Railway Stakes and Perth Cup contenders in WA Carnival
The State's top milers stayers and three-year-olds contest the Railway Stakes and Perth Cup during the Christmas Carnival starting December 23. Fort Royal, Ear Mond, and Smithie headline a field including Beaufine, Blonde Princess, Nul labeling, and Royal Enfield with the latter viewed strong in Perth Cup. Royal Enfield’s Victoria form suggests a real chance in both Stakes and Cup, while Fort Royal and Smithie are noted Cup contenders with solid recent showings.
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Sir Neil
Fort Royal
Heaufine
Skyro
Lord Treat
Yodful
Blonde Princess
Gloamane
Falsetta
Vasselle
Lapislazuli
Sanctifier
Nullabing
Starry
Sorcery
Skyborne
Stayer
Kingsley
Superfine
Nina
Starry Sky
Joss
Beaufine
Smithie
Ear Mond
Loyalist
Harford
Reynaud
Our Bing
Howie Wing
Royal Enfield
W.at.c. Club
W. J. Winterbottom
Enfield
Victoria
Flemington
Rough Justice The will of a toddler in Melbourne case
Justice Macfarlan rules on the will of 2 year old Amy, upset by religious obsessions. He notes extreme beliefs do not prove insanity but show religious preoccupations crowded the testator's mind, hindering proper consideration of relatives' claims to the bounty.
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Amy
Macfarlan
Melbourne
Macfarlan J
Atanas
Britain in Europe as a shifted power balance after war
The article notes Europe’s postwar shift from three dominant powers Germany Italy France to a weakened Germany advancing toward defeat. Britain emerges as a stabilizing great power, with smaller nations seeking protection by aligning with a strong state, Britain seen as best able to guard them.
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Germany
Italy
France
Russia
Britain
Europe
Saturday Evening Post
Sikaiana Ousts Shangrila In Rumor Of Pacific Paradise
Rumors swirl about Sikaiana a Stewart Islands atoll famed as a terrestrial paradise where airmen claim they photographed a rival in awe. Navy Sailing Directions notes Polynesian natives with light skin and handsome physiques on Sikaiana where legends grow of pilots and patrol crews roaming the lagoon cluster.
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Shangrilla
Sikaiana
Wonder Isle
Stewart Group
Dorothy Lamour
Pacific
Stewart Islands
Solomons
South Seas
Dorothy
Navy Hydrographic Office
Pacific Islands
Tragic end of Montreal’s Black Watch in 1944
Ralph Allan of the Globe and Mail recounts the Royal Highlanders of Canada trapped on a ridge above May sur Orne on July 25 as four rifle companies perished after a savage duel with German forces. Major Phil Griffin of Vancouver, in command after two senior officers fell, sent a final message to refrain reinforcements.
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Ralph Allen
Globe and Mail
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Montreal
Black Watch
May-sur-Orne
Slack Watch
Phil Griffin
Vancouver
Griffin
Roosevelt lands large victory and wartime surveys unfold
President Roosevelt re-elected with a large margin and the Second Victory Loan succeeds. A wartime housing survey for Australia shows a total shortage of 257,521 dwellings, with Victoria most affected. The report details shortfalls, substandard homes, and slum conditions across states, plus plans for postwar housing and Australian diamond and sapphire production.
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Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Hobart
Remembered Night by the Silent Shore
A reflective poem recalling a distant night by a red sea where two people share a quiet moment on a bank. The speaker remembers a intimate exchange, the stars and moon brightening the scene, and choosing memory over war as the night ends all too soon.
Battery revival method offered by Beatty Bros
Radio listeners long unable to obtain new dry batteries are told of Beatty Bros method to rejuvenate flat batteries at low cost. The ad promises simple instructions suitable for any handy person to extend battery life and avoid fresh purchases. A separate note urges clearing around posts to prevent fires, citing Austen Bros. of Tarana and a drowning tragedy leading to a new Tree Clearing Machinery firm under George Moss Ltd. Perth.
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Trunkey
A. FE. Hesbeck
Messrs. Beatty Bros
W. P. Holmberg
Nornalup
Tree Clearing Machinery and Manufacturing Co
Wat
George Moss
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LS Co
Gordon Hack
A. Shepherd
Chas. Watson & CO
Barrack Street
the Bulletin
Politics
Western Australian Turf Club
Haj Mulder
WAR Service Funds
GEO. Adams
Tattersall
Geo. Adams’ Estate
Rss.asla
Federal Executive
New Zealand
Earl Mond
Worth
Duke John
Royalist
Constant Songelding
Falmond
Barnett Bros
Hay Street
Bennett Street
National Library of Australia
Beatty Bros
Haymarket, N.S.W
Shangrila
V.A.C.C
Alien
Devnight
United Pome
Hay Street Jour
Lexal
Alex. Barr
Northam
Frompt Country Service
Atdg
F.o.r
Agency
Lores
Cunderdin
Hives
Frances
Brooders Ee
James Goss
William Street
David Gray & Co. Ltd
Railway Parade
West Perth
Macfarlane «Co.Ltd
Murray ST
Yu Rooe
Bones
Raila
THE
National Cash Register Co. Pty., Ltd
Glendinning & CO
Port Loan Office
Fremantle
H. Cheshire
Peultere
Cleaver Street
Giffin
Williamst
Singer Sewing Machine Company
U.S.A
Hay St
Claremont
Stirling Highway
Nedlands
R. W. Kennedy
Metro
Rosenstamm Pty. Ltd
King Street
W.A
United Press, Ltd
Medical
GR. Hayat
Horseshoe Bridge
G.P.O
General News
Roosevelt
Claremontne Grounds
Copetom
Aiverell
New Soul Wales
Switzerland
Gordon Institute of Technology
Australian Wool Board
Hudson Taylor
Hudtaylor
Latham
H. F. M. Latham
Olive Street
Guildford
A. E. L. Chinnery
Hotel Australia
Malin
Tarlil
Frank Guilpoyle
the Goldfields Club Hotel
Dr. Pier
Wellington Streets
Ken Angel
Reeswax
Mc. Donnell
Brisbane Street
Macfarlane & CO. Ltd
Murray ST. Perth
Cash
Vine Motors
N.Z
Austen Bros
Tarana
N.S.W
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