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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1947
Page
8
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a breakthrough in bee breeding that allows artificial insemination of virgin queens with lab bred genetic males. The process yields pure, fast strains and could produce long tongued and cold resisting bees, with equipment available for about £30.
Andre Lelong, a Paris painter, spent three nights in Pere Lachaise Cemetery after gates closed to paint apparitions he claims appear on graves. He sat on Allan Kardec’s tomb and described Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, and other famed figures standing nearby in natural colors with a green haze.
Mailman Anthony Hermes, 32, faced a grey squirrel that repeatedly climbed his trousers in Wilmette Illinois. The chase led Hermes into an alley and vacant allotment before he slammed a bowling alley door to escape. Bowlers, puzzled, learned the squirrel was intoxicated from fermented pears.
The piece argues that Labour's banking nationalisation signals a broader move to seize production, creating a hidden bureaucracy. It warns of democratic erosion, warns that Referendums are avoided, and calls Australians to demand consultation and representation in Canberra against party leaders acting as tools for elitist doctrinaires.
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