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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
3
The author critiques pro and anti conscription positions, noting shifts in arguments after wartime realities. He highlights profit from limited liability, a Perth based manufacturer's wartime contribution, and fears capital’s push for more sacrifices while praising benefits. General Blamey is cited describing a fools paradise.
The Melrose unit is now made in the West and the Eastern States. Mr. Melrose doubts the East West highway future, leaning to engineers on rain solidifying dust but wary of incessant maintenance. He regrets not funding the Forrest Highway macadamised proposal to create a better Trans route. He praises the work transforming Madura Pass.
A resolution by the National Council of League of Nations Society of Canada urges the Dominion Government to distribute surplus to Europe and buy surplus crops at fair prices. Clergy praise it as Christian statesmanship while politicians press for immediate fair returns to farmers to support Victory Loan efforts. Ontario and Quebec show strong wartime order bases and potential need to back farmers.
A Perth man reputed to possess a spiritual ability locates German raiders thousands of miles away using magnetism and thought transmission. He allegedly informed authorities of raiders near the Marshall and Caroline Islands, while seeking an audience with Prime Minister Menzies to discuss his gift.
Me XN claims to possess a natural gift of seeing German raiders and other ships from afar via a spiritual influence. He says a mysterious film reveals raiders, subs, and battleships, while doctors acknowledge his gifts though he remains unaffiliated. The report notes the delay in transmitting information to authorities.
A carpenter by trade spent life through work and old age overtook him as Mr Mensies turned back at Adelaide, leaving the arrangement unconsummated.
Lady McCallum of Ashfield NSW laments few unwed mothers at the Infants Home, noting 70 children and ongoing adoption. Police report a rise in newborn deaths and discarded bodies across Sydney suburbs since the war, with many cases unrecorded and a £100 reward offered for a case.
An A L F recruit on entering conscription paraded under regulations to make a will and bequeath an estate valued at 50 000 pounds. An Australian National Service League official disclosed the arrangement, noting the League now handles soldiers’ wills on enlistment.
A fragmentary Christmas note asks Santa for what to wish for, hoping there will be fewer waits and more joy. The child mentions toys and presents for dads, and a desire to celebrate without long delays.
A young man, confidence high, tells Betty he would not marry, asking if she objects. She mutters "Dough" as he leaves, while she coughs and wonders why the plan collapsed, ending the scene with his abrupt exit into the night.
A man charged with drunkenness in Hull recalls the nickname Bulldog Drummond from a World War II era Murmansk exchange. An officer, asked to identify the famed figure, jokes that the line for a new book would be Bulldog Drummond, noting the subject’s lack of distinctive personality.
A Perth report details the launch of a Western Australian paper mill led by R. J. Sanderson B. W. Brady and H. B. Brady. The article explains the plant’s innovative pulp process its early production at Subiaco and its potential to boost local industry and exports to meet national needs.
A Fortune survey finds most Americans reluctant to send forces immediately to defend far eastern outposts including Australia Singapore and the Burma Road. About 65 percent favor delaying action until a direct threat arises, with support varying by place and context.
The Vatican radio aired, without comment, a German creed praising Hitler as divine and linking service to the Führer with divine service for God. The text claims the German blood as divine creative force and Hitler as the Messiah, a claim tied to prewar statements and a London Primrose League talk.
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