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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1942
Page
2
The firm Webster, Jack & McDonald of Sydney will visit Gloucester on October 10 and may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Local councillor T F L Breese reports a fine purple top turnip crop at Bret a season. Six left with Brian Carolan weighed 56 lbs. Community notices and events follow including a card party to raise £20 for a memorial room at the Service Women's Club, hospital updates, Bible Society meeting, Majestic Theatre programs with Missing Ten Days and A Woman's Face, a welcome home social for A F boys, a dance at Kia Ora, and a Heenzo cough remedy promotion.
Assistant Section Officer Errintgen urged girls aged 18 to 40 to join the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force as the mobile recruiting unit arrives in Gloucester on Thursday September 10. He stressed defence, welfare, training in twenty three roles, and benefits including medical care, self discipline, and postwar opportunities. Recruits are needed immediately for clerks, teleprinter operators, cypher assistants, signals clerks and cooks.
The Gloucester Voluntary Aid Detachment presented its 1941 42 receipts and expenditure at the annual meeting. Net balance carried forward stood at £38 8s 11d with income from membership fees home nursing sales and donations and minor items. Expenditure included donations to Red Cross seals equipment and manuals and hall hire leaving the final balance unchanged. Signatures Rene Hicks Commandant Ris Matthewson As Com R Jenkins Quartermaster.
Minister for Commerce W J Scully says reports claim some potato growers fear labour shortages at harvest. The Commonwealth government aims to raise potato production 50 percent above normal and pledges labour will be available to dig crops, ensuring growers are not disadvantaged by harvesting limits.
Dairy farmers at the Bowthorne Butter Factory Morpeth voted unanimously to protest the re introduction of daylight saving. They cited hardship on milk suppliers and the half year meeting addressed the issue.
A lively VDC Sports Day drew strong public attendance from Gloucester and surrounding districts with horses events, gun races, and a notable unit display. Highlights included urgent charity fundraising and a red cross race won by Socks with Leo Dodd, ladies riders races won by Miss Jean Slade and Mrs Cliff Parish, plus heavy gate receipts totaling about £320 benefiting both Red Cross and War Chest.
Daylight saving will start on Sunday September 27 at 2 am. All clocks across Australia must be advanced one hour.
Fenders are reminded of a dance at Waukivory on Friday night next to raise funds for the War Chest. Local organizers call on residents to attend and help support the community event with music and socializing.
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