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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 05, 1943
Page
2
Optometrista and Opticiana from Webster Javle and McDonald (Sydney) Pty Limited will visit Gloucester on Saturday next December. They may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel from 9 am to 5 pm.
War time notices and local updates include charity fund totals from a glassware sale, troop notes from Gloucester and Taree, calls for more air training corps recruits, and camouflage netting work. Also mentioned are dairy remission deadlines, Christmas airgraph mail dates, a VAD perfume contest winner, and a statistic on rail and air transport employment in Australia.
In a Summons Court session two former bar rowmen connected to a two lip school paid 350 for a traise and owned a doanh. They were fined 100 and 79 for Hallbay by tuvniah Insane ts retuens. Gen william Ernest Mor ton faced 100 for a Rimi offenben with claims of E5a87 by imine aw worup scion.
During the Budget debate in the Legislative Assembly Mr O Hullo Labour Orange warned that cutting State railway services would isolate inland New South Wales. He criticised federal transport regulations, stating they would hurt NSW more than other states by preventing produce from reaching essential markets and risking gradual decay of country towns.
Horton cattle owners met at West Maitland to press for stabilised meat prices based on guaranteed nett returns. Delegates will join NSW Cattle Council talks in Sydney on November 22 to push government action. Also notes special cattle sale at Gloucester yards and local rural events including a tennis tournament and a railway seat booking restoration in New South Wales.
The Commerce Minister Mr Scully announced that no ration is planned for tripe and livers. He stated the aim is not to withhold meat from the public but to ensure supplies reach the Services and the United Kingdom. He noted about 90,000 prisoners of war in German camps.
Widespread gastro-enteritis warnings accompany a June regional update as officials push precautions for food handling and fire safety. An amendment to the Bush and Rural Fires Prevention Act allows year round burning with a valid permit from local council or authorized person, while rural workers see increased army labor applications causing delays and prompts to route cases through War Agricultural committees or local sub committees for reassessment.
In a stalled discussion Mr Wingfield raised the issue of bacon sent to Sydney for treatment, calls to rectify an anomaly and restore prior arrangements. Senator Keane announced meat and goods made wholly or partly from meat would be rationed under National Security regulations while wartime parcel damage concerns prompted debate on packing quality and distribution effectiveness.
Prime Minister Curtin warned miners and Australians that the next 18 months will be critical as war eases into shortages of subsistence. Prices Commissioner Copland outlined maximum charges for hairdressing services in New South Wales and noted fixes based on April 1943 levels. The report also includes a controversial Pearl Harbour era exchange and a grim anecdote about a Japanese servant.
The Headmaster appeals to parents in the District Rural School to purchase a Fourth Liberty Bond. The bond will be held at the Commonwealth Bank until maturity, then redeemed for money to replace worn books in the library. Country residents are urged to donate, supporting both the Empire and the war effort with timely subscriptions.
Bowling notes record players listed as participants with surnames such as Mitehe Wynn Northam Stokes Lowe Gorman son Windsor Bryan Taylor Gordon Chrolan Boorer Hubblewhite Kendall Curtis Gyde Spratt Breckenridge 19 Aughfield Monro Houghton Beattie Johnson Delves Luxby Smede 25 Planel Garner Sheldon Adams rdon What 28bey.
A remembrancer appeals to wear the poppy on Remembrance Day to honor those who served and died. The text cites poems by J Brim ton-Gibb and notes support for the RSS Limbless Soldiers and Sailors and Soldiers Association. It urges steadfast unity and remembrance on November 11th.
A tipperary farmer Mr A J Schnieder reports a heifer calf with the heart seemingly in the neck area. The four to five month old animal appears healthy and continues to grow on the property. Separately an Australian forge annexe, biggest in the southern hemisphere, produces heavy forgings for propeller blades and hubs and operates 135,000 lb summer output. By end of June 194?, German POWs in Red Cross and St John schemes had taken exams in 92 subjects, with 363 passing all papers.
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