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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1947
Page
9
An editorial reflects on the Christmas story in a stable with Mary and Joseph and Jesus born on the first Christmas Day. It urges detaching from hate and fear for a few minutes to foster goodwill, friendship, and helpfulness, wishing readers and their families peace and happiness.
In Basutoland a chief Mahlolo Lerotholi faced dismissal and sought help from a witch doctor. A brew using living flesh of a nine year old girl Malefu Guda was used in rites to sustain his rule. After police arrested the witch doctor and villagers, ten locals were hanged.
A fish called Gambusia Affinis, released by Yamba locals to curb malaria, is praised for eradicating mosquitoes but blamed as a dangerous scavenger that preys on fish eggs and small river life. Australian experts warn of its aggressive impact beyond its mosquito control.
A report notes Gambusia Affinis was introduced to control pests but spread widely, triggering a freshwater menace in Australia. The text links Caribbean and Brazilian origins to widespread infestation affecting aquatic life.
The secretary of the Aquarium Society of NSW warns Gambusia Affinis could invade Australia harming aquatic life in rivers and estuaries. Authorities fear the species may spread via waterways and threaten marine ecosystems including salt coastal waters.
The Montreal City League of Decency launches a crusade against immorality over Xmas holidays focusing on skiers. It promotes 1948 calendars without nude imagery and urges abstention from drinking during holiday outings. It warns against hotel theatre and factory parties as sources of moral decline while endorsing skiing as sport.
A fragment from Lord Chesterfield’s letters notes a quart of soup and two pounds of potatoes as enough to curb impatience at breakfast during wartime rationing. The remark reflects British endurance and frugal wit amid hardship.
Last week the Evening Standard offered a digest of macaronics mocking the government. The verse complains of duds in power and a rationing regime that would cut chips while forcing Brits to live on fish and Cripps.
American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski plans to hew a 400 foot high 700 foot wide granite mountain into a colossal statue of Sioux warrior chief Crazy Horse astride a wild stallion. He has purchased the mountain and intends to devote his life to the project.
Alolkowski claims Gutzon Baan assisted by Stone Face Glolkowsk in carving Mount Rushmore busts of Washington Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. The statue would honor an Indian tribe that never surrendered, linked to Crazy Horse and the Sioux in a war ending in defeat of American troops at Custer's Last Stand.
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