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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1944
Page
4
A brief note emphasizes the aim of preserving life and usefulness by keeping objects or people in good order. It stresses orderly care, ongoing upkeep, and proactive maintenance as core principles. The tone is practical and directive.
Annual report by Commissioner for Railways Maj. T J Hartigan presented to Parliament details a record turnover of £34,501,192 with expenses of £27,535,343. Profit on operations stood at £6,965,849, after government subsidies and statutory debits a surplus of £754,054. Passenger journeys reached 250,565,758, an increase of over 13 million. Special trains moved 1,705,000 personnel. Wartime coal shortages reduced country trains to 618, and rail activity faced congestion due to coal-saving cuts affecting passengers, parcels, and school travel.
In the Legislative Assembly Deputy Leader D H Drummond criticized the revival of inspecting rail passengers tickets at night on long distance trains. Minister O Sullivan noted 780 travellers rode without tickets in one instance and £444 collected from passengers without tickets in a week. He would ask the Commissioner of Railways to review and possibly discontinue the practice of inspecting in the early hours.
Church services listed by denomination across Gloucester and surrounding areas. Times include Anglican Trinity XIX at Gloucester Barrington Hall Heatherdale and others, Presbyterian at Gloucester Bowman Farm, Methodist at Stratford Bucca Wauka and Gloucester, Congregational at Rockhurst Sopa Upper Barrington and Rock's Crossing, and Stroud District Baptist Church services with dates through October.
Announcement cautions contributors and advertisers that due to early mail closures and staff shortages, all material must reach the office by midday on publication eve, specifically Mondays and Thursdays, to guarantee insertion.
The report details coal stock shortages and delays affecting consignees, with 4000 railway workers in the Armed Forces and 269 additional enlistments approved. It notes interstate travel limits, 35000 seats idle on Sydney to Albury expresses, and a projected 1944 45 surplus of £719000. Postwar plans target arrears, railway completion, new lines, and rolling stock modernisation.
Colonel Bruxner leading the Country Party denounces Labour for the Portland Case. He claims Labour cannot rid itself of ignominy over Peter Dargin’s treatment. He accuses the Government of cringing and allowing Dargin to be crucified for opposing mob rule.
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