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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1941
Page
1
A promotional stance urges readers to choose advertised goods, arguing that trusted brands maintain a consistent standard. The message links ethics and economics, claiming local paper advertising offers a reliable quality benchmark for both local and national products.
Leading Aircraftsman Jack Muddie writes to his parents about a Vancouver leave, the Hotel Vancouver, Hudson Bay stores, and travel by Canadian National Railway. He details the Fraser River, the Athabasca and Saskatchewan rivers, Ed monton quarters, mountain scenery including Mount Robson, and Jasper Peak. He notes British Columbia’s subdivision, wildlife, and currency familiarity in a warm summer at the Alberta border.
George Wirth, last survivor of four brothers who started Wirth's Circus over 50 years ago, died Friday night at St. Vincent's private hospital after six months of ill health. He retired about seven years ago. The record notes a distant remark about Churchill and FDR meeting at sea.
Children near Darrick and Kaleentha Loop live in a railway atmosphere as classrooms move in old Darrick rail motor carriages. The Education Department, via Railway Commissioner T J Hartigan, furnished desks benches and a blackboard in one carriage with a living area for the master. Pupils are mainly children of railway refilers at Parnick. a second carriage is now in use at Kaleentha Loop. During a Broken Hill line tour Hartigan inspected the carriages and photographed the school with the teacher, sending copies to pupils. Mobile workstations exist, but these carriages are the first used as primary schools.
J Brunton Gibb’s poem dedication to Remembrance Day frames Poppy Day as a national appeal. It urges steadfast unity and care for veterans while urging wear of a red poppy on November 11th to honor sacrifice and victory. Poppies will be sold across the British Empire as a symbol of ongoing resolve to Carry On to victory.
Study by Bowlinz Putnam and Ross from West Virginia University shows younger bulls improve conception rates in uncalved heifers. Across 706 females and 487 males over 18 years, heifers bred to bulls under four years showed similar or better results, with yearlings often advantageous. A separate incident reports a mother poisoning her six year old daughter with a nicotine plant spray. the child died and the mother is seriously ill, rushed to hospital after initial collapse.
In the Legislative Assembly May R. 5, Vincent raised concerns about an inset pest called a Wack kettle damaging early maize on the Macleay, Nambucca and Bellingen rivers. He asked if its life cycle matches maize growth and whether experiments or a parasite approach could help growers. Captain Dunn answered that he would reference the Under-Secretary for Agriculture Dr Noble and report back on possible steps to assist farmers.
Sir Edward Campbell tells a humorous postmark mix up tale. A wife complained a husband’s letter from Nottingham bore a Brighton postmark. Campbell replied he was busy with Christmas mail and had misapplied the postmark. The husband sent back a gold cigarette case as thanks.
List of War Savings Certificate Groups in operation in third Gloucester district. Groups include banks, parish offices, schools, dairies, and local firms with named secretaries. Urgent call to join a group and support war effort.
Mi fs L Blake president of the Sew Siti Wales Country Press Association labeled Austinia's debt to cities as the greatest menace apart from invasion at the opening session of the association's 2nd annual conference in Sydney. He warned that despite desires to move War industries away from the vulnerable seaboard, there has been little development of such relocation in the country. The conference unanimously supported his view and urged investigation into countermeasures to combat the danger.
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