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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 21, 1941
Page
4
The piece explains rhubarb leaf blades contain high oxalic acid and should be avoided, while stalks carry less and are safe. It covers disease like crown rot, recommending removing affected plants and spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Yearly harvesting guidance and energy conservation for foliage and roots conclude with production tips.
A Perth based Unity League discussion receives words of guidance from a late Australian politician. The message urges caution yet supports starting a movement toward uplifting humanity, emphasizing individual responsibility and gradual approach rather than rapid reform.
An essay argues truth as essential in democracy and education reform. It critiques public misrepresentation, libel limits, and the need for expert testimony on social issues including education, morality, social security, taxation, and public credit. It links youth guidance to female moral upbringing and promotes self mastery as a path forward. It notes wartime political muddle in Australia and debates provisional bookmaker reforms.
A historic sounding address argues that a single principle must guide reform, warning that power struggles and party politics harm Australia, urging sacrifice by all while condemning easy rhetoric. The author condemns self serving leaders and stresses justice through costly advocacy for real change.
The composer conductor receives a puzzled reaction from performers during a rehearsal of his overture. A player whispers that the interpretation feels queer and implies additional parts remain to be played, revealing tension and unfinished work.
A colonial parade lineup places senior officers before enlisted men causing a gruff remark from the colonel. The captain apologizes as the sergeant, once a fruit shop worker, explains the arrangement.
The article argues parents must choose wisely as two boys, Geoff Cameron and Bill Hobson, face early work paths. It contrasts Geoff’s low paid trainee apprentice route with Hobson’s skilled boat-building path, urging early youth welfare guidance and careful long term planning through the Education and Labour departments.
Australian inventor John Pommeray, Melbourne figure and proprietor of a night establishment, is rejected as the Commonwealth refuses to buy rights. Australia claims a more effective bullet, while the US Western Cartridge Co begins manufacture for the British Purchasing Commission.
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