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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
2
The Western Australian Turf Club opens its winter meeting with a full card. Races include the Northam Handicap for two-year-olds, Winter Handicap for highweights, Roe Stakes for maidens, and the Suburban Handicap over seven furlongs. Special weights apply, no apprentice allowances.
A fragment from an army camp exchange recalls Private Jones allegedly swiping Private Smiths pistol and a boot being drawn, leading to both men fighting and a head struck on a pole, with unclear surrounding details.
The program lists selections for Moonee Valley races including FEDEMAL MURULE and PRINCE Davie HOMMONWEALTH. Notable contenders include TOe ntteg goIsTEROUS RONALLA BOZZAGA and HAT LAVEUR in the MOUNT ALEXANDRE HANDICAP along with other entries such as FICCANINAY HANDICAT and VERTE. The text is garbled with numerous OCR errors but identifies multiple race names and horse entries across the card.
Western Australia faces rising herb shortages for medical and culinary use as war and production costs bite. Mr. R. S. Sampoon and Mr. E. L. Tyler discuss commercial cultivation from Darlin Range foothills to provide liquoric e and other essential plants, noting Palestine and India supply issues and the potential for local processing and experimentation.
Meeting at Gloucester Park on Saturday May 31 features Eniched last three metropolitan starts and marks like D DQ PU F LP for incidents. List includes Hobart Mandicap Kerry Ste Lady Araby Canberra Perth Biron Annas Twenis Gloucester Fank Handicap Globe's Love Paddy Royal Sydney Handicap Sam's Beauty Fancy Patch Adelaide Handicap Red Bay Ming's Guide.
Queensland station owners repair disused horse-drawn vehicles and break into rots to manage work as petrol dwindles. Western Australia shows no revival yet but fuel cuts may push landlords to invest in horses. Feed shortages complicate paddocks. home market demand supports breeding estimates for future needs.
Dee announces no new model cars in 1943 shaping a calmer industry. He argues the change will lower costs and reduce bankruptcies, transforming the motor trade from cut-throat profits to a solid, sustainable business.
A classroom scene shows an inspector asking for a peculiarity in a sentence written on a blackboard. After a pause, a boy slowly raises his hand and notes a sign of misspelling, saying the writing is remarkable for its bad spelling and errors.
Hon. K. C. MacDonald, BC minister of agriculture, told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture delegates in Toronto that marketing legislation is essential both federally and provincially. He recalled BC’s long battle to enable controlled marketing, noting the Privy Council ruling and comparing potash prices from 1932 to last year, highlighting higher farmer returns and public stability.
The piece argues war overseas and sensational marriage stories push vital topics like food production and animal breeding out of prominence. It notes a Perth daily ran a major feature on a long-forgotten marriage, challenging the notion of what truly constitutes news.
Australian growers, hit by imported leaf shortages and dollar-funding cuts, saw hopes of high prices dashed as the Federal Government backed restrictions and Rhodesian imports. Recently prices were raised to 28 percent above 1939 levels, boosting expectations though not yet luxury-car level.
The Manufacturers received a letter from two grateful women praising a tonic. One woman wrote that four weeks ago she was run down and unable to spank the baby, but after three bottles she can thrash her husband and do housework.
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