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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 30, 1948
Page
3
The Agriculture Department chemist warns broadcasting fertilisers wastes resources as soils fix soluble phosphates. It advises drilling seeds in wide drills and placing fertiliser in two bottom bands, or in holes for large plants, with potatoes needing ring placement rather than directly beneath tubers.
A Mack lorry ran off a Gregson Street site and rammed the concrete fence of Mr Wal Smith’s new Ravenshaw Street house at 9.30 pm Sunday. It pushed wall sections inward, tore a window, and left a large hole but no one was inside. The driver Mr Fred Smith faced two recent misfortunes, including a prior incident involving a co worker.
Sydney reports 2704 cattle yarded with best dealers firm for Ti and top steers to 63s, helfera to 61s, cows to 60s per 100lb while Pitt Don Badgery notes 2794 head with lighter weights and irregular, generally weaker values. Maitland yarding shows fat cattle slightly easier after firming but overall softer with best bullocks to £23 and cows to £14/3/4. calves varied with primes to £1 and small stock down in value.
An item notes a suggested morning after remedy with RULU powder sold by Gilouces iter Pharmacy. It also reports a carnival visitor in Scone warned by police for a dubious badge scam aimed at collecting for the Returned Soldiers' League, with readers urged to beware impostors.
Personal Mra Hawdon returned from a holiday with her son and daughter in law in Queen Street Moruya. Her son Ralph Hawdon designed the building. John Bourke performed Australia’s first three and a half forward somersault dive at the North Sydney Olympic Pool. Bourke is a member of the NSW Diving Troupe and was knocked unconscious in a previous attempt. Diving experts rate this dive as among the two hardest. Mexican diver Jack Capila plans an Australia tour this season as one of the few who can perform a ee car and a half forward somersault.
The schedule lists matches for Monday December 6 with Rovers vs St Josephs and C of E vs Tara Vale. Tuesday December 7 Park vs Rovers and Gaggat vs Estville. Thursday December 7 Upper Barrington B vs Wanderers. Arrangements for the second round will be made in the kiosk on Thursday night.
Mr J H Farley announced at the We Show Committee meeting that the Royal Jersey Committee will grant a special prize of 2 shillings 2 pence for a Jersey heifer under two years bred by exhibitor to be judged for type and production. The donation was accepted with thanks by the Committee.
One of two runners in the Intermediate Handicap at Coffs Harbour meeting collapsed after a furlong. Dowry Lad died, jockey D Keily of Grafton was thrown, suffering a probable fracture of the collarbone. Also reports quadruplet heifer calves born on a North Auckland dairy farm to an aged Jersey cow owned by Mr C N Pryor. Dairymen urged to renew Dairy Board registrations at Gloucester Police Station.
The Meat Board sees potential in moving cattle by road trains from the Northern Territory to South Australia and to be extended to Queensland. Early trials moved 239 cattle from AnAneny Lagoon NT to Allon Springs then to Adelaide for slaughter, suggesting road transport could be economic under certain conditions, especially for oxen to Adelaide with trade-ready quality.
Division of Animal Industry reports adding formalin at 1 to 1000 or 1 to 2000 parts to separated milk safe and cheap for calf feeding. Experiments show milk remains non clotting and palatable for up to ten days in cool rooms, with slight odor possible after treatment. Calves rearings at Barnardo Homes and nearby farms used the method, though formalin is not recommended for calves under one month.
Church of England Gloucester and Bowman Farm services listed with times and locations. Methodist Stratford and Gloucester services noted with communion and pastor details. Presbyterian Holy Communion joint service planned with Gloucester and outstations. Congregational Barrington Copeland and Free Presbyterian at Craven Creek and Barrington venues. Stroud Baptist Church schedule includes Stroud 11 Gloucester 2.00 and Stratford events with youth group activities.
In the Legislative Assembly Mr R B Vincent declared that to save industrial work continuity the government must purge the body politic of Communism. He accused the government of failing to ban the Communist Party and warned democracy and Communism cannot coexist. The party has grown since 1922 except during its brief ban period.
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