Perth Racing Schedule and Notable Horses at W A Turf Club
Major races head the Perth program on Saturday March 4 with the Geraldton Maiden Handicap seven furlongs and the Albany and Narrogin handicaps. Frangus, once out of form, shows a return to speed while Chetham and Chatham boast strong pedigrees and past wins. The February 26 Gloucester Park final features Association Handicap contenders and additional divisions with cash prizes and fastest-time awards for eligible horses.
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Geraldton
Welding Frangus
Francis
Headquarters
Framgus
Chesham
Gloucester Park
Association
W.A. Bressery
Hives’ Produce
Tm Norse
Tea Coupons for Children Draw Scrutiny Across Ration Rules
The Rationing Commission sticks to regulations denying tea coupons to children under nine. A mother born in October failed to obtain ten coupons when her daughter turned nine, as she had not reached nine by June 5, 1943. Australia’s tea warehouses are cited as not overriding rules and public service attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tna
Australia
Two Parties Compete Over Wartime Policy in 1940
In 1940 the Republican Party urged a large armament buildup and Britain aid, while the Communist Party declared antiwar, anti- Imperialist policy opposing war loans and munitions shipments, marking a sharp partisan split in US foreign policy debates. Times report contrasts Pravda’s view with American party positions.
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Pravda
United States
Republican Party
Hitler
France
Britain
London
Congress
Communist Party of the United States
XY “Times
Shovels and Size Speak in an Old Labourer Banter
A brief fragment shows a comic exchange about a shovel and a speaker’s claim of a spear matches the size of your hovels. The labourer counters with disbelief, highlighting cross dialect humor.
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Guy
Labourer
America
Disturbing War News and WA Public Affairs
War updates include heavy raids on Leipzig with 79 bombers and claims of extensive destruction. Reports of Finland and Russia peace preliminaries and resignations from the War Advisory Council. US naval action against Japan’s largest SW Pacific base. Distinct tribute to R S Smee MLA killed last week. Ward scandal in Australian Parliament. enrolment deadline for Legislative Council elections and concerns over state rights and voter turnout.
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Fri
S.W. Pacific
R. S. Smee
Western Australia
Sampson
Hall-Marke
Ward
Legislative Council
State Ts
Commonwealth
Occupied Europe Finds 40 Million Under 15 Alive
The International Labour Office pamphlet from Washington reports 40,000,000 children under fifteen in occupied Europe remain alive but face severe shortages. Food, clothing, housing, fuel, and sanitation deficiencies push mortality and hinder growth and health, with lifelong impacts. Hitler’s regime will be destroyed, yet its cruel mark will persist on Europe’s races and future generations.
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International Labour Office
Washington
Europe
Hitler
Berlin Memories of a Once Loved City and Its Nazi Shadow
A reflective memoir of Berlin from the perspective of a native, who recalls the city’s charm from Tiergarten to Unter den Linden, the Reichstag days, and the social life in Berlins pubs and parks. The author contrasts prewar life with the Nazi era, fears bombings, and declares estrangement from Berlin as the Nazis divide people and force exile.
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Berlin
Imperial Palace
Unter den Linden
Germany
Scheidemann
Berlin Schloss
Alexander Platz
Fromt
Reichstag
Tiergarten
Grunewald
Unter Det Zelien
Imuihary
Biergarten
Siemens
Kurfwerstendamm
V A O C Aids Vengeance Dive Bomber Intercept
Western Australian V A U L posts enabled a lost Wajkee Vengeance dive bomber to be intercepted by a fighter and land safely. The two crewed plane followed an erratic course across Merredin and Yorke, with special alerts issued to track its path and guide a Boomerang pilot to scramble and intercept. The mission ended with a safe landing at its base.
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V.au.l
Tuink
V.ao.c
Sand
Jst
Merredin
Yorke
Meat Rationing Booklet Scrapped in NSW Report
A NSW ministerial report notes more than copies of a booklet on meat rationing by Senator Keane were scrapped. The work titled Planning Meat Ration Meals covered many pages but was withdrawn mainly due to revisions in the rationing scheme. No official cost or justification was provided.
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Serlin
Aidlion
Alexander Platz
Moabit
Spree
ADV
Merchant Seamen's Comforts Fund
Mission To Seamen
Fremantle
Patriotic Fund
Bunbury
Geraldton
Merchant Seamen's Comforts
Cliff Street
6FR
Merchant Seamen’s Comforts Fund
FREI
W. Clift
New South Wales
Minister For Trade and Customs
Jann
Keane
Sage
Canberra
Match-boxes to reappear in months after wartime gap
Match boxes with two striking surfaces, kept off the Australian market since early in the war, are expected to reappear within three or four months.
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Australia
Classifieds Seek Fair Prices For Used Items in Regional Papers
Advertisers describe sought items with brief details of size and condition and state a asking price. Listings appear across papers such as The Eastern Recorder The Tuesday Herald The Bridgetown Advocate Bridgetown Mail The Northern Grazier Miner The Avon Argus Pioneer The Mullewa Mail Magnet The Botup Brook Bulletin and others. It's a uniform ad format for local buys and sales.
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Kallerberries
Toouyay Herald
Bridgetown Advocate
Bridge
Manjimup Mail
Northern Grazier & Miner
Leanere
Avon Argus
Conderding
Mullewa Mail & Magnet
Botup Brook
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THE
SAVOY
Gordon Hack
Propri
Bulletin
B24
Chas. Watson & CO
Barrack Street
Perth
Sharp
A_N_PERCIVAL
Western Australian Turf Club
Hj, Mulder
W.A. Turf Club
Frangus
Chetham
Chatham
Golden Wings
Whittingham
Johnnie Jason
Hay Street
Bennett Street
Children’s
Vasual
Royal Air Force
Jit
Leipsig
Ger
Finland
Russia
Messrs. Menzies and Hughes
the War Advisory Council
Labour
Labour Movement
Mr Ward
el Lei
Ee Et Saat
Murray
Seered Ll E
Babylon
Waserkopf
Bernn
der Berliner
PEM
V.A.O.C
Erires
C.A.V
M. J. Bateman Ltd
A Milligan ST
Eriraa
Our Country
United Pima
May Street
Noges
Omechind Loyd
Wetton
Glasufien
Tivertina
USA
Pinjarra
Midlands Advocate
Weekly Gazette
Souturen Sentinel
Rosenstamm Pty, Ltd
King Street
Lesthey
Hotel Australia
Ares
G.P
Frank Gullfoyli Prieter
Bones
Robb
Glendenning & CO
Vine Motors
Macfarlane& Co.Ltd
Murray ST
James Goss
William Street
United Press Ltd
W.A. Local Government
United Press, Ltd
Delaware
Albany
R. Bell & CO
Goldfields Club
Ken Angel
Dr. Pier
Wellington
Nerseggieeetee
Rinvestrsenervestre
United Investment Office
Hayst
Parkerville
United Press
Tom Jones
Charles St
North Perth
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