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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 10, 1942
Page
1
Classified notices from Bridgetown and Terminus hotels seek daily help. A housemaid position and an assistant for housework are listed, with Mrs Garrity in Bridgetown Hotel and a waitress role offering 30 shillings weekly at Terminus Hotel. Pedigree Jersey bull details are available at the office.
Well bred smooth haired fox terrier dog seven weeks old apply A Parker Pemberton. Good for rats and rabbits.
Bridgetown April 12 1942 notice outlines church services and sales across locations. Times listed: 4 am Greenbushes 110 am Bridgetown 130 pm Boronia Gully 730 pm Bridgetown Fourth Wednesday April 22 with additional services at Inup Mill Nanaup Wornup Mill and Farman routes. Reverend B U Farman and Lawrence referenced.
A reflective critique traces press freedoms and censorship amid wartime anxieties, arguing that censorship harms public morale less than its intrusion on reporting. It notes newspapers pursue profit, shape policy, and risk careers to publish truths, urging vigilant defense of free speech to sustain progress.
The Pemberton Trout Society aided Lionel Graham a council member and active worker who left to enter camp on Tuesday. Congratulators to Air and Mrs Jaxon Bickford on the birth of a son at District Hospital. A R Bridge Tea honours for Mrs J Nichol and J Morris. Parrels Fund tourney winners were Mrs Green and F Cox. Old Dick the orchard caretaker suffered burns to leg and arm after collapsing beside an open fire with unclear escape.
Civil Defence Council announces lighting restrictions amid war threat. All external lights must be extinguished. internal lighting must be shaded so sources aren’t visible from outside. Applies to coastal portions of the state within ten to one hundred miles offshore and to the Metropolitan Area. Penalties under the Civil Defence Act include £500 or up to months imprisonment. corporations liable as well. Local authorities tasked with enforcement. public urged to comply fully to ensure community security.
Della Powell and Harold W. Green wed at the Bridge town Methodist Church with Rev Parman officiating. The ceremony featured a lace bodice satin gown, orange blossom headdress, and a mauve bridesmaid. A reception followed for about 70 guests, after which the couple left for Bunbury en route to Perth to settle in Victoria Park.
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