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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 10, 1944
Page
4
A short exhortation urges care to sustain life and usefulness through orderly treatment and maintenance. It emphasizes proactive effort, consistent practices, and steady routines to support wellbeing. The message centers on practical care and responsibility.
Light yarding of cattle mainly dairy types sold at the fortnightly sale with bidding dampened by dry weather. price ranges noted, several cows and heifers sold. Gloucester pig sale reported a fair yarding with strong demand for quality fat pigs at firm to firmish rates, stores cheaper, lists show numerous buyers and varied prices across multiple sellers.
A lengthy calf sale report lists numerous buyers and prices in pounds shillings pence, detailing bids for many calves by buyer name and amount. The notes include multiple entries for individuals and firms, with prices ranging around 1/-. The report also mentions a generally steady market with good competition and weighty calves, and cites Tom Hicks as noting a fair warding of calves, with overall values unchanged.
Pitt Son and Radeery Ltd report 2981 cattle yarded with a small display of weighty classes. trade cheaper by 10 to 15 shillings. Best dealers to 61 shillings. steers to 14. heifers to 49. bullocks to 4. cows to 40 per 100 lbs. Gloucester stock at Homebush last Thursday lists W P Reichert Gloucester with a stag at 9 pounds 19 shillings and 13 cows to 8 pounds 19 shillings on average.
The penning of pies at Tuesday Sydney sales was 2500 with about 400 stores included in the supplies. Values remained firm across classes with backfatters extra prime and heavy pigs selling to 240 per head, good to 160 others around 135 to 89 per hundredweight for various weights and categories.
The NRM A warns against siphoning petrol from car tanks as dangerous. Chief engineer Mr. Fielder notes motorists have relaxed precautions due to absence of tetraethyl lead. Medical opinion suggests 10 grams of petrol could be fatal if swallowed.
The chairman of the Rationing Commission Mr Coles MP notifies that RB clothing coupons become effective November 15 and A coupons may be used into June 29 while R coupons extend until November 1945.
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