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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
9
A mile of grass verges beside the Barnet By-Pass in Hertfordshire is being harvested as part of a wartime idea by John Beach to grow grain along Britain's roads. About eight acres of barley are being cut with help from farmers and volunteers using lanterns, with 5000 combine harvesters now more common on farms.
An 80 year old New Yorker John Silver laments falling demand for skunk oil once sold to mothers as a cure for croup. He led a business rendering skunk carcasses and selling oil touted as remedy though he omits safety concerns and broader health claims.
The Cortes Justice Committee reports on a bill to reestablish grandees and noble titles abolished in 1931. Generalissimo Franco can strip titles from unworthy holders. Abroad claimants will be timed and not granted automatically, prompting anticipated mail from Latin America and the Philippines.
A new sheep breed from Potchefstroom College of Agriculture Transvaal Grootfontein College of Agriculture Cape Province may officially be called Dorpers. It results from crossing imported Dorset Horns with South African black head Persians. Dorset Horns noted for mutton but slow to spread. Persians praised for stand and adaptability in harsh Western Transvaal conditions.
A crocodile hatched in a lawyer's office after Captain J Bagley of South African Airways found its nest near Kisumu. He kept three eggs, giving one to Johannesburg attorney Neville Watson who hatched the 7 inch creature in a shelf with law books. The hatchling feeds on minced meat and water and grows rapidly.
Rita Hayworth arrived in Hollywood from Europe with a joyful visit but no romance. She said her only interest is daughter Rebecca, who met her mother at the station. Warner’s gains approval to film in Japan with Humphrey Bogart, while writers and studios push anti Communist themes in new productions.
ONTE CARLO'S famous casino loses about 1 000 000 francs daily due to British currency restrictions. The policy is expected to trigger closures of many local Ratela venues and affect tourism and gambling activity.
Austrian scientists unveil wet carbonisation to convert peat into coal like fuel raising its energy value. The discovery comes as Austria fights an underground peat bog fire in the eastern border region that has burned for three years, damaging land and resources.
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