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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
2
The form guide outlines the WATC Summer meeting program for Saturday, listing how horses finished in their last three metropolitan starts along with selections for the race card. It notes the top contenders and odds, helping bettors assess which runners may perform best on the day.
The rural labour supply requires full employer cooperation to notify engagements and terminations promptly to the National Service Officer. For any period exceeding twenty eight days, notification must occur within seven days, and if employment ends after twenty eight days, termination must also be notified within seven days. Applies to workers aged fourteen plus and covers broad rural tasks including farming, catching, care, and processing. Breach endangers producers and national manpower management.
Wartime notes report aid landings in Malta behind German lines and a New Zealand Australia postwar cooperation pact. A Russian push near Leningrad shatters German lines while U S War Secretary predicts Japan collapse in New Guinea. A Perth housing crisis and butter ration anxieties dominate, with rationing woes upsetting a once cheerful butcher and debates over cream impounding and price controls.
The Direct General of Manpower has fixed the date for receiving all rural industry labour requests. Deputy Director General H. T. Stafford says many applications have arrived and will be dealt with, but any delays must be sent immediately. Before Army releases, civilian labour sources must be exhausted by Manpower and War Agricultural Committees, making civilian labour applications a necessary preliminary for releases.
The owner trainer of Saint Warden dodges questions about travel to Adelaide for the Port Adelaide Cup, insisting he did nothing wrong. Inspectors questioned travel details but he offered no specifics, praising the horse’s fitness and hinting at a quick, safe sale plans. Saint Warden opened at 5 to 2, with rumours of a 7 to 2 price, amid media scrutiny of the voyage and its secrecy.
A fragmented prompt listing numerous regional Australian newspapers and advertising tips. It references Readers' Market sections and advises checking available ads for poultry plants vegetables and other goods, noting that not everything is fully shown in every listing.
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