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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
2
A notice from Church Street Gloucester lists hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment, indicating limited daily access and availability for visitors or inquiries.
Dental surgeon Corbett, successor to Eric Welne, offers services in Gloucester with hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment.
Public Accountants and Income Tax Consultants operate from Church Street in Gloucester. The firm offers tax advice, bookkeeping, and accounting services to individuals and small businesses in the area.
Gloucester Advocate reports the Divisional Returning Officer notifying Mr S L Gardner that four polling places are gazetted for Forbesdale subdivision of Robertson. The polling booth will be at the Public School Forbesdale as part of the federal campaign coverage and local notices.
The death of George Deards occurred at his Forbesdale residence after two years of illness. A dairy farmer and former director of the local butter factory, Deards was noted for honesty and strong character. Survived by two wives, children, and numerous relatives, his funeral was held with full service and floral tributes from many local groups and families.
A packed audience watched Tom Handley’s Rodeo on Wednesday night featuring ten riders. Cameron won on Bowler with German second on Bay Boy, others included Stamford on Black Bess, McInnes on Quaridong, and Parker on Roor. Despite few mishaps every participant earned an ovation. next show set for Krambach on Saturday.
Albert Z Wells reports that since the war a large number of claims have been presented by Britt creators. The note underscores ongoing postwar activity and potential legal or financial considerations related to these claims.
Commercial special cattle sale at Gloucester attracted active buyers with stock sold largely in district yards. Prices ranged up to £9 18s for bullocks, and later yardings at Scone and Gloucester pig, horse and rabbit skims showed steady to firmer fat cattle, store cattle, and foxed prices across Sydney markets with notable gains for fat cows and heifers.
Players assemble at the Park Court tomorrow afternoon for the mixed doubles event. Matches include Wellard and Mrs Deards versus West and Miss Cummings and several other pairings. Arrangements may shift to forenoon if needed.
A Citizens' Band Committee meeting in Masoeloe Bros rooms, chaired by JG Wilson, discussed fundraising for Rand through a series of old time dances across the district. The first event will be in Copeland Hall on October 1 with an old buffers cricket match to follow at Copeland wicket. the secretary will finalize supper and dance arrangements.
The article reviews how weeds affect livestock differently, citing Cape Tulip as deadly to cattle in some cases and harmless in others. It notes experts distinguishing Cape Tulip from onion weed, and discusses a proposed central board for weed destruction with a tax, amid opposition from Agricultural Bureau and farming groups.
Colonel P. Lelean of Bainburgh University presented at Cambridge’s British Social Hygiene Summer School. He outlined a controversial theory that boys are shaped by mothers until seven, then fathers eight to eleven, peers twelve to seventeen, and women eighteen onward. He also noted Amadou, a fungus valuable to fishermen for drying nets.
The Gloucester area announces a weekly meeting of the association and a tender call by the Deputy Postmaster-General for Waubivory lines plus pole supply and delivery terms. Gloucester Shire Council notes a proposed loan rate for unimproved land within the urban area to fund park revenue and loan repayments.
Notice to employers to furnish returns of wages salaries overtime and board and lodging for the period July 1 to September 30 1929 by October 15 1929. Forms available at post offices receiving offices court houses police stations and the Department of Taxation Warwick Building Sydney.
An Extraordinary General Meeting of Siqucester Dairy Company Limited Gloucester will be held at 7 a m on Tuesday October 15 1929 at the registered office to consider and if thought fit pass special resolutions to increase nominal capital to 10000 and to alter articles including minimum and maximum shareholding and prohibition of stock exchange quotations A further Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 11 a m on Tuesday November 5 1929 to receive a report on the proceedings and confirm the resolutions if passed If not passed notice of a new meeting will be given by order of the board J M Wratten secretary
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