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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
3
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pills restore red blood cells and iron, improve mood and appetite, and cure headaches. It urges readers to cleanse worry and strengthen will with nourishment and the pills as the remedy.
Prudence Wise, known as a former mannequin and "Midnight Follies" girl, is a principal beneficiary in Maurice Woolf's will contest. Woolf died aged 75 and his nephews Maurice and John challenge the will claiming improper execution and lack of testamentary capacity.
The article recounts Delisser’s early sighting of the Nullarbor Plain and Daisy Bates’ 30 years among Aboriginal Australians near Ovilda. It notes her view of the Aboriginal people as a lost race and her efforts to aid them. It also describes the Transcontinental railway’s longest straight stretch, towns named after pre 1917 statesmen, and the plain’s climate and underground waterways through limestone caves.
Critics argue the 20 per cent provisional tax acts as a punitive levy on higher incomes above £5000, eroding personal funds and threatening business viability. The view says the formula for 1945 46 fosters bankruptcies, unemployment and reduced government revenue, risking full employment goals.
The piece notes that wartime regulations forced Australian manufacturers to use standardised materials, hurting trade and jobs while promising first class goods with future improvements. It mentions wartime clothing failures, high prices for second rate fabrics, and calls for using Australian materials postwar. It also reports a Brighton England vigilante housing incident involving a serviceman's wife and baby.
Former Nazi leader Julius Streicher, once ousted in 1938 and reinstated in 1945, faced arrest. Descriptions note his decent attire, growing beard, and use of a cane as he was removed from his office.
A health note extols alkalinity over acidity in foods. It ranks alkaline foods such as spinach cucumbers celery beetroot lettuce and tomatoes and lists acidic items like tea sugar meat cheese and white bread. It warns that excessive protein and acid-forming foods harm life and health.
The piece argues postwar education should expand beyond classroom learning to fit community needs. It cites Wells on modern school equipment, notes U.S. examples in Oklahoma Oregon Santa Barbara Sacramento and Alabama, and highlights Russia and Australia efforts to engage students in soil water gardens parks and public service.
A promotional pitch urges readers to ask a chemist for a tube of ManZan to relieve pile pain. It claims fast relief by soothing irritation and reducing swelling in the affected area, noting its hygienic nozzle for easy use.
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