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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1932
Page
3
Subscription accounts to 30 September 1982 have been issued and subscribers are urged to give early attention. Unless settlements are made for accounts three years and more in arrears by October, steps will be taken to recover the amounts.
About 1490 cattle landed with prime weight categories scarce but trade steady. Yearling beef 31 1 2d to 32s, prime light 28 8, mid and good 25 8, heavy 20s to 22 4, best cow beef 23 8 per 100lb. At Maitland yardage of 800 fat cattle and 550 pigs, prime quality prices firm though softer for other sorts. bulls to 11 15, prime to 9 10, light to 8 10, calves weak with prices down about 1.0 from last sale.
Gene Sarazen, after winning the British Open at Sandwich, discusses the vast earnings possible for American golf champions. He says prize money is small but media and endorsements will swell incomes, with estimates up to £60,000 from journalism, clubs, and appearances. Bobby Jones earns about £5,000 yearly from newspapers. Sarazen could match or exceed that with further wins.
Saxby's Church Lane stall advertises fresh supplies of fruit and vegetables three times weekly. It lists Mullen's soft drinks and a wide range of produce including lettuce tomatoes cucumbers beetroot onions oranges lemons mandarins pineapples grapes bananas apples and more. Special potatoes offer and free delivery. Highest price paid for eggs. Location Church 87 Gloucester.
A Copeland correspondent laments unrecorded public events amid world industrial decline. He describes hillside huts, unemployment, and mass migration, urging decisive action and cooperative effort. Cricket club plans, Bruce Marsh and Con O’Connor show promise, and a Copeland Hall dance on November 2 invites wide participation.
A detailed report introduces the single print method adopted by Scotland Yard as a dramatic advance in identification. Chief Inspector Batley shows and Washington adopts this system, claiming major reductions in filing and faster identifications. The Yard houses about 4,000,000 prints and can identify a crime scene print within minutes, using a single print or portion for identification.
The article traces early fingerprint use beginning with a 1905 Deptford shop theft case where a rifled cash-box left distinct prints. It notes how the method drew interest from famous figures, including the Prince of Wales, who observed the procedure and had his own prints taken.
The Australian Country Party challenges The Bulletin over Dr Page and the Financial Agreement Act 1928. The excerpt defends Page credit for forming the Loan Council and notes the sinking fund. It describes a 1923 start as a consultative body to curb cull throat loan competition and cites a large conversion loan reducing New South Wales interest, attributed to the act mobilising Australian credit.
Authorities note insects and mosquitoes pose a health threat causing thousands of deaths, especially among children. The Rex Research Fellowship forms to study combat methods and promotes chemical sprays delivered by hand sprayers. A Chamber of Death tests sprays on flies, quickly killing them. Australian housewives are urged to use these sprays as safe, cheap protection.
An advertisement invites readers to purchase one of Paling's renovated pianos. It promises easy terms and directs responses to 78-80 Hunter Street, New Lenatle, or via local agent A. T. Cavanaugh.
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