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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
2
A seven event programme is set for Gloucester Park on Saturday night. The card features the W A Breeders Handicap race over a mile and three furlongs with others racing over a mile and five furlongs. Selections include Bridgetown Busselton Manjimup and Bunbury Handicaps and the High Class Handicap with close finish expected.
Selections listed for Melbourne Ascot feature races across two miles to seven furlongs. Entries include French Count, Pretess, Montrose Handicap, Dapper, Naval Reserve, Charlmont Trial Handicap, Standon Belle, Sir Dear, Goda Doy, Amazen Duchess, Imperial Handicap, Phildon Den, Mollie Con Goville Mandicap, Baughty Stare, Lalmosi Jefecott, Welter Handicap, and Smoke Screen with noted distances and contenders.
The Australian government outlines plans to produce flax on 50 000 acres with contracts to growers. The Minister for Supply and Development notes pricing and quality conditions, with bonuses and dockages based on yield, texture, weed content, and harvest viability, and outlines negotiation for short crops or weed-heavy crops.
Government and industry push grain flax expansion in Australia with targets across Victoria Tasmania South Australia to meet British demand for wartime needs. Minister outlines seed centers and cartage contracts while urging farmers to respond as last year to the British Ministry Supply appeal for essential heating and manufacturing materials.
A garbled dialogue fragment references Goomen or Oldham and a request for a response. The text shows uneven phrases about Lancashire, a fake exchange, and a muddy request for a meeting. No clear event or identifiable people emerge from the readable material.
A nutrition note explains lime as calcium carbonate is vital for bone and egg shell, heart function, and growth in poultry. It lists sources like bone meal fish meal and oyster shells, warns against overfeeding lime and soil acidity, and suggests lime as a disinfectant and soil treatment when birds are confined.
Irish Agricultural and Creamery Review reports a new Danish method that may revolutionize butter packing. A steel churn regulated from outside produces semicondensed butter, with a temperature tank and sterilised packaging to maintain hygiene and constant water content. Industry expects patenting in several countries and aims for gram-accurate weighing and rapid, contact-free processing from churn to package.
Rev S Robertson Ort of Vancouver visiting Adelaide under the British Israel World Federation notes hotel barbers in Sydney. An Adelaide source reports a slick barber scene at a local hotel and the exchange of a key, with comments from Mr Orr about the oddity and the style resembling Canadian hotels.
The Acting Commonwealth Statistician reports drought severely cut factory butter production in the first half of the year, with a 20 percent decline year over year to 1,833,420 cwt. Queensland saw the largest drop, while New South Wales and Victoria showed smaller reductions. recent rains have sparked a rebound across dairying districts.
US Naval Reserve pilot Syettenant Amirew of the Buffalo test flew a P-39 with heavy armament in a routine Army test. The dive reached extraordinary speeds around 20 miles an hour, with aerial cannons and machine guns on board.
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