and grey work shirts 5/6, striped pyjamas 6.8 size 9/11 pair, heavy and medium weight flannelette pyjamas, boys school shirts 2/6, boys wool golf hose 2/6 per pair, cashmere socks 1/9 to 1/11 per pair, ladies bloomers 2/6, silk wool vests 2/6, Bond’s vests 2/6 to 2/11, silk and wool hose 2/11 in brown shades.
Advertises 30in Veldora flannelette in good pyjama designs with specials 1/75 and 1/11. 36in heavy weight striped flannelette priced 1/11 now 1/9. 31in pyjama stripe flannelette reliable quality 1/6 now 1/44.
An old advertisement lists Potter & Moore face powder hand bag items night and day cream lavender cocoa nut shampoo lavender powder cream and assorted perfumes, plus Mitcham lavender talcum powder. Rex tooth brushes priced two shillings sixpence each stand free. Several face powders from Three Flowers Narcisse Palmolive Lux and bath soap offers included.
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