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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
2
Rounding up the day’s outcomes, finished fourths include Finished Fourth at Goopwoon for Collie Donnybrook and Parcem in the Strafford Trial Hurdle at Melbourne Ascot. Windward and Manetis also placed fourth in Rivervale and Plymouth events respectively.
Attractive programme presented by the W A Turf Club on Saturday features high class fields across races. Redcliffe Handicap, maiden two year olds, Renwick Handicap, Kimberley Handicap mile quarter, Kelmscott Handicap restricted to state breds, and a Tier Welter promise competitive action with topweights likely to prevail. Merapt Renwick and Kelmscott dominate the listed events with strong entries from Maridale and Assorted stables in a busy day of racing.
Fragmented verse laments Anzac Lay and fallen fighters from France and Palestine. It memorializes fathers, sons, and husbands who died in war while questioning memory and meaning. The jagged lines reflect a grieving voice and distant, mournful imagery.
At Gloucester Park the mile and a half feature event headlines a programme on Saturday May 3 showing performers from the Midland Wandicap. The meeting includes a final list of entrants and last three finishes with notes on distances and marks.
Chosen horses and contenders across Maiden Plate, Bunbury and Moonee Valley cards list runners such as Yeoman Way Oredanus Sofine Swamboune Wandilat Novasan Detra Art Union Muffity Star Lad Star Girl Tribeshot Halveto Irwin Mandicap and more with event notes for distance seven furlongs one mile and three furlongs and two miles races including Breeders Handicaps and hurdle events across WA and Victoria venues with multiple horse names and entrant groups.
A government plan allocates about £13,000,000 for child endowment with payments of 3 per week per eligible child under 16 in a family. The proposal includes direct payments to mothers and a tax exemption for excess earnings, outlining abolition of certain deductions and expected revenue effects.
A terse exchange quotes Poma Talkine asking about her husband’s cause of death. The reply attributes the death to love and drink, with the husband loving only drink, highlighting a bleak, intimate suicide by alcohol amid relationship strain.
Noel Coward's eight radio talks have been issued in book form by the Australian Red Cross Society. Copies are available at booksellers or by mail from the Society at 20 Howard Street, Perth. Price is 2 shillings per copy, with proceeds aiding Red Cross work.
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