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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1935
Page
3
An article notes tea origins as traditional in China and England from the 17th century. It mentions a Prague radio clock patent allowing distant operation and a 1660 Pepys remark about a cup of tea, with a small receiving set used to control the clockwork.
Local Land Board at Taree Court House held an inquiry into land tax assessments for the estate of the late A H Holstein as at 14 July 1995. Tests covered four sections, with valuers for appellants and crown, leading to crown valuations of £11918 and board valuations of £7906, a reduction of £4012.
Mr G Booth M.L.A. was informed by Deputy Commissioner for Railways Mr N Neale that the West Wallsend Band cannot be exempted from State Transport Coordination Act charges for a motor-bus trip to Gloucester. Rail options exist both ways, with trains from Newcastle and Gloucester. a flat rate concession of £3 plus 6d permit yields about 3d per passenger, and no more favorable terms will be granted.
The London Sunday Express profiles Archer Whitford postmaster of the world’s only bridge post office on Sydney Harbour Bridge. He rents a ten year lease, spending £17,000 to install a lift and six floors with a museum reading room writing room cafe and more. He employs fifty people, runs a banana plantation dairy farm and other ventures, with total capital near £194,500.
Wilson and McIntose Public Accountants Taxation Consultants and Company Secretaries operate from Church Street Gloucester offering accounting audit and secretarial services to businesses and individuals with emphasis on tax planning and compliance.
Gloucester Investments and Agency Co. and Wilson and McIntost represent Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co Ltd Mutual Life and Citizens Asso Company Ltd nonwealth Savings Bank Agency. Rents collected and insurance effected. Phone 49.
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