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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 28, 1940
Page
1
A treatise extols thrift as the art of fortune, arguing saving is not mere money hoarding but prudent spending and planning. It notes most incomes are modest, urging use of savings bank accounts for security, interest, and ready access when needed.
Wartime dispatches describe intense fighting with vast dust clouds as Allied forces push from Cambrai toward the coast. German columns retreat toward the Channel, isolating Calais while British troops maintain the port. Reports warn the position remains grave and a sea evacuation of Belgium is possible unless the gap is closed.
Rev W Hume officiated at the St Stephen’s Church of England ceremony in Adamstown for Alma Janet Carter and Lloyd Easton. The bride, given away by her father, wore pink lace with velvet trimming. bridesmaid Beryl McPhee in green spotted net attended. The couple will reside at Kyrambach, Gloucester, after a Sydney honeymoon. reception at Carl Wagner’s home.
Arthur B. Croft of Toronto died last week at The Mater Misericuiding Hospital aged 58. Born in Newcastle he was the third son of former Wickham mayor T. J. Croft. A long‑time Railway Department employee with 88 years service, he was a timber authority who worked on northern division projects and helped introduce the quick purchase method for timber. He assisted colonial governments and the Wembley Exhibition timber displays and served in several timber, forestry and railway associations in the district.
Factory pays 1/1 for choice butter and 1/- for second grade for April deliveries. Choicest butter share recorded at 99.61 percent. Macleay River Dairy Company fixes April butter pay at 1/1 per lb, cheese pay at 1/3 per lb of fat, and egg pay at 1/6. Cold weather and feed shortage cause rapid cream decline.
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