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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 10, 1936
Page
4
The Social Questions Committee of the Methodist Church urges synods to back resolutions on Sunday observance endorsing worship and restraint from secular recreation, oppose gambling and the state lottery, and demand liquor reform to curb alcohol consumption and the liquor traffic.
Wives of Country Press delegates in Sydney heard a lecture by E O Edmundson manager of the Domestic Refrigeration and Washing Machine Department on the home use of electricity. The talk covered washing machines electric refrigerators and food preservation noting refrigeration is no longer a luxury but a necessity. A vote of thanks followed to Messrs W H Paling and Co and Mr Edmundson.
Reader recalls Salonika in Macedonia, tracing its namesakes from Thessalonika to Salonici. The account praises the old Byzantine fortifications, notes the 1917 fire, and observes modern decline yet stark street scenes including a funeral procession and ruins of mosques.
The writer travels thirty miles from Salonika to Verria, aka Beroea, noting its plains, gardens, and vine laden farms. He describes hidden churches in houses, the metropolitan bishop, and the tradition of Sosipater, Paul’s first convert, while meeting a handsome Verria miller who evokes a classic Greek sculptor.
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