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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
3
The notice extols Yellow Cab and sister services as ideal for holidays. It touts convenient pickup, reduced fares, and comfortable travel in modern streamlined taxis, urging readers to choose Yellow Cab for future trips and to recall pleasant holiday experiences with their service.
An old miner discovers a strange foreign mineral that expands under heat and becomes pliable. Metallurgists test samples and declare miraculous properties. Re-No Co Pty Ltd develops Motor Re-No liquid metal as a method to recondition worn motors and reduce wear, promising smoother performance and less downtime. Sold through Sondon Staten Distributors in Perth with a trial tube offered.
A short review roundup notes Gregory Jackson Hodder & Stoughton London editions of Mysterious Rancho and They Found Him Dead. It praises character work and puzzles, mentions Juanita Calderon Lands scenes and Henry Arthur Britling as a detective figure, with purchase notes from W. S. Smart Sydney and publication details from London and Sydney booksellers.
A detailed notice praises The Lost Shanty published by R. S. Sampson in Perth at 2/6. It surveys bush ballads from coast to goldfields, aborigine legends, pearl and shearer songs, and laments for towns rebuilt by the sea. It lauds the author’s intimate knowledge of Western Australia and recommends the book as a fitting gift for readers who enjoy strong local verse.
Burton, a white trader in Payung, is bound by orders to hunt but grows lonely among the native village, meeting Rajah Piang Dhulat and a dark world of jungle danger, political intrigue, and a shifting lure of Malay dancers and native companionship.
An aged text fragment offers a job notice titled situation vacant. It mentions natural oiling ability and Heversuma Son as prerequisites and invites a young man to prove himself with a large Commonwealth wide Sales Organisation. It promises excellent prospects and good remuneration and urges writing to an address.
Harold Millington, newly named Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, has a long record in Australian politics from the South Australian unions to WA legislative council and various ministerial roles. The piece threads his political rise with interwoven scenes of palace life, rituals, and a simmering love story surrounding Saluya and Burton amid looming jungle travel orders.
A jagged scene shows Burton and Sabnya amid feverish heat and whispered pleas after a native mentions a cryptic name. A river setting, a paddle craft, and a white figure fleeing toward a bungalow frame a tense, confused moment with lingering romantic undertones and sudden dashes of dangerous mystery.
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