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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 28, 1942
Page
3
An article by Mr. C F H Jenkins outlines common garden pests attacking vegetables, especially cabbage family crops. It covers pests like caterpillars and aphids, discusses arsenate of lead and nicotine sprays, kerosene emulsions, dusts, and cultural controls, and notes the need to avoid poisons near harvest and to destroy weed hosts to reduce mite and pest pressures.
Report from the Department of Agriculture notes across Europe facing serious shortages of farm labour and equipment. With much farm work by women and children, U.S. manpower mobilization may not hit as hard. April measures aim to restore normal acreage and mobilize civilian labor.
The report discusses incendiary methods and the debate over using water or fine spray to extinguish fires versus creating more severe effects. It notes a shortage of horses and oxen due to German agricultural regulations and mentions large numbers of foreign volunteers and prisoners conscripted for wartime farming and mobilization efforts.
A boy named Bluey accepts a carpet from a merchant with a sly smile and flies above a city. The rooftop gardens and white houses streak past as the carpet soars, Bluey watching the scene like a crow.
A WW II airbase scene features Lt Wilson and Lt Robert T Shellico detailing a perilous flight as bombing runs unfold. The narrator recalls reading a girlfriend’s letter during a tense sortie while Allied aircraft support from the front lines continues. The account mentions Chippewa and Apache ancestry among Shellie relatives and a veteran’s reflection on the mission.
Sydney report highlights rising living costs and hardship among incapacitated soldiers of 1914-18 and their dependents. Advocates, led by Returned Soldiers League figures, press for maintained or increased war pensions, citing wives, widows, and veterans facing severe financial strain and health challenges.
A fragmented OCR item references faces described as white like ghosts and mentions names and terms such as Williams, Paik, Rene Menese, and Dr Williams, with scattered phrases about a seminar or meeting and a jumble of words resembling notes or dialogue.
Native Law Commissioner Maude returns from inland review and describes new penalties for maritime and social offenses on the island. Sailors face fines, breeding goats incur fines, and underage smoking is penalized. Voters who neglect duties face fines, and salaries for local officials are set, chief magistrate at 36 pounds a year and policemen at 18 pounds monthly.
A twelve year old boy in New South Wales speaks of inventing devices to guard his mother in case of Japanese invasion. He describes odd props and a homemade gas mask concept, assembled from a Ned Kelly gun and other scraps, reflecting wartime survival fantasies and speculative gadgetry.
Fragmented OCR text mentions tobacco auctioneers and a hill legislature but readability is poor. Core entities include tobacco, auctioneers, legislature, and unclear names. No clear event, date, or outcome readable.
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