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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1943
Page
2
Hundreds of American and Australian airmen owe their lives to friendly natives in the South and South-west Pacific. The natives have fed and sheltered fliers who parachuted from damaged planes over jungle islands and helped them return to their own people. Times war correspondent Tillman Durdin.
A brief note cites Washington Irving on the power of great minds. It mentions W. P. Bradshaw of 11 Hay Street Perth handling unspecified matters related to Federal Elections.
At Goodwood on Saturday a seven race programme will decide two six furlong races three seven furlongs one mile and one ten furlongs. The main event is the 10 furlong Goodwood Handicap with Hesperos likely to win and contenders Portrach Incholt ing and Chanteclair among others.
A note dropped from a RACAL training plane guiding VAC observers in Victoria helps a pilot avoid danger. Misses Hesketh at a Western District post reported the circling craft as friendly but off course. A white paper read Town Lost, enabling radio bearings and a safe return landing.
Racing card lists Maid en Handicap with Green Diamond Chameleon Rosana and others, Trial Handicap featuring Enchanter All Lingo Gold Jay, Goodwood Handicap with Hesperos and Chanteclair, Breeders Handicap including Sanovan Stayer Skyro, Morning Echo, Oredanus, Lord Harvey, Lawley Welter, Romanette, Azoth and Dainty Lace.
A Daily Mirror report cites inflation and Chinese speculators driving up prices for American luxuries. Former Washington columnist Joseph W. Alsop notes a fountain pen costing 150 dollars in China and whisky at 100 dollars, with wealthier Chinese buying for prestige and leverage in trade.
A note reports volatile public opinion as independents gain a sporting chance while Labor faces a remote majority tie. calls rise for stable government and possible all party solution as eight days remain before the result. Housing woes deepen in metropolitan areas amid wartime shortages and builders' capacity.
A dense political column urges voters to back Labour Party candidates in the upcoming August 7 election and critiques the UAP UCP and other groups. It notes farm policy, rent concerns, and calls for stability under Curtin Labour Government, while stressing support for Labour and implicit opposition to other parties. The piece also records the death of T. W. Garrett, a pioneer Australian cricketer and solicitor, aged 85.
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