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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1936
Page
3
We, the undersigned, notify the public that all work done by us on and after July 14 is on strictly cash basis only. The high cost of materials forces this change and we cannot depart from St. W. Druban Queen St Gloucester and W. G. Combkins Church Street Gloucester.
Philip Le Quesne, a Hamilton resident for 70 years, turned 100 on October 7 at his home La Retraite. Messages from King Edward VII and many New Zealand leaders and institutions poured in, as relatives and dignitaries joined a sunny lawn celebration with a huge cake and numerous gifts. Archbishop Averill visited with a signed photograph, praising Le Quesne’s standing across the Dominion.
The Bullahdelah correspondent reports two large buses carried Newcastle and Cessnock relief workers to O Sullivan s Gap eight miles from Bullahdelah. About 300 men will widen and straighten the road over six months on a pale tine wage of £2 1s per week, with Mr Thomas of the Main Roads Board in charge.
When colonies build to a populous state in late spring and honey flow stimulates brood rearing, swarming tendencies increase and cause anxiety. To avoid this, hold colonies together until a heavier nectar flow arrives, provide ample super Accommodation to reduce congestion, and ensure hive entrances admit sufficient circulation to prevent uncomfortable conditions as weather warms.
The article discusses methods to reduce swarming by maintaining unsealed brood, using queen excluders with brood adjustments, and transferring brood to weaker stocks. It notes delaying swarming through queen cell destruction every eight days and replacing brood with comb foundation, while warning that a real swarming fever is challenging in persistent colonies.
The article lists church services across denominations in Gloucester and surrounding areas including Church of England parishes at Bowman Farm Waukivory Nab lac Forster Halliday s Point Minimbah and others with specific times. It also mentions presbyterian free presbyterian methortist congregations and Congregational rocks cedar grove Mount George Stroud Baptist Church and notes a royal visit by The Duke of Kent to Morris works at Cowley and the Pressed Steel Company.
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