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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
3
Advert reads that thousands rely on Hearne's Bronchitis Cure to relieve coughs and colds. It claims to break up phlegm soothe throat membranes and ease bronchial irritation for chest conditions and fly coughs. Available in bottles priced 2 shillings 6 pence and 4 shillings 6 pence. Start taking it today.
An appeal outlines a patriotic concert at Government House Ballroom featuring Lord Lurgan and John Douglas Todd with Australian artist support. Tickets priced 5/-, 3/-, and 2/-. Proceeds Benefit the Canny Comforts Fund and Red Cross. Audience urged to donate stamps or money via PPC secretary at ABC St Georges Terrace Perth.
A large crowd attended a Moral Rearmament event at Perth Town Hall with speeches from civic leaders and church representatives. Attendees included Sir Val Cotebatch and Miss Gillespie, among others, as the gathering emphasized courage to combat evil.
A speech by Sir Tal Calvert and supporters promotes Moral Rearmament, urging courage and unity as Germany's defeat ends. It recalls experiences of concentration camps near Berlin and calls for peacetime reconstruction through absolute love, unselfishness, hospitality, and purity.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a harber technician asking a customer about a drink and a joking comparison to a hetaaiy with unsteady feet, reflecting late temper in a US setting. The readable text reveals a strained exchange with unusual spellings and unclear context.
A fragmentary text notes a nervy, despondent mood with disrupted phrases and unidentified names. The garbled lines mention Mr Et, Wataputan, and others in an unclear context, suggesting a disrupted record or OCR corruption from a historical page.
The Australian Wheat Hoard outlines total sales of about 4 million bushels at an average price, with plans to distribute sacks to drawers for the season. The board will handle shipments, storage costs, and incidental expenses, while contractors and commissions set handling charges and price fixing.
A terse wartime style exchange shows Private Riggs and Private Migge discussing a puzzling note about soil and ridges. The dialogue hints at a coded or cryptic training moment with a playful banter between soldiers.
An old advertisement touts Heenzo as a money saving chest nose and throat remedy. It claims internal use for coughs croup and throat irritation and suggests antiseptic drops for catarrh and colds. Some wording is garbled but presents the product as a quick acting multi use remedy with a claimed taste benefit when mixed with water.
Describes a hydraulic ram as a momentum driven pump that uses falling water to raise water to a higher level. Water accelerates until the impulse valve closes causing a pressure surge to push water into an air chamber. The air compresses then expands, closing the valve and allowing excess water to escape through the discharge pipe as the cycle repeats.
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