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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1945
Page
2
Tainted Optometriats and Opticians from Landon and McDonald Sydney Pty will visit Gloucester at Commercial Entel. They will be on Thursday Sept 6 from 9 am to 5 pm and Friday Sept 7 from 1 pm to 10 am for fittings.
Deaths are reported including Mrs TL Aiguine with funeral at St Pauls Church. A bakeware firm and piano tuner advertise services. Regional development talks in Oxley and Stroud areas. rail inspection planned in Gloucester. wartime funding drive appeals circulated.
Personal notices from Maitland region describe visits and family events. Names include Mrs D Ay Bryan of Aibieyta and Wollday visitor Glouember ux, Mr and Mrs Hyer at akernol Curyaonbare, and Welton lo-Bydney. Births, holidays, and hospital news feature, with references to Narra hospital, private hospital births, and Army service mentions.
Two World War II veterans from the 2/2 Battalion receive discharge. Pte Eric Richards, who served in Western Desert and Greece, evacuated to Crete, then escaped via submarine to Palestine before final posting in Sydney. Cpl Ruel Gorton also discharged as part of the latest release wave arriving in Sydney.
CANBERRA, Monday. The Commonwealth chose not to use the 09,000 Japanese prisoners directly under control for reconstruction work. The official stance is to remove them from occupied territories and ship them to home areas. Using them as labor would risk international complications and potential armed retaliation.
A noisy OCR fragment lists horse names and odds for multiple handcaps and races. It includes many entries such as Caloca B11, Portray 7.12, Dublin Lad 9.0, Crescent Mead 8.11, Dark Robin 8.1, Royal Dome 7.7, Suprem e 7.43, and Bob's Gift with assorted prices, incomplete spellings, and scattered notes across King and Progenitive handicaps.
Saturday two rink games featured Curthew Pitagerald Baupenes Wendall and others with scores 45 to 20. Social games saw Woodward 26 Hazelwood Dearda Baron Flawdon 20 and Weat Andrews Ebbacie 24. Laurence returned to Cock o' the Wall during the week and sparked a rematch with A K Smith who challenged again and rope It again in a subsequent game.
The forecasted tax reductions are due to be introduced to Parliament next week but will not take effect until the New Year. The latest estimates revision shows spending shifted between departments with minimal total changes, while wartime expenditure remains a focus, and officials acknowledge administrative delays prevent substantial changes before year end.
Diggers Ball promises a lively night with Dee Anderson’s Band backed by local players. Transport plans for Stroud and Wallumbs visitors are in place. Proceeds go to the Diggers Building Fund for a modern town hall. Other events include a Wallumbe RSL fundraiser, a Methodist church sale, and a carnival with poultry show in October.
Landers family thanks Dr Channon and all friends for tributes and sympathy. A Copland dance organized by Abe Domen Pender Wobecke and M Ter Torelli raised 40 pounds, with Mine's orchestra and Hoppy Mer as merriment. Proceeds go to B C Church Damar fonds.
A Colonial era remedy touted by Woods claims to cure coughs and colds with peppermint essence. Advertisements emphasize quick relief and medicinal properties though modern readers should verify ingredients and safety.
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