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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
5
Daphne White Round Hill and others write to the Young Companions Club. Notes praise gardening, holidays, and a Narrogin Show. discussions touch on painting and colouring competitions, tennis, school, and Christmas plans in a small town.
A 70 year old tale recalls Thomas Adams meeting a Mexican general who chewed a sticky plant and spurred his use as a rubber substitute for denture products. Flavouring and free samples launched a chewing gum market, with Adams’ death framing a 9 million pound annual industry claim. A separate note defines a tramcar as a long, lumbering vehicle blocking the road. The piece ends with a competition winner, Beryl Patterson of Ingishope, WA.
The State Country Party pushes measures to relax restrictions under the Rural Relief and Agricultural Bank Acts, aiming to aid farmers. Proposals seek to curb bank repossessions and restore farmer control, while critics warn against weakenings of financial safeguards.
In addressing fly strike, authorities debate crutching versus jetting as protection for sheep. Many argue for combining both methods to maximize immunity, crutching first to reduce infection and jetting as needed for extended protection. J. I. Hodge endorses an intelligent mix to ensure months of protection.
Readers are urged to order books from advertisers while noting where they saw the ad. The newspaper plans to expand services and has made improvements despite rising paper costs.
Maud Isidore Douglas presents a dramatic scene with Hilary, Lestrange, and Sybella in a luxury hotel salon. The dialogue reveals power, secrets, and possible impersonation as Sybella exposes a mythic Lestrange and a plan involving control, marriage, and ransom. The tension rises as truth and danger converge in a covert melodrama.
Mrs Grain confesses love to Dick Wilton while her jealous husband Grain seethes with fury. He accuses her of past betrayals and warns of consequences. In a tense moment, Mrs Grain declares intent to elope with Wilton as Grain erupts in threats and moral condemnation. Chapter 8 shifts to Sybella’s risky information and Jarvis’s wary planning as theories of identity theft unfold.
The No 83 Chantes Consultation is in its third week and tickets cost 2/6, selling rapidly. The Stock Diseases Act requires all sheep in the South West division to be dipped within three months after shearing or by March 31 each year, whichever comes first. Owners must make a statutory declaration within fourteen days after dipping, before a Justice of the Peace or police officer, stating the sheep have been dipped as required, and forward it to the Chief Inspector of Stock. An Inspector may quarantine at any property with tick or lice on sheep until dipping is completed, and it is an offence to expose diseased sheep for sale or to allow sale of such sheep during quarantine.
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