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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
3
A fragment describes a district opening and a promise of 13000 pounds. Mr Attles praises a club linked to heroic camp spirit. Mentions a memorial for 244 and a plan to build a hall in a great industrial city. Other cities consider child hospitals and parks as part of commemorative efforts.
Western Australian Department of Agriculture reports that short tails raise crutch strike risk in sheep. Optimal dock length places the tail tip just below the vulva, with six to right inches after growth. Breeding and mules operation reduce predisposition, while the Paddock Crutcher aids field work in preventing fly strike and crutching.
Extracts from talks on the BBC overseas transmissions discuss London as a site for a planned international exhibition of freedom and culture. The excerpts cover wartime resistance, echoes of Churchill, and cross cultural views from A G Street and Ralph Parker on humanist writers and shared wisdom with Russia.
The British Minister for Agriculture, Mr T Williams, outlined a national move to expand artificial insemination across herds to improve breeding quality. He cited Reading and Cambridge efforts, aims for self supporting centres at low fees, and government finance to underwrite early-stage centres while noting ongoing trials in Denbighshire and insights from North America and Denmark.
Mr L V Toyne tells the U S Consulate in Sydney that soil conservation measures and strip cropping shield farm land from another Dust Bowl while land consolidation aids living standards. In Melbourne, Alec Stanton defeats Ron McAulley by technical knockout in a 12 round bout at the VAG grounds after a hard early exchange and decisive late attack.
A report cites the Nuffield Foundation offering Cambridge University £20000 for studies into behavior at different ages by Professor F C Bartlett, with potential £18000 more. Separately, India faces famine risk with possible grain imports of over 2 million tons needed. famine could threaten tens of thousands amid rice and millet crop declines.
Breweries in Kent race to produce bright green beer for Londoners with other colours planned. The craze aims to break monotony with festive hues while drinkers may avoid dull visuals, though reaction in Australia is skeptical as one commenter dismisses green beer even on St Patrick’s Day.
An ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for worry and fatigue. It claims they restore red blood cells and iron to normal levels, boosting oxygen delivery to nerves and tissues to renew vigor and ease sleep, appetite, and mood.
The American Way Home television highlights technicolour signals and real time event coverage as war time equipment brings moving pictures to viewers. TV sets rise from 7,000 receivers to millions this year, with prices from 75 to 2 dollars and wages driving costs. Household servants wages cited. Also notes near term car manufacturing shifts toward plastic bodies and rear engines anticipated within two years, boosting braking and steering.
Merit’s bout ended early when a gash near Barry Samper’s eyebrow forced retirement in the second round. Referee Dr J OR K McMillan oversaw the card as Bert Lockyer beat Ron Brearley on points and Jack Thompson lost to Bill Innes while Joe Clark drew with Mickey Callahan in an eight round journey marked by speed and power.
Australian welterweight champion Vic Patrick defeated Tommy Burns in the ninth round, holding his four-year title. Burns pressed early and appeared to trouble Patrick until the seventh round, then weakened under punishment and was counted out by referee Joe Wallis in the ninth. A large Sydney crowd, many women, followed the bout as Burns’ film-star looks drew fan admiration.
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