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Gloucester Advocate

Location

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Sep 29, 1942

Page

4

Church Notes Encouragement For New Confirmands And Flower Show

The article reports light attendance at Sunday morning services after the time change to Summer Time, with Evensong well attended. The 11 am service next Sunday will include newly confirmed members taking their first Communion in confirmand dress, inviting older communicants to support them. The Guild of St Paul meets Thursday at 3 pm to finalize Flower Show plans.

Guild of St. Paul J. A. Smith

Back to God Campaign Sows Unity for NSW Churches

Protestant ministers across New South Wales were informed of a November Back to God Campaign endorsed by all churches. The plan calls for a united effort with country districts, pupil exchanges on the first Sunday and weekly united prayers in November. Also notes a Holy wedlock for Harold C. Saxby and Doris M. Yeark and a Vatican Radio report that George Watson is a prisoner of war in Italy.

New South Wales Sydney Harold C. Saxby Doris M. Yeark Australia Vatican George Watson Italy

Congregational Year Ends With Gratitude and New Calling

Rev. B. Martens reports a financially successful Congregational year 1941 42 aided by Home Mission Board funds and local efforts totaling £174 from city churches and £94 district support. He concludes his Copeland mission and accepts a joint pastorate at Stockton Junction Church, reflecting on faith, trials, and thanks to district officers and the Advocate editor as he prepares ordination.

Home Mission Board Copeland Stockton Junction Advocate Rev. B. Martens

Baptist Church Confirms Three Convert in Public Testimony

Pastor E A Walsham notes three members joined the faith last month through open confession, urging reliance on Romans ten nine and ten for salvation. He cautions against relying on personal goodness and stresses that only those who confess sin and accept Christ inherit true Christian status.

E. A. Walsham

Red Cross ships deliver supplies to prisoners of war

A large consignment of Red Cross stores including food clothes medical supplies and cigarettes has landed at Singapore for Australian and British prisoners of war and internees in the Far East. The International Red Cross Committee will distribute shipments pro rata based on prisoners held.

Red Cross Far East Singapore International Red Cross Committee Yokohama Netherlands East Indies Manila Shanghai Batavia Australian Society International Committee Europe N.S.W Australian Red Cross Society Dudley C. Turner

Gold 100 Percent Brass Medal With A Remark About Japan

Veteran New York photographer Jimmy Hare, who won a 1907 gold medal from the Japanese emperor, asked a jeweler to recast it for the first American pilot who bombs Hirohito’s palace. The jeweler revealed the medal was brass, and Hare said it showed that the medal like much of Japan was no good after 35 years of discovery.

New York Jimmy Hare Hirohito Toyo Hare

War Agricultural Committees Ruling Clarifies Roles NSW

The Director General of Manpower in New South Wales issues a ruling to Minister for Agriculture. Dairy Factory Manpower Committees and Rice Growers Association must route all manpower representations through National Service Officers. Emphasizes War Agricultural Committees oversee rural manpower and approve district coordination.

New South Wales Ww. C. Wurth Rice Growers’ Association National Service Officers Worth National Service

The Businessman's Insurance

In tight markets the business manager should not cut advertising but use it to build goodwill with customers. Skilful local press ads protect security and survival, maintaining customer contacts at low cost. Advertising acts as insurance, preserving relationships and future sales.

Hiding Behind Flag Critic Says Army Officers Hide in Jobs

Major-General Rankin in the House accuses army and government staff of dodging frontline duty by holding sinecures in Allied Works Council and other agencies. He cites deputy-directors associations, former police officials, and others as examples, calling for troop service instead of desk posts. The Sydney Sun reports.

House of Representatives Rankin C.P. Vic Victoria Barracks Allied Works Council McNamara Coffey Lacey Victoria Packer Saymour Considine Douglas Maloney M.H.R Selbourne Chambers Army Spender U.A.P N.S.W Sydney Sun

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