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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
9
A US laboratory test shows a car can act as a lightning cage during a 3,000,000 volt discharge. The engineer drove the car through a man made storm with passengers unharmed, save for a small scorched spot on the roof.
The council plans extended wildlife research including rabbits and the urd kangaroo to curb pest damage estimated at millions. Myxomatosis was explored but not readily transmissible. study aims to develop safer control methods. Debris from Bran Court Garage after a storm, a fireball explosion injured a 60 year old woman.
The National Automobile Dealers Association estimates 7.3 million unfilled passenger car orders on dealers books. At current production pace, it would take 26 months to exhaust these orders.
Recorded items include wine glasses as instruments, an iron-nail violin, musical boxes with a Mozart piece, combs, electrical vibration devices, gurdy organs, children's toys, hand-bells, saw celli, and string instruments dating back 600 years.
A compiled notice appears across several regional titles including Bridgetown Advocate and North Midland Times. It records routine civic items, small notices, and community markers, with no single dominant event.
SOUTH AFRICA introduces a sprinbok head brand for wool bale classing. Only registered classers may use it, inspected clips must meet National Woolgrowers' standards, and repeated noncompliance may revoke the brand and the classer's certificate.
The wool board outlines that badly classified wool may be delisted from bales bearing the springbok head mark and require deletion before resale. Bales must clearly indicate contents, and the mark denotes correct classification to standard. Mr J H Moorman urged industrywide understanding of the mark's meaning and its link to quality standards.
John Hilton of London, a 75 year old former rubber worker, inherited a 20 room mansion and a £227000 fortune but awaits access due to legal complications. He laments constant solicitors letters, pressure from unknown relatives, and lack of relief for his wife’s medical costs while predicting the wealth will go to charity after their deaths.
Mickey Rooney and Betty Jane Rose plan marriage as divorce nears final. Rooney engaged to Martha Vickers while Betty Jane marries Buddy Baker. Randell denies divorce rumors amid career notes with Columbia. Lana Turner suffers a miscarriage. Bob Topping is RH positive, Lana RH negative. Ava Gardner earns orchid distinction among six actresses.
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