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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1932
Page
3
A technology update notes that hand-microphone receivers will filter background noise and ensure proper speaking distance. The plan forecasts installation of these receivers in every English telephone kiosk, improving call clarity and user experience.
The NRMA calls for mandatory vehicle maintenance and a Traffic Advisory Committee to reform NSW traffic rules. It notes enforcement difficulties with brakes, cites a Kenyan charcoal gas vehicle test costing about 4d per ton mile, and warns against passing on hills or around turns when visibility is limited. The piece emphasizes early regulatory action following 1928 committee recommendations.
An advertisement from Paling offers thoroughly renovated pianos with easy terms at 78-80 Hunter Street New Castle. Potential buyers are directed to write for details or contact local agent A J Cavanough. Separate Prague statistics claim Britain is the cleanest country in Europe, with Britons using about 2 1/2 lb of soap per year per person.
A farmer guidance piece outlines key calf rearing practices. It emphasizes quiet handling, regular feeding times and quantities, pasteurized milk when possible, feeding at body temperature, and thorough bucket sanitation. It also covers clean yards, shade and shelter, a salt and bonemeal lick, and making lime-water on the farm to aid digestion.
An aging advocate of advertising argues the best method is to flood the market in dull seasons. He warns merchants to avoid idle campaigns and to target customers with hard facts and steep price cuts to seize attention between busy periods. The piece cites the aim of advertising as driving sales during lean times and warns against over-optimistic, off-season sparing.
The Leicester Corporation passed a resolution to provide new offices costing 136000 pounds but the Ministry of Health says it is not opportune to raise the loan and the proposal should be deferred. Mrs A E Ridley of Trundle aims for the record. She hatched fifty two turkey eyes from four hens after setting them. J Crawford of Nasymth Street, Young, held three Taft sweep tickets and won five pounds per ticket.
Report from Bourke notes the Country Women’s Association conference and a push by Mrs Parsons to support Sydney advertising. Local papers critique city shopping over country business, urging readers to patronize local merchants and keep prosperity in the region.
Francis Pilly Lrathy and Lyon Gordon Stanley, both 20, faced Delive Magistrate at War-wick Queenstown on a provisional warrant charging theft of two horses at Tenterfield between October 31 and November 5. Prosecutor Watson said the pair confessed to riding the horses to Stanthorpe and bartering maize for wine, with one gallon still unpaid. They later sold a horse valued at 12 to a Greek resident for two gallons of wine, then recovered the horse after a break-in at Beverley near Stanthorpe.
The author proclaims the Printing Press as a mighty force shaping history and thought. He speaks of its power to unite diverse peoples, inspire courage, and chronicle human achievement across eras from poverty to wealth. The piece asserts the Press’ role in lifting minds and recording mankind’s deeds.
A brewer’s drayman wearing a blue ribbon in his buttonhole feigns has taken the pledge to tempt him. He explains the ribbon is worn to deter others by temptation while admitting it makes him more tempted to drink. The tale ends with a quip about morning-after headaches.
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