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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
fragmented notice appears to ask for agents and free samples of a product named RENU LIQUID. text references country agents and mentions multiple unclear terms suggesting solicitation. no clear person organization or location identified.
A New South Wales firm blends shark catching with pig feeding at its Blacktown piggery. Partners Mr. C. N. Goodwin and his brother Mr. Cecil Goodwin note England uses fish meal for stock while Australia still relies on meat meal. The plant aims to commercialize shark byproducts.
National stability rested largely on primary production says Minister for Agriculture Major A. D. Reid M.Kcy to the Junior Farmers Club Council in Sydney Show Week. He praised the movement for fostering improved farming methods among young farmers. Director of Agriculture A. H. E McDonald urged Junior Farmers not to exhaust soil without replenishment.
A Western Australia plant uses a new machine to cook sharks and produce meat in one operation. Only the head livers and fins are removed while the rest is ground fine. The head is discarded for glue content and fins are dried for the Chinese community. From the liver comes valuable fish oil. many sharks inhabit local waters awaiting capture.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research reports field tests on Wardang Island show the virus largely fails to control rabbit populations under natural conditions. Infected rabbits die after two to three days, usually stay within a Warren, and natural spread remains limited. Researchers note infectivity barriers and consider insect transmission as a distant possibility.
Eighteen Ayrshire cows in America exceed 5 000 lb fat with six over 6 000 lb fat while milking three times daily. Leading cow Sir Robert's Maddalena produced 6 572 lb fat and 149 375 lb milk, and Grand Master Maddalena of Masonic Home Farm qualifies for the 100 000 lb club with 100 872 lb milk and 37 3 percent fat at ten years old.
Western Australia farmer Mr. M. Love, a 37 year veteran based on 42 acres at Melville near North Lake Road, operates over 4,000 birds with a Petersime incubator capable of 13 104 eggs per batch. The setup includes advanced temperature control, automatic turning, and dual heat systems, with battery brooders and all-metal Australian brooders heated by hot water.
A detailed look at Craigend a major poultry farm showing a 4000 bird capacity with a 12 hp motor driving a wet mash mixer chaffcutter and gristing machine. Leghorns Australorps and Rhode Island Reds thrive with automatic pens water systems and extensive land for natural feeding. Foxes are deterred by strong fencing and watchdogs as the property stands among the state’s largest and earliest egg producers.
Grain and Jarvis unravel a plot to seize Hilary's fortune through a sham engagement and guardianship ruse. Past crimes resurface as their scheme collides with LeStrange's suspicions and a hunt for missing papers. The clock ticks as the Richmond drawing room scene hints at peril and exposure.
In Adelaide interview Jo HL Curle, mining engineer and author, criticizes workers drink culture and asserts miners must save wages to become capitalists. He warns against mining life hazards and condemns sensational claims about miners while misgivings about his own reporting linger.
A West Australian police report notes a recovered stolen motorcycle eleven to seventeen months after its disappearance, highlighting the challenges of tracing mobile crime assets and contrasting vehicle theft penalties with cash theft. The piece also critiques inflated air service titles and quotes Mrs. J J Thompson in Perth on social snobbery, contrasting highbrow and lowbrow culture.
J L Hodge argues the fat lamb industry is hurt by a limited supply of cross bred ewes. He recommends forming long-colled rams with robust merino types to retain ewes for sale to nearer fat lamb raisers, while selling drop wethers as fat lambs.
The report compares 1938 wheat production to 1937 across continents. Canada nearly doubles to 358 million bushels, the United States rises by 66 million, Africa falls overall, Asia increases 9 percent, and the Southern Hemisphere shows higher output in Argentina.
A Daily Press correspondent suggests solutions for marketing fresh fruit in Western Australia. Proposals include a state wide growers association with compulsory enrolment a growers council to set standards and prices quotas and elimination of inferior grades a system of factory processing and direct supply by growers restricting non exportable varieties and re working unsuitable varieties and amending the Transport Act to allow hawkers to sell in country districts. The association is not yet established statewide but is expected to be formed soon.
The passage mocks a supposed class of highbrow thinkers who dismiss practical topics and seek like minded companions. It argues that many bright minds grow self important and detached, leading to a detached patchwork of thought far from empathy with real life and people.
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