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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Feb 03, 1949

Page

9

Record Team Arrino-Mingenew-Yandanooka to Play Iikcorda

Record teams Arrino Mingenew Yandanooka to play Iikcorda Bridgetown Bruce Rock Carnamah Central Midlands Cunderdin Goomatling Harvey Mornington Hills Hotham Valley Kimberley Manjimup Merredin Morawa Mt Barker Mullewa Murray Districts Norseman Northam Northcliffe North Eastern Districts Northern Districts Nor West and Murchison Quairading South Midlands Tambellup Cranbrook Toodyay Upper Blackwood Wongyn Ballidu Wubine Buntine Wyalkatchem York passable listing of towns and districts for a regional competition schedule.

Arrino-Mingenew Bencub Iikcorda Bridgetown Bruce Rock Carnamah Central Midlands Cunderdin Goomatling Harvey-Mornington Hills Hotham Valley Kimberley Manjimup Merredin Morawa Mt. Barker Mullewa Murray Districts Norseman Northam Northcliffe North Eastern Northern Districts Nor'West Murchison Quairading South Midlands Tambellup Cranbrook Toodyay Upper Blackwood Wongyn-Ballidu Wubine-Buntine Wyalkatchem York

Record Country Week cricket entry topped at 58 teams

An all time high entry of 58 teams will compete in the Country Week cricket carnival in Perth opening February 8. Over 1000 players from across the state will play one day games, with qualifying through February 15 and finals over the last three days.

Perth Nelson Cricket Club D. Williams W. Lightly C. C. Keyser H. Johnson W. MclLean G. Hewitt Goldfields and Beverley W.A.C.A Northam Goldfields Eastern Goldfields

Tangle of 1940s Hollywood Romances and Production Ploys

The era’s gossip centers on Keenan Wynn and Betty Jane Butler fleeing to Mexico, Clark Gable planning a Europe tour, and Nick Ray plus Joe Losey on the set. Howard Hawks and RKO loom as Selznick and Warner interests weigh a major production deal including Jennifer Jones.

Keenan Wynn Mexico Betty Jane Butler van Johnsons Wynn Keenan Betty Jane van Johnson Johnson Clark Gable Europe Mervyn le Roys Gable Drish Bynum Nick Ray Joe Losey Howard Hawks RKO Warners David O Selznick Productions Selznick Jennifer Jones Selanick Warner

Fragmentary regional notices from scattered papers

A garbled OCR mix lists many newspaper names and places across a wide region. Only fragments remain, with unreadable dates and events, making it hard to identify a single coherent local item or outcome.

Hoboken duo caught after stealing a wave

Dorothy Cantor and David Drysdale attempted a theft described as a wave grab but botched the escape when they flagged down a police car they mistook for a taxi. Local authorities say no one was harmed and the pair are in custody.

N Hoboken Dorothy Cantor David Drysdale

Devious Ferkville Fortune Teller Uses White Mice

A local feature describes a fortune teller in Ferkville New York using white mice to pull horoscope envelopes from a box. The piece notes a camera with 50 million magnifying power was used by Imperial College of Science in a study related to atoms.

New Yorks Imperial College of Science Rae

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