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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Sep 04, 1936

Page

2

Australian beef export gains as duties removed in London talks

Minister for Commerce Dr Earle Page announced that discussions with Britain resolved key issues threatening the industry. There will be no duties on Australian beef to Great Britain and expansion of chilled beef production is unhindered. The Ottawa Agreement gains and future export prospects were highlighted.

Earle Page London Great Britain Ottawa Dominions Beltish Otter Dominions Page

Dangerous bend taxes Gloucester traffic safety

A collision at Dr Munro's corner highlighted longstanding traffic hazards with poor visibility for southbound vehicles. Residents urge council action, tarred bends, and painted stripes to cut risk amid increasing motor traffic.

FDS Newcastle Haddon

Higher Rates Say Local Bodies Can End Town Unemployment

Mr Norman Thomas MLA urged fair self rating and prudent borrowing to reduce unemployment in country towns when addressing a Bondi deputation. He warned against borrow and squander policy and cited a northwest town with 25 years of stagnation, financed mostly by government grants, featuring dustbeds and quagmires and street maintenance failure.

Norman Thomas M.L.A Bondi Shires Association Thomas Mr.Thomas Thia

Golf notes: Locke Cup draw and results

The draw for the stroke handicap Locke Cup competition is listed with pairings such as Collins versus Street and Hahey versus Charl ton. The Monthly Medal accompanying the event on Wednesday was won by Mrs. King with 100 27 73, with several runners-up and handicaps noted among the entries.

Collins Street Hahey Charlton Channel Enaton Oldfield W. Dawson McRae Smith Mcintosh Y Parish L. Rye Mathews Conny Garner Coote Turner Carollsn Anderson B. P Dawson Doyle Jeffrey King Mra Garner Mila Yates Habesy Conn Parish Carolan Holland L.C Hawdon Iti Enna

Williams Defeats Ferrier in State Championship Brawl

Melbourne report says H. L. Williams beat Jim Ferrier 4 Up and 3 in the third round of the State Championship. Ferrier did not win a hole until the 11th, with a second win on the 14th. Williams, a 21 year old left hander and holder, dominates, having won all prior meetings in Sydney and Melbourne.

Melbourne H. L. Williams Jim Ferrier Ferrier Williams Sydney Gain Verner Welgha Lest Gib Williama

Obituary notices for H Boorer and James Bidner in Dungog and Avalon

The Dungog Chronicle records the death of 63 year old H Boorer of Lyndhurst Vale son of the late Thomas and Mrs Boorer and survivor Mr Don Boorer daughter Mrs Reg Smith brother Mr Dave Boorer and sisters Mrs Milner Mrs Robertson with funeral at Carlat Church and Dungog cemetery. Also obituary for James Bidner of Avalon near Krambsch who died after a long illness at Taree Hospital aged 48 a dairy farmer married to Alice Lynch leaving two children Eric John and Coralie Juanita and surviving siblings with interment at Irambach cemetery Church of England portion.

ME. H Boorer H. Boorer Lyni Hurat Vale Dungog Thomas Boorer Wangut Hunter Water Board Chichester Boorer Lyndhurst Vale Don Boorer Reg Smith James Bidner Jamies Bidner Avalon Krambsch Mayor Hospital Taree Frederick Bidner Kine's Creek Alite Lynch John Lynch Mr. Bidner Wilow Eric John Coralie Jaunita Messrs William and Samuel Bidner Meadames M C. Griffiths F Komn South Grafton

Queen Mary Sets Atlantic Crossing Record Against Norman pacing

The Queen Mary passes Bishop Rock in 3 days 23 hours 57 minutes covering 2920 miles at 90.65 knots for a new westward Atlantic record, besting the Normandie despite fog over the Scilly Islands. Crowds along the southwest canal share Britons’ pride in seafaring achievement and shipbuilding.

Bishop Rock Lands Find Scilly Islands South-West Canal Daily Mail Britain

Sydney Cattle Sale Mixed Quality Amid Large Yarding

At Sydney the Thursday cattle sale saw about 2500 head yarded with a large proportion sold in the store section. Across cattle, vealers and yearlings appeared chiefly plain to fair quality. overall trade buyers found the offering unsatisfactory with good to prime cattle scarcer. Prices ranged for good to prime beef 28 to 38 shillings per 100 pounds, with calves and yearlings in the 35 to 41 shillings band. Pig auctions followed with 1500 head. baconers firmer, porkers scarcer, heavy and extra prime sold up to high ranges. Rabbit skins and miscellaneous lines also varied in price across smaller catalogues during the week.

Homebush Sydney Winchcombe, Carson Ltd Earlings Winchcomoe, Careon Ltd

Energy talk powers Queen Mary and Sydney Bridge imagination

Dr. Edgar Booth compares the Queen Mary’s vast power to urban needs in Sydney. He calculates 200,000 horsepower yielding 150,000 kilowatts and 1,250,000 people in 150,000 homes, suggesting the ship could heat all homes if its output were used ashore. He outlines Watt’s horsepower concept and notes fuel costs differ.

Britain Atlantic Sydney Harbor Edgar Booth Sydney University Sydney County Council Watt Booth

World's loneliest Britons and desert petrol pump tale

A fragmentary piece describes the loneliest inhabited islands of the Hebrides with tiny populations and no amenities. It then shifts to a fictional or garbled account of a petrol pump in Bibon Cing in a desert, guarded by an Arab keeper, and a tale of a shipwreck captain and a Widow’s Testra.

Hebrides Bibon Cing Buhera Red Sea Sumkin

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