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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1935
Page
3
Factory defeated Rockhurst 5 sets 47 games to 4 sets 3 games. Pennies beat Stratford. Teachers received a forfeit from Copeland. Presbyterians had the bye.
The district requires spraying or trapping for fruit fly. Measures include gathering fallen fruit every three days, destroying waste and infected fruit by boiling burning or an insect proof pit, and using glass traps or weekly poison sprays. Owners face a £50 penalty if neglecting trees. The Department notes not to destroy valuable trees but to consider removing those not worth control.
At a Forbes Co-operative Dairy Society meeting, R J Hickey cited a clear shift in taste toward tinned meats over fresh meat. He blamed the rise of bridge games, noting busy households with wives rushing through doors and husbands seeking tea, leaving no time for roasts.
The annual Williams Shield shoot by the 16th Hunter River Lancers ranks Dungog first with 1196 points, Merriwal second 1143, Ronchel third 1108, followed by Denman Gloucester Singleton Wingham and Maitland in the lineup. Promotions list Tpr Fisher Seahaw as corporal, Tpr Taylor armourer corporal, Tpr Riding Maitland and Tpr Thomas Glen Oak named lance corporals.
Brief notes report a seaplane surveying the Scottish coast struck a seagull, causing its propeller to break. Additional items note Britain’s tree stock and apple imports, paper money value, US childless homes, and other varied curiosities.
Public accountants, taxation consultants and company secretaries based on Church Street in Gloucester. Firm offers accounting and secretarial services to businesses and individuals.
Wilson and McIntosh represent Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co Ltd Mutual Life and Citizens Assured Company Ltd Imwealth Savings Bank Agency. Rents collected and insurance effected.
A Auckland man declares he served as sergeant in a firing squad for the Scheepers case, saying he loaded six rifles with blanks and two with ball cartridges for a 1901 Graaff Reinet execution. He recounts Scheepers feigning death, a covert burial, and a night escape aided by a British uniform.
Garden notice explains green vegetable bugs developing from September eggs will mature and lay more eggs. Collect and destroy egg clusters to reduce infestation. Early-stage spraying with pyrethrum dust or nicotine dust is advised. dust soil surface and hand collection on small areas.
The item urges sending orders to H. Coote, Jeweller Gloucester. Catalogues on hand, satisfaction promised. It claims Britain’s coal reserves are sufficient at the current consumption rate for the next five centuries.
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