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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1943
Page
2
D J McDonald of Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Pty Limited, Optometrists and Opticians, will visit Gloucester on Saturday 11 December. He may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel from morning until 4 pm.
Announcement reminding contributors and advertisers to submit content to the office by mid day before publication days Monday and Thursday due to mail relosings and mail shortages. It states matter received on publication days may not be printed.
An Arornoong permg Held a gibso near the Hookes on Saturday November 6. Attractions for all ages were promised as the Far Went Abaithy Sesume continues to benefit local children. Gloucester Ambulance attended 25 cases during the quarter with one medical case, two accidents and four minor incidents.
Personal notices report George Yeark of Wallanbah Road undergoing an operation at Mayo Private Hospital with possible plans to return by week’s end. Lourie Beggs of Ward’s River recently left Mayo Hospital for home. Miss Marie Grnen shows promising recovery after appendicitis surgery in the city. The death of nearby resident Daniyl James near Raymond Terrace is noted, with survivor Mrs. O. W. Sansom and son Col. W. H. (Hop) James. War Chest Auxiliary secretary Mrs. Arrowsmith received a letter from Pte. Colin J. Hickman, hospitalized at Moresby with a wound healing. Canteen Orders are easing hospital needs, and W. Highfield of the Commercial Bank departs tomorrow. Sgt. Harold Monro returned from New Guinea duties en route to malaria training in the south. Injuries to Hector Yates’ finger in Brantford require stitches. Returned soldiers note Frank Connelly of the RAAF home from service in the north of Australia, with Lyall Grant, Opt. W. McPadyen, and Miss Thine Smith farewelling and receiving gifts from the Gloucester War Chest Fund.
The article championes rapid electricity expansion in Australia after the war, urging B home to electrify railways and regional industry. It argues for water power, nationwide access, and a uniform price to spur regional development, especially in the North Coast from Newcastle to Brisbane, with focus on rural labor-saving farming and national production.
A dance and auction at Barrington Hall next Tuesday raises funds for the N.8.W. Schools War Auxiliary. The organization distributes money to Prisoner of War and Comforts Funds and related welfare efforts for servicemen, after last term’s £6000 raised.
War Chest fund events organized by Mesdames Brorson Crane and Monty raised funds on the 23rd with a tennis party and cake sale won by As. Le Monro. A street stall last Thursday netted £177 7s. Many volunteers and donors acknowledged, with prizes from fruit cake to turkey and a fox skin still to be claimed.
Lance Skuthorpe born Sunajong INS later moved to Garah and Camber Stations in Queensland. He rode professionally from age 15, became a buckjump show proprietor by the late 1890s, and earned fame for taming the outlaw Bob. In Sydney on March 17 1910 at Rawson Place he rode Bobs to a standstill in under a minute.
A meeting of the HL & P Association discussed future activities for 1944. Opinions split between holding a stock show in Kempsey Taree Wingham and Gloucester or staging a patriotic rodeo to raise funds for service members, with support for a wider plan to boost production and war relief.
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