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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1936
Page
2
Gloucester Park hosts an exhibition night featuring Davis Cup player Vivian McGrath on Tuesday with Dave Thompson and other visitors. The event aims to showcase top tennis talent to local audiences despite a mix of local notices and community updates.
A large Gloucester Race Club gathering at Corbett's Cafe, led by H J Chandell, set November 1 as the club’s first registered meeting. Ground checks with Sergeant Bolton confirmed readiness, a six furlong track near Barsington Road, and a 420 prize purse with handicaps and bridle races. Nominations close November 14, officials listed, and gate prices set for gentlemen, ladies, and vehicles.
Twelve people aboard the Iquad foundered near Brooklyn after a sudden storm. Six bodies recovered, search continues for six missing. Survivors Norman Jones and Wolfe Kalenstein describe the wreck as a giant hand sweeping the launch over. Victims include Mrs Clare Kalenstein and Sarah Klaenett, with several others named from Bondi, North Sydney and Patonga. Survivors provide only fragments of the events before the capsizing.
The article argues for school led swimming lessons to reduce drowning deaths and promote health. It urges state schools to add swimming to curricula, notes the public need for safe bathing facilities, and calls councils to install lighting at night swimming spots.
The mystery surrounding 27-year-old Brian Abbott and Leslie Hay-Simpson from the cast of Mystery Island ends as a large-scale search for their 16-foot skiff Mystery Star ends. They left Lord Howe Island aiming for Sydney, but gale winds and sea conditions halted hopes of survival. The search spanned about 1200 miles, with destroyers and three Air Force planes scouring a vast area before being stood down. Relatives remain optimistic the pair were drifted far south while officials caution no small boat could have survived the seas.
The Main Heads Board approved the acceptance of four tenders to renew the Forster to Tuncurry ferry contract for three years. Current ferryman F C Parsons will operate under a £2 per annum prelim with Manning Shire Council, with service from Forster from 6:30am to 11:30pm and from Tuncurry from 6:43am, plus two intermediate runs as traffic requires. Parsons must file for the new contract by December 1.
At the Agricultural Bureau Convention in Merriwa the Burel Bank president Mr CR McKillan urged landowners to part with portions of holdings as a national duty to promote closer settlement. He called on financial institutions to support subdivision purchases and urged government action to inaugurate a closer settlement scheme with local committees to select suitable estates for subdivision.
In first and second grade cricket on Saturday, all first innings were decisive except the Thistles vs Wattles match which finished in a draw. Keith Merchant led Barrington with 80, followed by Ken Oldfield 62, while J Gidley toiled with 4 for 44 and A West 2 for 22. Wattles top scored by W Atkins 27 with others firing hard, and Barrington’s 21st innings win over Ward's River capped a busy day of play with Gloucester and Park selections noted for the next Saturday fixtures.
At Maitland market, cattle yarded mixed quality with fewer beasts than last week. best bullocks to 8 a medium weights to 8 3 6, calves around 28/6 heavy pigs to 64/5, lightweights 19/6 to 27/8. Vendors and wholesale buyers attended. prices generally unchanged.
The golf results show Coote and Lawson winning Saturday’s pairs handicap with a gross 190 and net 115. Tomorrow associates contest a stroke handicap draw at the club. Johannesburg’s population has grown to about 500,000 with Whitetown 280,000. Union total around 8.5 million, Europeans under two million. Trustees seek 4200 to buy a field at Miton’s Cottage Chalfont St. Giles to preserve its beauty.
Four Dungog rinks visited Gloucester for a friendly bowls contest and Gloucester won by a small margin. Green displayed strong form after recent lifting of restrictions, with tight scores and standout play from locals including Whatson White Street Smith Munro Hawdon Addins Andrews McIntyre Woodward Anderson. Next, Waratah Bowling Club rinks are set to face Gloucester next Saturday at 2 pm with listed players and substitutes.
In Bombay October 18 a pitched battle between M ostems and Hindus raged all day with ten killed and many injured. Hundreds of rioters were arrested. Police claim control restored after Governor Lord Bradbourne met with leaders separately and then jointly. He then returned to Poona. In Canada, Fraser River sockeye runs bring huge catches with boats reporting over 1000 fish per two man dinghies and prices around five cents per sockeye.
The Gloucester Branch of the Teaching Federation hosts district school sports on Friday October 28 at Gloucester Park with twenty two schools competing in running and jumping events. Pupils will perform a Ball Games display at 2 45 p m. A strong public turnout is hoped for to ensure a pleasant day.
All persons are warned against trespassing in any manner on my property at Stratford after this date. Offenders will be prosecuted. Griffin.
Subscription accounts for the quarter ending September have been issued and subscribers are asked to give prompt attention. Accounts two years or more overdue will lead to suspension of the paper and referral to a collector unless arrangements are made by October 9, 1936.
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