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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1944
Page
2
Optometrists D. I. McDonald and team from Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Pty Limited will visit Gloucester on Thursday December 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday December 9 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. They may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel.
Storm wreck survivor reports and search for a missing plane near Callaghan's Creek. Heat wave pushes temperatures above 90 while bush fires threaten fences and homesteads. Red Cross collects funds at a successful street stall. sleepers and timber inspections planned. a Kia Ora dance nets over seven pounds. Melbourne Cup results, Majestic Programme movie details, and British women called to national service noted.
Gloucester Shire Council heard a petition signed by twenty five Upper Myall dairy farmers urging trafficable repairs to the existing road so a cream lorry can pass in all weather. The dairy group would share half the cost, with up to £50 from the Council, and support from factory and timber interests.
The Gloucester Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League seeks donations for a new hall supper-room club reading-room and modern facilities costing about £8000. Funds already in hand will transfer to the Building Fund and proceeds of the December Rodeo will support it. Donations may be left with Gordon Wowl H N Chaplin J T Hicks H Woolford or at the Advocate Office receipts to be issued through this paper.
A gathering at Gangat hall on Wednesday night November 8 welcomes home Gunner Gordon Moore after two years overseas. Speakers praise his efforts against the Japanese. Gordon thanks guests and plans to dairy farm at Gangat after Army discharge. Engagement announced of Rita Wells to Bill Stevenson. Alderman Crick buys Navua Jersey Stud at Grose Wold North Richmond. stud once directed by Sir Archibald Howie with over £50,000 outlay.
A local council heatedly debated the price of three ramps installed on Callaghan's Creek by Bakewell Bros. and council workers. Critics called the £114 7s 10d charge excessive, citing earlier ramps as cheaper, while officials defended the work and promised expert review to settle the dispute.
Preliminary official forecast for the 1944 harvest places production at 20 million bushels from 2,940,598 acres sown. The 1943-44 season yielded 47 million bushels from 2,693,000 acres.
Gloucester Shire Council held its last general monthly meeting as the current term nears its fi nal election. President Dr J G Wilson and fellow doctors attended as council discussed works, repatriation committee appointments, electricity loans, and local requests for park snags removal, Barnard River crossings, Craven Plateau road inspection, clothing factory prospects, and water extensions along the highway.
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