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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Jul 14, 1944

Page

2

Belmont Park Opens with Wide Open Handicap Card

Entries include Opera House Cloai Man e Ditherlist Ur swood R antic ae in the opening event while Cannoneer Monisan leads the Belmont Trial Handicap. Cisternos Mondeen Easter Money Ont Park and Jovial Joss White Tip head the other races with Sano and Bettiville Pantive in the welter and other sprints.

W.A.T.C Belmont Park Opera House Cloai Mane Urswood Ranticae Agrion Heyington Cisternos

Robberies Noted at Tailor Shop Priced Suits

A brief item notes a robbery at a tailor shop where thieves sorted suits and spotted a marked price of £10 10s. One robber exclaims the price is a robbery, highlighting the incident with humor rather than detail.

Bert

Pink Pills Promise Health For Anemia Sufferers

An old advertisement touts Dr. Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for pale tired women and girls with anemia. It claims to restore red blood cells, improve nerves, energy, sleep, eyes and skin, and urges trial for those feeling weak and fatigued.

Willan AG Chemicals

World War Struggles and War Loan Drive Highlight 1940 Era

The report notes a hostile Russian advance with Allied offensives in Normandy and Italy. It mentions strategic bombings on mainland Europe, Australia’s second Victory Loan drive aiming for £160 million, and total war financing figures. Domestic political clashes over public campaign spending and trotting disputes are also covered.

Australia Commonwealth Treasury

Perth Trotting Complications Delay New Season Opening

The trotting fans face a recess as nominations remain pending to ensure a successful meeting. Perth's trotting season planned to start August 1 may hinge on developments. Some supporters anticipate a test between owners breeders trainers and the association amid disputed arrangements and a looming referendum. The Attorney General claims voting arrangements are ready for Australian service members, while 30,000 volunteers prisoners of war fearfully face disenfranchisement.

Perth HV. Kyain Nyn Wonten Australia

Expert's Limitations and a Bird Pair Dilemma

A speaker cited a tale of a woman buying birds and asking how to tell mates from females. The salesman explained that male worms eat the female’s worms while the female worms eat the male’s worms, a parable highlighting confusion in defining expertise.

Wade Association America Sue Boly Bin Toomie

War on Sharks Declared by Australian Troops in New Guinea

Lieut Carl Jeppesen of Sydney writes a friend that Australian soldiers in New Guinea have declared war on sharks. He recalls a comrade fatally attacked by a shark and describes a shark taking two pings of gelignite in one bite before a muffled explosion left the animal badly wrecked.

New Guinea Carl Jeppesen Sydney

Swarm Expert Shouted By South Miri Cay Figures

A garbled note from South Miri Cay mentions a Swarm expert and a phrase about Tavonise 4 hint experts. It references business efficiencies and a quoted reply labeled as a reply from an unnamed source. The fragment lacks clear names or dates but hints at an expert consultation context.

Tavonise South Miri Cay

For Sale Farm and Farm Machinery in Western Australia

An auction-like listing advertises a 900 acre well fenced farm at Mt Barker Kendenup with a comfortable house and up to date shearing shed offering 3 dairies 200 acres under clover and 100 acres partly cleared priced at £3250. Also includes a Buick 4 Tourer £110 later £47 10, a 16 McKay Combine a 10 disc Plough and day old White Leghorn Chicks sold from Melville Poultry Farm North Lake Road Melville with August September hatched chicks and a £8 per 100 unsexed £44 per 100. Deposit due with order.

Mt. Barker-Kendenup the General Agency Co Padbury Bldgs Perth Bonnie Doone Chicks Australorp Cross Bonnie Doone Poultry Stud Barrack ST. Perth Congress Cycle Shop Buick McKay IL Sims Mackie S. and N. Campbell Melville Poultey Farm North Lake Road Melville

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