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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
2
The April W A T C meeting presents a form guide with selections for the Penguin Handicap. Entries include a dawn dawned field with sparse details on the sprint and handicap races.
Notes examine the Russian onslaught panicking German forces in the Crimea and record allied air and ground activity across Europe. It recounts Billy Hughes's expulsions in Australian party politics, and comments on the UAP splits and parliamentary shifts. East West air service expands from Perth with a revised schedule and a new South Guildford aerodrome imminent.
The document lists selections across multiple races including Empire Handicaps NEWHUE ROYAL LINK MAH JONG and Stirling Proctralle Binker Merafi Mandurah Pantive Earl Mond Greenmount Falsetto Chesham Sky Autumn Pengiun and related handicaps with entries such as Moe Princess Nini Mountain Goddess and Maori Lass. It reads as a racing program with horse names and assigned numbers for betting.
The article notes unsettled estates from bombed cities and displaced families across war-torn Europe. It highlights Polish Jewish heir cases in Canterbury, vanished records after wartime disruption, and the Public Trust Office facing complex claims as workers and trustees search for rightful next of kin. It mentions Leo Perlmuter and scattered beneficiaries in Palestine, the U.S.A., and Australia amid a looming postwar legal headache.
A Lockheed civil transport plane with six passengers and crew diverted to Casino NSW after engine trouble. VAOC and local observers coordinated emergency landing and postincident support including securing guards, arranging repairs, and transporting crew to Brisbane. The pilot praised the VAOC for timely assistance.
Sir Raymond Streat, chairman of the Cotton Board, urges broader use of colour design in factories to ease operation and aid labor dispute settlements. He calls manufacturers to back good design, promote British style, and support a nationwide art campaign to boost interest in colour, form, and design of goods. He emphasizes simplicity, naturalness, and directness as Britain’s design roots.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that over 300,000 French officers and soldiers in North Africa are organized into 10 divisions, with mechanised units in place. Mobilisation could push Free France toward an army above 500,000 including first-line troops and reserves, and irregulars may join in an Allied invasion of France.
A pilot in a fourth commercial airliner on an Atlantic military contract flight spotted an iceberg on a convoy route and reported it. The iceberg abruptly fired on the airliner, revealing it as an enemy ship using new camouflage “New York Times” style disguise.
Epicondylitis or tennis elbow can start from elbow injury and cause long lasting incapacity. Treatments tried include physiotherapy splints plaster casts and surgical manipulation though satisfactory relief remains uncommon.
The passage notes initial Maori fear toward horses as devils, then rapid adoption and riding to and fro. It mentions the cost of ships carrying horses and pigs, and how settlers supplied more at the same price, with a nod to the era's Maori settlements and the eventual replacement of horses by secondhand cars.
A verbose reader’s note promotes the value of newspaper advertising to sell poultry, plants, and other goods. It lists numerous regional papers and urges readers to consider placing ads to reach potential buyers, implying how readers can profit by using the market section.
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