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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1944
Page
3
W. P. Bradshaw of 971 Hay Street Perth accepts responsibility for all matters relating to the Star's elections in that Lane not otherwise acknowledged.
The Minister for Commerce Mr Scully announced guaranteed prices for oats and grain sorghum. Producers will receive 2d per bushel for oats at grower sidings and 3/7 per bushel for grain sorghum at grower sidings. The report notes other agricultural tips and safety reminders, including hay baling benefits, nitrate of soda fire risks, and breeding guidance for fowl and livestock.
Miss Ke Schramm, air reporting officer at Tumby Bay VAAC, aided crews of three aircraft forced down near her post in eight months. She began VAOC duties after her father, a former Observer, died. The most recent incident involved a twin engined trainer forced to land southwest of her post. crew uninjured and cared for with local help until unit arrival.
Notice to occupiers of factories shops and warehouses that all registrations under the Factories and Shops Act 2037 expired on December 3 last and applications for renewal should be submitted to the office of the registrar at 34 High Street Perth. Persons failing to register will be liable to prosecution.
A 1940s Western mining report argues gold mining is high risk with large sunk costs and long payback, noting many ventures fail before producing. It cites Westralian output dips, labour shortages, and mine closures while detailing losses at Weluna and Edjudina Consol. The piece frames capital risk, world conditions, and government talks as decisive to future activity.
The Ninneeast airfields and Indian rail routes surpassed Burma Road in monthly military supply shipments. The India China transport command moved medicines gasoline artillery and trucks with more business and pilots than prewar American airlines, highlighting China’s rapid wartime logistics.
A Melbourne girl with skin lesions sought a specialist on Collins Street An assistant or doctor allegedly performed an uncharged procedure the next day and the patient claimed the doctor Nicholas Fright did the work for free The report cites a Swiss example of mind over matter used in psychology texts
A new Maria cut hairstyle, cut to three to five inches to curl upward into a cap like head, emerges as hats are rationed in Australia while American hat makers fret over wartime sales and potential shifts in fashion demand. The brief notes the contrasting interest between countries and the impact on headwear trends.
The French News Agency reports that 125000 tons of grain and civil aid goods valued over 1 billion iranes arrived for French West Africa from the United States and Great Britain. The delivery includes cereals clothing sugar coal cement trucks sacks grain cultural implements paper and medical and industrial supplies. French West Africa also supplied allies with 77000 tons of vital war materiel including oils and rubber.
Hannans Land Company Limited, owner of the Pat juee Hotel and Chambers in Kalgoorlie Western Australia, reported a profit of £2165 for the previous year after taxation of £48493. A 4 percent dividend absorbed £1800. The few shareholders are chiefly the estate of the late E Prothero Jones, a Kalgoorlie mining man and director of two Golden Mile firms at his death.
The text notes that trading banks lose discretion under Treasury guidance. They must transfer surplus funds to the Commonwealth Bank, earning 13 percent, to support the war budget. Central bank and Treasury determine use, limiting credit policy and linking finance to the government’s manpower and material mobilization.
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