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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1945
Page
4
Mrs Cunnold has no daughter at Pemberton Hospital while Mrs Deol showcases a newborn daughter. Miss Matehtitehie remains unnamed in hospital but improving. Mr Sredell and Mr Gardner are reported as dying well and Charlie Young shows cautious progress amid unclear details.
The Saturday Youth Club dance was a success both in attendance and finances. A profit of about £8 was realized with music by Burney's Band and Mr AL Barness serving as master of ceremonies.
Mr S Young and two children are visitors to the town. Miss Jean Simpson is home during holidays. Mr Big Rann has returned to Perth after a holiday visit with his parents in Pemberton. The engagement is announced between James Nichols of Pemberton and Jean Green, also of Pemberton.
A large gathering in Boyup Brook celebrated Miss Patricia Smiths 21st birthday with dancing by the local band and a supper by Mrs M G Smith. Patricia lit 21 candles on a decorated cake as Mr Smith thanked guests and the band for their volunteer performance. Also noted were visits, holidays, and local cricket results, including DiminuP defeating Boyup Brook by an innings and 12 runs.
The Forestry team lost to local lads with a score of 12 goals 6 behinds to 8 goals 4 behinds. The game will be played again next Sunday, with hopes the visitors fare better.
A boy at the swimming pool faced danger as he ventured into deep water. Billy Hammond, though a learner, acted quickly grabbing the swimmer by the hair and towing him to safety. Congratulations are offered to Billy for the prompt act.
Deputy Commissioner M D Mears warns promoters to register at the Post Office at least seven days before events. Tax is due on all admissions and officials will supply registration forms and official tax tickets. The master will return a form with ticket usage to the Taxation Department.
A local repertory club plans an evening of old time music at Boyup Brook featuring Bridgetown Repertory on tour. Performers include Shem Tolteme Dy teeesern VWs and others, with a varied program of songs and tunes as part of a community entertainment night by the river.
Australian heavies took part in a November 21 1944 raid on Ruhr oil plants and key railway nodes near Aschaffenburg. Lancasters and Halifaxes supported the advancing French Army while master bombers, including Australians, directed daylight and night attacks to maximize destruction and accuracy.
An Australian Lancaster squadron marked its first birthday on November 20s, 1944, with past and present members gathering. Formed November 25, its first CO was Wing Commander Rollo Kingsford Smith, now led by Wing Commander W. A. Forbes. In the year the unit flew two million miles, dropped thousands of bombs, and earned multiple decorations. The squadron bombed Berlin 14 times last winter and supported D Day preparations in 1944.
Spitfire bombers from an Australian squadron of Fighter Command attacked V2 launching sites in occupied Holland on November 21 and 26, 1944. Leader 8/Ldr Ernest Bean dive bombed from 9000 feet, hitting a storage and launching area. Pilot W R Bennett reported bombs landing in a clearing and later cannon fire. On November 23 the target was camouflaged in woods, but aircraft dove and released bombs dead center, followed by concentrated cannon and machine gun fire. Ernest Esau led further ground strafing to cover the area with shells exploding around sheltered equipment.
A wartime report recalls a raid on a Paris area marshalling yard where a radio warning to close bomb doors was ignored. Lancasters and Halifax aircraft carried out a successful bombing despite the hostile interference attempt, illustrating a clever yet unoriginal ploy to disrupt railway disruption efforts.
An order issued by Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr Scully under the National Security Apple and Pear Acquisition Regulations provides Commonwealth ownership of the 144 1945 season crops in Western Australia and Tasmania from January 1, 1946. All apples and pears from commercial growers in WA and Tasmania after January 19 45 fall under the Australian Apple and Pear Marketing Board. An exception covers Williams Bon Chretien pears for canning. New season fruit harvested before January 1 1946 held by retailers remains unaffected if sold retail before January 32.
The steady subscriber is praised for paying in advance and supporting the newspaper with loyalty. Arrangements are reported to obtain 10,000 tractors for Australia, mostly from the United States under lend lease, with some from France.
Printed and published by JA Pais for Tote Bro. Ltd at their office on Stem Street Bridgetown.
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