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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
4
W. W. Hawdon operates as attorney solicitor and conveyancer serving Stroud and Gloucester, offering legal services in property transactions and general legal matters.
Summary of Canterbury Park races led by Pompous Go Soon and Lochino with times and riders. NSW 50 miles cycling title won by O H Brook ahead of R Mutton by two lengths. Notes on maiden horse rule and Singleton show receipts. Auctioneer with Tattersall’s Sweep prizes noted.
A Gloucester School of Arts meeting was held Tuesday night with Wandon as chair. Minutes were read and confirmed. piano to remain a fixture. £10 for new library banks. debating society discussed. Edgar’s scenery painting offer accepted. calico bought. Glasgow Advocate account to be paid.
Presbyterian Church of Australia announces services and gatherings. Mr RecgivaLp ATKINsey featured. Sunday September 3 at 11 a.m Barrington 1 p.m Carey's 7 p.m Gloucester. Thursday September 6 at 7 30 p.m Cope. Friday September 7 at 7 p.m Rawilon Vale.
Local news notes an Edgar painted Gloucester Buckets picture, 6ft by 2ft 6in, to be exhibited in Sydney by John Hunter and Sons. Other items report river dredging requests for Myall River, rising Dorrigo values, local deaths, fishing tales, hotel additions, and new stores near the Post Office.
A girl from Wingup in the Scone district was fatally burned after her dress caught fire from a kettle while near a Ute. The incident left her dead. A New York financier is said to be arranging a 30,000,000 pound Russian loan secured by the Southern Manchurian railway. The Waggs Commercial Hotel sold at auction for 13,000 pounds.
A letter from a respected contributor on an ecclesiastical matter was received but deemed unwise to publish. The journal notes the correspondence and withholds public release.
A Saturday meeting of Avon and Barington Butter Company Limited approved staff reductions until cream production rises. Dry weather cut cream supply and butter output for the last two weeks fell under three tons. Discussion over disposing of the butter milk failed. Mr Green’s bid for five tons at 5s per 1000 gallons was noted, while the blush water issue remains unsettled with multiple methods to consider and the matter carried to the next meeting.
A daring burglary struck Cobar on Sunday. The Ocvidental and Drysdale company safe at John Leagh's office was blown open and about £9 stolen. A milkman traced muffled footprints from the post office back to town and found the cart, safe, and burned company books and papers.
Inside the House discussions drift from the floor to private talks amid a looming dissolution. The Council may sit three days next week with the Franchise Bill likely to be settled by Tuesday. A full-dress debate in the Assembly is expected as ministers plan to avert constitutional rights loss and Labor committees prepare for an election.
To Members of Contingente, Members of Contingents from New South Wales, and other Soldiers who served the Imperial Government during the late Boer War are notified that all claims against the War Office for pay allowances or gratuities must be rendered before the 31st December 1904. After that date, claims will not be entertained. Claims may be forwarded to the War Office through the Imperial and State Continental Office the Treasury Sydney.
The text lists mineral values in New South Wales totals across gold coal silver and other minerals. It notes 200,000 people rely on mineral resources and the state’s mineral wealth has risen to about 155 million pounds to date.
Reading fragment shows a claim about church density in Australia with 210 churches per 100 000 people. The text is fragmented and unclear but indicates a statistical claim about religious facilities in Australia.
The Merriwa Standard notes a council gathering in Collaroy with a hut measure about 20 by 10 feet. The text describes a spray or fire event caused by a Goanoillora, driven by a westerly wind, where smoke rose from the area as air flowed.
Joseph Sharp was condemned to death at the Criminal Court for a criminal assault on a worn. Judge Heydon, President of the Arbitration Court, stated he feared the Arbitration Act was on its death bed.
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