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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1941
Page
2
Federal Cabinet approves release of former hunger strikers Max Thomas and Horace Ratliff pending satisfactory bond. Stroud resident's death noted as context in coverage.
D. T. McDonald and colleagues of Webster Jack and McDonald Pry Limited will attend at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester for consultations. The visit runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is open to the public.
The Stores Branch of the New South Wales Government Railways announces sleeper and timber inspections at Gloucester on Tuesday 28 October at 9 am. Pay at 3 pm. Cutters and cutters' claims must use proper forms at inspection start.
A state organized convoy arrived in Gloucester to showcase modern weapons and mobilize funds and men for mechanised warfare. Captain Dunbar led 25 ALF personnel with Lieut. Ross, highlighting enlistment urgency and the need for £10 bonds and War Savings to equip frontline units. Local volunteers offered for ALF service. Williams urged £100 million loan and new War Savings Groups while outlining district outreach measures.
Walter Pidgeon returns as a famed detective in Phantom Raiders, a MGM mystery screening at the Majestic Theatre on Wednesday. Florence Rice John Carroll Joseph Schildkraut Donald Meek and Nat Pendleton co star. The Leather Pushers with Richard Arlen Andy Devine Astrid Allwyn reports as the feature, with Sporting Blood and Over the Moon in Technicolor planned for next Friday and Saturday.
Mrs Jane Blanch aged 94 died Friday at Gloucester after a long life. Born Jane Keel she married Charles Blanch and moved from Salt Ash to Avort Flat thirty-six years ago near Gloucester. Survived by four daughters and three sons with extensive family ties across Gloucester Newcastle and Sydney. Funeral held Saturday at Church of England cemetery with Rev J A Smith officiating and large floral tributes.
Gloucester district subscribers to the Patriotic and War Chest Fund gather at Shire Hall on Friday 24 October at 8 p.m. for the annual report and financial statement, committee election, and discussion of fund matters. Public attendance urged.
He urges resumption of work, saying time lost in the dispute harms Australia and benefits its enemies.
On Monday evening October 138th Copeland Hall hosted Private R. J. Webeck on final leave with dancing and a wallet of notes presented by Copeland residents. At Roseneath Rockhurst and Bowman Farm residents bid Gunner Stewart Shaw farewell with dancing, games, supper, and gifts including money for a soldierly purchase and a fountain pen.
Southern Command operates the 3rd Veterinary Hospital at Mariburong where 1650 horses have passed since the war began. Horses are ferried by ambulance for sickness, vaccines are given hypodermically to stop contagion, and both minor and major operations are routine with local anaesthetics and chloral hydrate injections. The hospital aims to reduce horse wastage and conserve petrol for the Army.
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