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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
3
The Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers Union asks the Government to pass legislation requiring insurers to settle claims using valuations for premium payments. At a council meeting Mr. L E Hewitt alleged there were widespread cases where companies had
Delegates quoted cases to support Mr Hewett's statements and discussed settling after a fire by depreciation value over years. The article invites readers to send orders to H Coote, Jeweller, Gloucester, promising city prices, full catalogues, and guaranteed satisfaction.
A Paris letter to the Sunday Express details a master spy stealing modern aircraft across Europe. Airplanes vanish from France Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Holland with no witnesses. Secret services theorize a hidden aerodrome and a network of spy groups copying or procuring new military machines, with guards bribed and no pilots missing.
A 15 year old English boy confessed to forging cheques to support his unemployed parents. He obtained £85 10s with a forged cheque, used a rubber stamp, and later presented more cheques totalling £195 10s before a forged cheque for £104 10s was detected. He was sent to a reformatory for three years. Separately, news notes cover model work for Victoria Falls at the Empire Exhibition, the Homeric liner sale for breaking up, and drunkenness cases in Bishops Waltham.
Cattle owners saw a price lift despite showers as heavy bullocks and prime cows drew stronger bidding. Yardings included 2047 cattle, 106 from Queensland with 850 fat cattle at Maitland. calves, vealers, and pigs complemented the mixed offering. Prices ranged with best bullocks to 9 18 6 and best cows to 6 18 6. calves and hogs sold at various ready values.
In St John’s Cathedral Maitland the Rev Dr E V Tweedy launches a diocese wide campaign against indecent films. He warns producers court youth as their main audience while films glamorise crime and luxury, placing responsibility on parents and challenging educational aims.
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