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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
2
A State meeting features top gallopers in a field including Azoth Avira and My Feat with heats and the Rottnest Handicap on Saturday. Chetham leads sprinters with strong chances as weight allocations and public interest build around the meeting.
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency reviews wool prospects, noting rising rayon fibre production and improving quality while prices shift. Rayon staple fibre output rose from 53.6 million lb in 1934 to 1.35 billion lb by 1940, nearing the global apparel wool clip on a clean scoured basis, with further increases likely since 1940.
A compact horse racing card lists selections for WAT and multiple handicaps including Roebourne Serian Auv Ditherlist Rockingham and Flinders Handicaps. Names cited include Meado Line Rottnest Chesham Sir Reason Sanctifier Blonde Princess and others.
A conservative critique condemns the Australian Broadcasting Commission for funding a £20,000 Perth building scheme while permitting few homes for workers. The piece notes wartime material shortages and calls for equal access to essential resources, urging urgency in Victory Loan funding with figures pending.
Fragmented racing notes mix with wartime finance debate as readers consider loan subscriptions and allied policy. The piece cites figures, figures and people, referencing Sir Agrion, Anna Neagle, and Curtin while pondering empire unity and the idea of an Empire Parliament.
A new airport near New York will be six times larger than the current La Guardia Field and feature nine concrete runways each 8,000 feet or longer. It will house 40 hangars and cost 2,500,000 dollars each plus an administration building. The plan targets long distance traffic at 300 planes per hour and 30,000 passengers daily, with La Guardia used for shorter routes once completed.
The article notes penicillin production shifting from milk bottles to U S A tanks of 2 500 gallon capacity. In under a year supply increased from grams for experiments to millions of units in hospitals serving the armed forces.
Two young children, six and seven, gaze at storks in the zoo as an older woman explains they are the birds that brought them to their mother and father. The children exchange a private look and one whispers a sly question about whether to correct her.
Special notice to large foodstuffs consumers urging Gordon Matheson Ltd to quote for grocery requirements. Markets include hotels hospitals and institutions with possible quotes above wholesale rates. Head office afresh Leaderville and ring Wit’s for fresh quotes.
Auction listing from The General Agency offering a combined property and business package including a house and land, a wood yard, a South West district site with gas producer equipped trucks, two trailers, and full equipment. Earnings shown at £1800 yearly average over five years with significant assets and insurance, asking price £2150. Selling agents for property and business brokerage in Perth.
Fragmentary OCR note from Sea View Farm Torbay mentions Talf swamp balance rail line hauls and groves with Tainepreteri now growing 14 ap for cash. Earliest legible names include E. Perkins Torbay. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
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