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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
5
The fragmentary text features light exchanges including Mrs Neo and Mrs Brown about a lost bearing and a book titled How to Live a Hundred Years. A French vignette shows a father urging his son at age 32 to pass his examination and begin practice as a lawyer.
The Young Companions Club offers a January welcome to readers with New Year resolutions and puzzles. Tips encourage school effort and helping at home, followed by knowledge questions, jokes, and tongue twisters aimed at older readers.
A reflective verse urging kindness and aid to others in the new year. It calls for smoothing pathways, bearing responsibility, resisting greed, keeping faith, and living boldly with courage. The speaker pledges to act as a friend, not selfishly.
Amast readers are urged to write letters to Uncle Hugh for a forthcoming club mail bag. Members may send news jokes riddles and items for prize consideration. A full page of news is acceptable and the best letter will be published.
Notice asks readers to send birth dates to Uncle Hugh about a fortnight before their birthday so he can send greetings in this column. The informal request targets residents expected to participate.
The note expresses condolences to John regarding his grandmother. It wishes for her speedy recovery and closes with a warm farewell.
A light exchange between friends unfolds around Christmas. One mentions thinking of the other, prompting a playful reply that they spent the day at the zoo. The simple note captures holiday bonding and a curious indooroutdoor outing.
A mother tells her son they will be away for a fortnight at the coast after a long tram journey. Children are urged to write a holiday story set beside the sea, include age name and address, and submit by February 14 for prizes with winning work to appear in the Companions' Session.
A narrator describes a surreal scene where a dignified stranger sits in the armchair reading the paper while the narrator's family interactions unfold. Judith treats the visitor as a father figure and encourages gentleness, and the narrator realizes the importance of listening to children as the tables turn.
An unnamed speaker comforts a child named Peter and confirms his identity after a long day. Judith questions a typist Miss Green and notes a tense, patrollike domestic scene. The dialogue hints at a crucial revelation about who the speaker is and why they seek quiet.
A tense domestic scene unfolds as Dewn pounds the engine under a table and knocks it against an arm-chair. Judith chides Peter for carelessness while criticizing his ledger work at the office. The old engine stalls and sparks tension.
Step by step note describes draining the tank, removing the filler neck with a wrench, disconnecting the feed line, and sawing through rusty hanger bolts to drop the tank. It outlines disconnecting the gauge wire and replacing two inexpensive hanger straps, claiming a six minute removal time.
An equity talk broadcast by Carlyle Ferguson argues against centralising federal power at the expense of Western Australia. The piece notes a States Rights League meeting to shape a response to potential moves toward centralised governance and cites public opinion leaning toward self government and regional control. It highlights two faults in Australian governance: party recognition and widespread governmental ignorance of environment and thought laws. It urges self governance, local thought, and service over politicised administrations.
Speaker recalls a peculiar theft claim where a person says fifty three articles were taken, including a pack of cards and a corkscrew, amid a bizarre exchange about braces and a rusty buckle. The dialogue appears in a Scandinavian newspaper fragment.
Readers are informed that Clarksons, renowned builders' requisites supplier, has opened an up to date branch at 104 High Street Fremantle opposite Coles. The Perth office remains at 94 William Street. Visits or postal inquiries are welcome at either establishment.
On the estuary of River Murray the Westwood Guest House is newly erected and up-to-date. It offers excellent table and accommodation one minute from the bridge near the Post Office with convenient boating and bathing. Phone Mandurah 5. Miss J A Laing Pinjarra Road.
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