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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1943
Page
2
Optometrists from Jack and McDonald Sydney will visit Gloucester at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday October Sth, with consultations from 9 pm to 5 pm. Dr D. J. McDonald is honoured with BCA and FSMIC London qualifications.
Current Topics record mail deadlines and stall results from the Red Cross Street Stall with winners Mrs Hungerford and Mrs Corbett, plus donations. Personal news notes prisoners of war letters, a farewell for Constable J W Casey and welcome to Constable Keating at Glen Innes with community appreciation. Majestic Theatre listings show Kid Glove Killer and Saboteur with a Hatful of additional film notes.
Fragmented wartime notes discuss removal of economic controls as supply improves, with Government to proceed in an orderly fashion. Also mentions anti-Vaccination allies, internment proposals for pro-Pascists, and a Senate note on Dorothy Tangey becoming one of two new senators. Also reports New South Wales Senate results and a 1888 Maitland Mercury ad copy on shoe prices.
Mire Hedley CL Cook General Secretary of the Primary Producers Union says a plan aims to place maize under control with ceiling prices for ordinary varieties. A margin would be set for Hickory King and similar high quality maize. The Prices Commissioner seeks producer views on naming maize level with Hickory King and how sales and taxes at Sydney would affect browers.
A Melbourne deputation of pig raisers pressed the Controller-General of Meat Mr Tonkin with a plan to raise production without lifting pork prices. They urged keeping ceiling prices from April 28, pledging government purchase of surpluses for three years, plus a fluctuating minimum price tied to production costs.
A Saturday dance at Upper Bowman drew a solid crowd and raised 28 pounds 2 shillings for War Chest and Red Cross funds. Prizes included orders, a pottery ornament, a pair of fowls, tobacco packages, and spot dances with donations from local supporters. Volunteers provided cakes, teas, meat and bread, and rent for the hall. a farewell party for Mr and Mrs J Boorer was announced for the 5th inst.
The Church of England reports a sincere response to Good Samaritan Sunday for the Orphan Children Homes, though £25 remains to reach quota. Collectors will call, and a presentation for Mr Jack Thompson is planned for the first Saturday in October. Sunday School staff thank parents for sending children and urge full attendance. A Flower Show alert and a Ruskin quotation appear, with Rev N Leiferd Smith noted.
Captain Abbott won the New England seat at Armidale with the DRO declaring him elected. The result drew rare attendance as supporters praised the postal staff, thanked rival candidates for fair campaigning, and pledged wartime unity with the government and United Nations aims.
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