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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
11
Belated and light rainfall shifts mood from bleak to hopeful as the region faces the weather gamble. The piece notes how winter timing affects state prosperity and city industry, stressing the farmer’s ready work versus other producers when rain is delayed.
Two rival Tokyo factions push to reshape the Emperor's center estate seeking a public park and new mansion options. One group wants Hirohito removed to a suburban mansion while the other would keep half the grounds with the palace. The dispute highlights public crowding and urban redevelopment in postwar Japan.
Richard Ace Brundage a one time Seattle volunteer firefighter confessed to setting four fires. He said the siren’s sound calmed his nerves after he lit the blazes. Investigators linked his actions to the arsons in the city.
The piece notes Hirohito’s unknown opinions while palace fish still face poaching in the moat. Guards are described as applying the Nelson touch, illustrating a shift in times and attitudes toward such scenes.
The International Wool Secretariat launches a wool course for buyers staff trainees and sales staff in UK shops. Government leaders cite foreign shoppers in British wool textile markets and urge shop assistants to gain product knowledge. The program offers handcarding spinning warping and weaving with a Brains Trust for questions.
Beans were flown to Sydney from Brisbane to combat vegetable shortages caused by floods. The photograph shows freight loaders unloading bags of beans at Mascot.
A quiz style prompt lists multiple word meaning questions from wood to liqueur and philosophy. It includes items about ligneous, taffrail, pedometer, wizard, stoep, maraschino, utopian, plantain, philhe, and slogan origins with a string of garbled characters appended.
In Charleston, a woman filed for divorce citing repeated kicks by her husband. The court denied the request after the judge observed the husband had only one leg, affecting assessment of the case.
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