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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
9
Paris displays of spring fabrics emphasize fine wool cloths in silk-like weaves. Highlights include shot wool sarahs wool poplins and wool marocains with twisted yarns resembling lawns. Also shown are striped white wool linens, crepes, gabardines and crepes with vivid color stripes.
In Philadelphia era, Herbert Winegard refused a better job to pursue cancer research at Lankenau. He studied ergoline and diazomethane, an unstable gas with no antidote, died from pneumonia months after pilot results. The Red Cross appeal opened with a 500 pound donation. small gifts aim to reach 30,000 for cancer work.
The Red Cross Society urges public help to fund humanitarian services this year through its March Appeal seeking £30,000. The appeal emphasizes continuing health care relief and aid programs and calls for donor support.
Hollywood director Hank Hankinson searches London for leads to pair with Tyrone Power in The Black Rose. Michael Wilding is eyed for the male part but is tied to Man Running with Hitchcock producing. The Snake Pit faces censorship delays while John Mills eyes his next project The Rocking Horse Winner. Shirley Temple legacy resurfaces with Fox starlets and Shari Robinson as a new box office draw. Alice Faye remains open to screen offers as Darryl Zanuck pursues a romantic project Second Best.
93 year old William George Magrath, famed Australian landowner near Hungerford, seeks Privy Council review of a High Court ruling in a £5000 defamation case against ex Federal Taxation Commissioner L S Jackson. He argues the case costs make victory impractical but worth pursuing. He claims vast holdings in Queensland and NSW and discusses his long career from mining to wool during an extended interview at his Nepean River home.
Informal client reports wife dislocated jaw and asks for doctor arrival within the new week or LW6O. Client requests prompt assistance and confirms contact.
A flexible fabric testing machine from England for CSIR Wool Textile Research Section in Geelong will test wool fabrics. Built by Samuel Denison and Son Ltd Leeds, it applies up to 1200 lbs with constant loading and dial or chart readouts for analysis. Temporary housing at Belmont and Gordon Institute of Technology Geelong hosts researchers until permanent premises are ready.
The 463 acre Invergowne garden farm in the Southern Highlands of NSW, valued around £70,000, owned by Cecil H. Waskins of Australian Iron and Steel and AMP Society chair, is to be offered for sale after Hoskins cites “unfortunate assertions.” The property features 1000 rhododendrons and a rabbit-proof fence. A tragedy occurred January 9 when Hoskins' 4-year-old grandson, Richard Keith Hoskins, drowned at the private swimming pool on Invergowrie.
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