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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1937
Page
3
Travelers describe native medicine men performing complex surgeries with shells wood flint knives for appendicitis wounds and brain tumors. They use boiling water for sterilization and natural anaesthetics from banana wine alcohol coca leaves and plant brews. Hypnotism and traditional methods predate modern surgery by centuries.
Lydia Linders perished in a touring act with Leo Gaverin when she stood against a board and he outlined her form with bullets. Investigators concluded the shot was deliberate yet not murder as Lydia loaded the rifle with real bullets and moved aside, falling to the heart shot after the man she loved chose another woman.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, already holder of the land speed record, set a new speedboat mark on Lake Maggiore Italy. Outward run 28.8 seconds for 1 nautical mile at 124.72 mph and return 23.2 seconds at 127.577 mph, surpassing Comodore Gar Worl’s 1932 record. In North Sydney a council was fined £5 for loppping a gum tree over a footpath, injuring a homeowner’s privacy and house frontage symmetry.
The State Government plans spending over £250,000 this year to enhance tourist roads to unique sites like Port Stephens and Barrington Tops, but critics doubt many minor tourist spots justify such outlays. The core issue is upgrading inter-district links, as current roads are often poor, poorly coordinated, and hinder modern communications across New South Wales.
In Birmingham parks, pavilions have been provided for old men to meet for talking and games, while global notes recount diverse items from the London swimming association to a British seaplane flight and royal visits.
The notice lists church services across multiple denominations including Church of England parishes at Gloucester Nabiac Wang Wauk and Bow man Farm with times for Holy Communion Matins and Evensong. Presbyterian and Congregational services are noted in Gloucester Stratford and Bowman Farm, with Baptist and Methodist meetings also scheduled in Stroud and surrounding areas.
Charles Baldwin died instantly when a premature explosion at a metal quarry near Wauchope sent a metal bar through his neck and hurled him 19 feet away. Vincent Lee, married, was seriously injured and found 30 feet from the blast after Baldwin pressed down the charge.
A major feature of Sydney’s anniversary program is Anzac Day with 50 000 Diggers expected in the march. Government pays fares for country Diggers and wives for outward and return travel, with about 30 000 taking this offer. Government cost estimated at £20,000. Anzac Day to include a naval, military and air force tattoo.
For twenty years Australians have saved money making their own cough and influenza remedy with HEENZO. Add a two shilling bottle of concentrated HEENZO to sweetened water to produce a large supply of cough remedy comparable in quantity and quality to costly ready-made preparations. Purity claimed makes it suitable for babies and adults.
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