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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
5
An elderly miner Ben, after forty years at the Bonanza gold mine, is displaced as new management from South Africa begins modernizing the plant. He faces unemployment while the shaft and vats undergo alterations and the surface crew rebuilds. The scene ends with Ben expressing quiet apology as the changes take hold.
Fragmentary OCR text shows underground workers and a boss discussing a plan at a shaft mouth. One man narrows his focus to a founder, refuses to share his intent, and avoids teasing about a role. The scene hints at tension and secrecy among the crew.
In a tense scene Ben confronts the manager over unpaid launders and a failing operation. The crew, including a frustrated foreman and engineers, face mounting pressure as Ben recalls scattered warnings and a stubborn refusal to share critical details. The air tightens as Ben finally demands action before Friday.
A long passage argues Britain must adopt Moral ReArmament to overcome internal decay and external threats. It cites Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group, urging honesty, unselfishness, and spiritual renewal as prerequisites for economic recovery and national security. The piece envisions a nationwide effort mobilizing workers and the unemployed to rebuild society through moral reform.
A Sunday Evening Post excerpt by Berton Braley extols the farmer as a jack of many trades from carpentry to pest fighting. It praises enduring labor facing drought, pests, and weather with courage, patience, and shared neighborly burdens, concluding the farmer’s pride in tilling the land.
Royal Air Force Vickers-Wellesley aircraft left Ismailia Egypt and landed at Darwin rover Der after covering 7162 miles. The leg shattered the prior North Pole crossing record from Moscow to San Jacinto, but one plane diverted to Kupang due to fuel shortage.
Bernard Shaw, visiting Australia soon, joined the Carlton Club in London open only to gentlemen and noblemen. After a theft of his umbrella, he posted a card asking the nobleman to return it. A rich committee questioned him, but Shaw replied that no gentleman would steal his umbrella, restoring his wit against class snobbery.
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