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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 28, 1935
Page
2
The Gloucester Advocate on Tuesday May 28 1935 highlights A W Mowle architect at Queen Street Gloucester with contact phone 50 guiding local clients to their office for design and planning services.
At the Empire Day picnic on the Park John Woodward son of Mr and Mrs A J Woodward fractured his collarbone but received medical care and returned to festivities. Journey's End is being rehearsed by the local amateur dramatic society led by Mrs D J HM. an ambitious production eyed for the public.
The Department of Labour and Industry informs MLA Mr. C I Bennett that Mr. Newton’s resignation as Agent of the State Labour Exchange at Gloucester has been accepted and Mr. W J Ordyce Jr appointed in his stead. Chase Fur Co reports heavy buying of rabbit skins wool hides from the region with branches opened at Gloucester and Kooringal and plans for more. Scene Advocate notes centenarian Lulu Wright Moore, aged 111, sought medical aid in Birmingham after living through slavery and numerous offspring and husbands, with a tongue as sharp as ever.
Gloucester Shire Council held a special meeting to review costs for nine creek crossings on Berrico Creek Road from a £4000 grant. As of 25 May wages totalled £56, materials £80 1 7, incidentals £4 18 5, with complete work estimated at £173 and a total to date of £466. The allotment was £609, leaving £136 needed to finish. The council resolved to continue work, hoping savings elsewhere could divert funds, and the engineer would decide on hiring more workers if needed.
A reader criticizes the Gloucester A H and P Association for lack of notice about an upcoming Show Bar and a delayed committee meeting after a recent show. The letter urges fresh leadership and active member involvement to attract new members and restore public confidence in the club’s management.
The Dutry Factory Managers and Secretaries’ Association president Mr A Hardy warned that reducing butter flow may be needed to stop prices from disappearing. He cited factory net pays from 1982 to 1984 and described varying rates, signaling a potential market squeeze.
A fire destroyed a tiny wood and hessian home at Backwater, 19 miles from Guyra, killing sisters Doreen Baldwin, 5, and Mary Baldwin, 3. Father Herbert Baldwin, 45, and friend George Cook, 64, were burned and rescued by postmaster Horace Strange. mother Clara Baldwin, 34, was hospitalized and partly restrained from leaping into the flames. The family had lived in the hut three weeks after attending a local school hall dance.
Melbourne mourns the loss of pastor George Patrick Fairburn, 26, and his wife Mary, 26, after their Spartan plane nosedived on Keller Road, North Fitzroy. The couple, both linked to the Cambridge student K Shenstone, had just flown in from England and were active in the Hoyas historian Aero Club. Frances Mary Fairburn, their 11 month old daughter, survives.
Mrs Martha Turner, 62, of Wynnum Queensland, was attacked Saturday by a dog owned by her husband. While she held a pillow in her bedroom the dog leaped at her throat, biting seven times on face chest and arms. Her husband heard cries and rescued her before she was rushed to hospital. The dog, long kept as a pet, was destroyed afterwards.
Wingham aerodrome council has been gazetted trustee of the site. A grant of £500 is secured for improvements and work will begin immediately. Substantial progress already made toward a safer landing ground and, with the funding, it should rank among the best in the State. The site sits on high ground, allowing landings in varied weather.
Empire Day observances in Gloucester passed smoothly under fine weather with schoolchildren leading the day. Pupils delivered speeches, sang, and participated in a park picnic while the community marked King George V and Queen Mary’s silver jubilee with a tree-planting ceremony and formal thanks from the headmaster and Shire President.
Entries received for the open golf tournament to be held in Gloucester on June 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The draw and starting times list many pairings across Men and Ladies events, including par handicap and stroke handicap categories, with mixed foursomes and open championship qualifiers. The schedule notes strict adherence due to large fields and short days, and a continuation will appear in Friday's issue.
In Brisbane on Sunday the Rev G W Pittendrigh Methodist Major Robinson Balvaton Salvation Army and Foster G Haughan Baptist started a plan to hold a religious service for bettors at Numah suburb. Police dispersed the school as detectives watched to prevent reassembly. The event drew 150 to 200 patrons and the clergy condemned the delay in action.
The four ball event last Saturday ended in a three pair tie with five fours. Parish and Joffrey tied 12 17, Anderson and Channell 11 23, Garner and Turner 15 22. Anderson and Channel won the trophies on a toss. Other results listed include Coate with McRae 13 15 four up, Woodward and Snow 10 17 up, Bromley and Chariton 10 14 three up, Thur Jow and Ebert 19 27 eight up, Oldfield and Rye 11 12 three up, J McRae and Coates 13 10 three up, Roddy and Glisgan 11 20 two down, Hollingsworth and Rye 26 20 two down, Laurie and Eider 13 27 one cow, Rodgers and Easton 27 27 eleven down. The Associates present the stroke handicap draw for tomorrows play with matches including Mrs Barton versus Mrs Cave, Middlebrook versus Mrs, Cardaw, Mrs Barton versus Mrs G Barton, Mrs Garner versus Mrs Old Celt, Mrs Higgins versus Mrs Parthen, Mrs Ashworthy and others, Easton and Roddy, Newton versus Mex 1 Street.
Airfield tennis courts in Nar raweema available for hire. Contact J MeRAE at key phone 36 to apply.
In the bowls competition, round two results include Woodward defeating Kendall 31 28 and Boorer beating Azarews 41 28. Gloucester versus Ditingog is noted with four rinks visiting Dungog next Saturday for a friendly. Local team list includes Thomas MacAndrew Andrews Boorer Bolton Taune Goddard Street Toni Smith Adams Anderson Munro McIntyre Kendall White. Players unavailable should inform the secretary promptly.
The British Steel Export Association, via Arcos Ltd, has negotiated a substantial steel order for Soviet Russia to be executed by Dorman Long. The order covers 6000 or 5000 tons of steel plates for constructional use and is required immediately, per the Colliery Guardian.
Department of Main Roads invites suitably endorsed tenders by 2 15 pm Friday June 7 for construction of single-cell timber culverts with stone pitched aprons and floors on Developmental Road 1161 between Developmental Road 1044 and Upper Bunyah in Manning Shire. Plans and tender forms available from Gloucester Local Office or J A L Shaw Newcastle address. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. No. 713.
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