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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
4
Special correspondent J W Kernick recounts the Dardanelles as a timeless yet strategic waterway. He notes Chanak fortress lights, shifting traffic, and major powers contending behind the narrows. The piece recalls Troy, Leander, Byron, and a long history of empire and conflict culminating in Gallipoli and 1915 losses.
A historical survey outlines Turkey’s postwar security dynamics at the Dardanelles and Montreux, detailing Lausanne conventions, naval passage rules, and Soviet pressure. It notes Turkish fortifications, aims to fortify Bosporus, and the ongoing influence of Britain France Japan and Italy on regional stability. The piece also touches wartime cabinet changes in Australia as part of broader wartime governance and coordination.
Chief of the Division of Animal Nutrition Max Henry warns that brucellosis poses serious economic risk to pig production. Several farms were quarantined last month as authorities consider slaughter or culling as the safest end for affected animals. He notes self-limiting nature, recovery in some cases, and dangers of free movement of pigs. Government establishments in New South Wales slaughter affected animals to protect buyers of pigs from government studs.
Winchcombe Garson Ltd report firm values for prime backfatters and upward prices for pees in porkers. Baconers were clearer with prices up. backfatters and extras reached 130 shillings per head, good to 120, others 45 to 86 shillings. Weight bands itemized from 60 to 76 shillings per hog and porker ranges noted accordingly.
Market figures show rabbit skin lots from Winchcombe and Carson Gleih with grades improving and prices per pound ranging across several lots. The report notes average results and various quality marks, with some damaged lots recorded and prices quoted for each grade and weight category.
A gang forced entry at several houses and stole garden tools, books, and umbrellas. The article notes the burglars took items from multiple properties and do not appear to have attacked residents. authorities investigate possible links between the break ins and prior incidents.
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