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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
11
Much of the bushfire menace stems from thoughtless or irresponsible people in country districts. Burning off without proper precautions often causes fires that harm neighbors miles away. All affected residents will seek strong examples against anyone who lights up without protecting neighboring property.
A Veterans Administration study at Northport Hospital tests a 5 day 52 hour schedule to keep 106 chronic patients with schizophrenia busy from dawn to night. The aim is to reduce withdrawal and improve outcomes with intensive therapy and ward activities. Fourteen go home, two gain full time work, and many near release as staff implement the reintegrative program dubbed total push.
British wool textile output rose in 1948 with wool tops up 20 percent and worsted yardage up 18 percent while cloth gained 15 percent and blankets 9 percent. Wool cloth output since the war increased about 50 percent and civilian trade surged over 50 percent, with much production diverted to exports and some cloth freed from the clothes ration. Worsted yarn output climbed about 50 percent, though demand still outstrips supply. Total weekly wool exports rose from 10.48 million lb in 1947 to 12.01 million lb in 1948.
The text urges saving and investing in the Seventh Security Loan, guaranteed by the Commonwealth, to fund repatriation, rehabilitation, public works, and redemption of maturing loans. It outlines 14 year and 3 year options with specified interest rates and denominations, urging investment via banks, post offices, or brokers.
A Pittsburgh company has introduced folding glass for rear windows that folds compactly like an accordion. The new glass enables convertible tops to stow more neatly when folded.
A pair recounts an impulsive journey by hitchhiking to Cairns to surprise a ship Captain named Tony on watch at the quay. They describe varied travel by old and new cars and the moment of engagement sparked by a sighting in Cairns.
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