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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
1
Advert shows a 36 inch SPARNO CREASE item in Wanted Shades 3/6. Ladies georgette blouses lace trimmed with Lastex waist, priced from 10 shillings 6 pence.
A persuasive local ad purports that buying advertised goods ensures quality and consistency. It argues advertisers’ reputations, whether local or national, guarantee value, ethics, and sound economics, urging readers to prefer ads shown by the local paper. The message promotes trust in recognized brands and sustained standards.
Read by 3000 people and is the only guaranteed avenue to place goods and services before the Gloucester District. The method claims to reach an infinitesimal fraction of the buying public compared to other channels.
Japan shows rapid industrial growth yet heavy reliance on imports for raw materials and tech. Textile and small-scale factories employ many, while heavy industry remains underdeveloped. Coal quality is poor, oil imports essential, and drought in 1939 disrupted power for industries. Japan seeks oil shale and external suppliers, anticipating future iron and cotton gains only via long-term global trade.
A list of War Savings Certificate Groups operating in the Gloucester district includes 19 groups such as Bank of New South Wales under F Weekes as secretary, Street and Parish Pty Ltd with BE Horner as secretary, Gloucester District Rural School led by W McGown, and several Gloucester Business Block groups with various secretaries including A R Paget, Les Stevens, H Gray, Enarice, H Jarrett, G Hickman, IL T Higging, Gordon McGregor, R S Wilson & Co, F J V Carthew, and F J V Carshew.
Since Tobruk’s isolation in early April, about 455 mail bags intended for the garrison have been lost at sea due to enemy action. The losses are mostly parcels and non letter contents, with at least 52 bags containing stamps as part of the enclosures. 56 bags were damaged by immersion, leaving only portions suitable for re dispatch after treatment.
Winchcombe Carson Lat reports prices for backfetters and haranwrs held steady at the Sya ple sale. Values for agine havirore riled fin with Parke cavtora artey prime and heavy fold around 195, other lots from 85 to 180 per cent. Multiple misreads appear, but the auction noted varied bids and unsure figures across lots.
The Australian Labor Party forms a 19 member ministry led by Prime Minister Curtin with Chifley as Treasurer and Evatt handling External Affairs. A War Cabinet includes Curtin, Beasley, Makin, Drakeford, and others, chosen by the Labor caucus. Curtin stresses wartime unity, while parade scenes and a humorous barracks joke punctuate the day.
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