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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
14
The August WA magazine cover highlights top country leaders posing with the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Readers will recognize the image on news stands as a notable photographic feature from the era.
Japanese exporters shift from silk stockings to tabi socks designed for wooden clogs. Ankle high with a front incision separating the big toe, aiming to captivate Western fashion markets as nylon and rayon profits decline.
Dr. E S Woods advised Stafford country choirs to stay within ordinary range and to avoid extra speed. He suggested using the organist for occasional speed boosts when needed, though the fragment ends abruptly with missing context.
In St Albans Hertfordshire the wife of Spicerst Congregational Church pastor saw her radio burst into flames while listening to BBC news.
A new railway road service motor bus route started on Tuesday August 9 between Perth and Narembeen. Buses run Mon Wed Fri from Narembeen at 7 am arriving Perth 2 pm with return from Perth at 9 am Tue Thu Sat arriving Narembeen 4 pm. Stops include The Lakes turn-off and Quairading. Travel time drops from 9.4 to about 7 hours.
Paris designers emphasize brushed surfaces in wool for autumn and winter. Coatings include blanket cloths and knotted pilot cloths, with reversibles featuring satin backs and dull plain backs. Twill and tartan patterns appear in heavy cloths while lightweight dress woollens show ribbed patterns and muted colors.
On his first day at Pinewood Studios London Noel Coward begins his role as the psychologist in The Astonished Heart replacing Michael Redgrave. Nadia Gray arrives as a potential leading lady after a Paris production, while Francoise Rosay withdraws from So Long At The Fair and Betty Box steps in as producer. Jeffrey Dell heads to Hamburg for The Hoffman Case with multilingual cast anticipated. Percy Walsh returns to Pinewood after a heart attack to play M Guilard in Golden Salamander.
A garbled OCR snippet shows a girl behind a counter mentioning a spell of nothing while discussing goods and greetings. The text is incomplete and contains numerous misspellings, making it unclear what event or item is being described.
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