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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1938
Page
3
A widow Marie Andre Becker is serving life in a Belgian prison after a eleven murder spree targeting elderly women in parks. She poisoned victims with digitalis via soup coffee and wine to gain wills and money, a police tenacious eleven months investigation uncovered the case.
Newcastle won the Frank Iredale Shield in the Country Week cricket carnival with an innings victory in the final round on Friday. Junee beat Gloucester Dungog by 59 on first innings at North Sydney Oval No 1, led by Tom Berry's 125 not out, as Junee totalled 309 for eight declared and Gloucester-Dungog offered 250. Other results: Thistles beat Wattles, Waratahs beat Gangat outright, Stratford 2 beat Ward's River outright, Rockhurst beat Stratford 1.
Road safety column lists competition points for local teams and urges caution as school holidays begin. It stresses parental warnings, driver vigilance, and adherence to road rules including night visibility and bicycle safety. The piece cites The Highway Code and calls for reduced road accidents through courtesy and care.
Mr N C Hopkins of Glenridge Jersey Stud Gloucester reports six cows in official 273 day lactation tests. Yields include Karkatt Baby 5961 lbs milk 349.98 fat. Karkatt Maud 9881 lbs milk 275.52 fat. Englemere Lucille 6480 lbs milk 343.78 fat. Englemere Lulu 6522 lbs milk 321.22 fat. Four heifers sired by Glengarra Watchman show strong average fat and milk, with two heifers starting test before age two. Watchman praised as a sire of productive breeders.
Gloucester selects three fixtures for Saturday with Barrington meeting Wattles at Park W, Warties facing Barrington, Waratahs meeting Rockhurst at Rookhurst, and Thistles playing Stratford at Stratford plus Westwood’s Coopla Cup triumph noted with full score details.
The Manchester Guardian reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris mark a new shift as the Duchess reportedly relinquishes insistence on Royal Highness rank. A return to England is now expected soon, with possible residence in London after, and the visit by Mr Chamberlain and Lord Halifax noted as pivotal.
A 1910s style discussion weighs cold baths against hot baths for health. Cold baths are said to chill the body, dull the mind, and strain the heart, especially for middle aged readers. Hot baths are praised for cleansing, soothing nerves, and cooling the body in summer.
Cedar getters Messrs W. Haydon and Dunn of Rossglen follow Holloway’s road into the virgin forest country at Hall's Peak Macleay River area. Large quantities of cedar tallow wood brush box and stringy bark found with soft woods sassafras silky oak crab apple rosewood and beech. They expect to acquire 100000 feet of cedar. A log cut measured 90 feet to the first notch 13 ft diameter yielding about 11412 feet of timber. another 84 ft log with centre 12 ft 4 in yields about 9989 feet. Several smaller logs noted. Public demand grows for Forestry Department to build a road into this timber wealth. Logs to be shipped via Frederickton.
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