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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1925
Page
2
Fowler's Patent Vacuur size No 2 box lists included pull instructions and accompanying materials. The readable parts reference the device model and packaging. Further details are obscured in the damaged OCR text.
The Gloucester Advocate reports Catholic notions at St Joseph's Church Gloucester on Sunday November 2 at 9 o'clock with Mass at Mr M Laner’s Wilford Barrington on Tuesday 24 at 6. Rev domat C Meagher conducts the conservatorium of music exam where Thelma Yates passes credit in grade IV piano and Thelma Sellick passes grade IV piano. The Newcastle Speedway opens with 40,000 attendees and a fatal incident when a Ford plunges into spectators causing injuries. Farmers Co op advertises Australian-made implements via Waddell & Co. Inc. Government scrutiny over Guyra-Dorrigo railway grows amid expectations for decisive action from the Premier. Snakes caught on weekend near Tallangatta distribute details of a local record catch.
A note thanks citizens for assisting at polling booths and tallying votes. Mentions Hug Murray, Jarratt, George Hazelwood, C G Laws, D R Waddell for campaign help. Also reports a Gloucester wedding at St Paul Church on Saturday 7th inst. May Constance Miller married Geo H Farley. They left for Sydney to begin life at Glen Avon after reception at Mrs Hagelwood's.
A scanned list shows members and candidates from New South Wales election districts with marks for complete or incomplete absent and postal votes. Numerous entries include names such as Abbott, McGowen, Hunter, Dalley, and Chapman, detailing vote status across regions like Martin, Darling, and Newcastle with several districts labeled as incomplete or complete except for absent votes.
The Bruce government wins a sweeping victory with all recontested ministerial party members victorious. Labour suffers five defeats. Bruce appears to secure a majority in both houses, potentially 26 to 10 in the Senate. Reports from other states note broad swings and a strong mandate for Bruce.
The Assistant Maturning Officer Mr Gy Skiniov and assistants reported a busy Palm spot on Saturday and Sunday as the subdivision vote tallied. Gloucester petline race edged foes 349 to 461 with subdivision 461 to 845 in favor, while the sitting member Mr S. I. Gortner secured a substantial majority across all lines. Details follow.
Robertson’s Nationalist member L G Gardner wins re election by a large majority in Gloucestershire subdivision results reported by ATT MA8. Gardner secures strong mandate amid continued party support and local engagement.
Fragmentary quote by J. Lamaro discusses absent and postal votes, assertiveness in a phase, and the complexity of world problems facing any government, noting high states' difficulty in grappling with these issues as they evolve.
Incomplete electoral tallies show party results across suburbs such as Parkes, Parramatta, and Wentworthville with many entries marked “complete except for absent and postal votes.” Nationalist and Country Party figures appear alongside several Labor and Independent listings, but final totals await postal and absent votes.
Auction at Shire Yards Gloucester lists 300 cattle from multiple consignors including 70 Uareford and Hereford cross bulls, 30 Hereford steers, 400 Hereford and Durham bullocks, 6 Devon bulls and 00 Devon Durham cows, plus Tevon and Shorthorn bulls. Also 3 Tevon bulls and 2 Shorthorn bulls from J R Higgins Bay. Douglas Waddell Co to handle sales with August 24 timing and freight 3d per head.
OCR fragment lists multiple names with party initials and incomplete vote figures. The garbled text hints at a Senate race with candidates Gardiner Abbott Dunn Eldridge and others, showing scattered tallies like 290 and 16,478, suggesting uneven preference support across regions.
A fragmented 1936-era notice from Gloucester references shire elections with multiple candidate stubs. It mentions RB Waddell and H J Flannery with brief, unclear pledges, plus other candidates like L Reins Lansdowne. The text is garbled but centers on electoral announcements and candidate statements.
Fragmented political report notes party standings and minor shifts across Australian states including Victoria Tasmania South Australia Queensland Western Australia and mentions Nationalists Labor Country Party and a few individuals. It suggests slight alterations in interstate alignments without clear outcomes or dates.
The Prime Minister issued a late Sunday statement noting that election figures show rising support for policies favoring law and veterans, while Labour’s proposed policies face repudiation. He calls the vote a mandate for democracy and benefits Labour and all Australians, acknowledging uncertainty about future government actions.
Labor supporters ask how to be saved as hundreds of thousands grow restless. William M. Hughes, elected leader of St Worth Sydney, notes the party's old progress contrasts with its present status, suggesting something rotten in the State of Denmark amid criticism of Labor's slump.
Market notes from Sydney and Tasmania report stock and produce prices with prime grades and milk product values, while the Country Press Association presses federal action on news transmission. A pensions for widows bill aims to aid needy families with weekly payments and safeguards to prevent misuse.
Sunday services listed for Evra of Exchand and various parishes including Invergordon Gloucester Stratford and Craven with reverends James Allan W Arnold and others. Friday meeting announced and Mrs Sarah Bolton of Shilton Warwickshire celebrated her 100th birthday, after hosting 200 Behed children.
An official notice reports the advocate election result and thank you for support. The text mentions assistance by Wyatt and others in the process at the advocate’s office.
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