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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1941
Page
4
Tobruk editor Lance-Sergeant Ww. Ft Willis publishes the garrison paper Truth, with cartoons and troop articles, while air raids total 1,350 since March 2 1350. J H Tonkin MLC Sydney has received a copy. the issue includes war commentary and a verse by Sergeant J Ragan.
The Legislative Assembly resumes as a bill to help youthful marriages by providing loans to poor couples. If enacted, the government would fund the loans with easy installments, and parental repayment would ease after each birth. Mr Cremean outlined possible loan amounts and child allowances but withheld specifics.
A bald man claims a quirky prize in an Auckland forces fund raffle. The award includes a permanent wave and a war victory nod, with a keg of pork also listed among the items. The contest was won by two pragmatic merchants who secured the tally.
An evening show of mannequins captivates Mrs Brown who whispers to her husband that a garment would suit her at their party next week. He agrees, pondering the purchase as a gesture of gift and style.
A fragmented report notes an evolution principle illustrated by duck bills. It mentions the duck billed dinosaur as an ancient reptile around 0.000900 years ago, compares it to the platypus of Australia, and references mammals and other living modes.
A reflective, literary piece traces religion from creation to revelation, arguing that chaos gives way to light through The Word. It contends religion expresses humility, with every heart hosting a shrine and prayer shaped by emotional need. It lauds Jesus Christ as the Great Teacher while condemning ritualism and doctrinal distortion.
A meditation on early humanity seeking to propitiate the Deity through rites and sacrifice. The text contrasts savage ceremony with refined worship, arguing that true religion lies in the soul's sense of its maker rather than external pageantry or bells.
The article discusses how human spiritual progress required supplementing direct presence with sacred word and teaching. It cites Confucius, Brahma, Buddha, Mahomet, and later the Christ sphere, noting their sanctity and the transmission of higher wisdom. It reflects on Holy Writ as formed from divine revelation and human reception, with a focus on Jewish history and literary record as humanity's pursuit of God's guidance.
A clarified explanation of a classic puzzle about paying for a meal. Three men pay 9 shillings each totaling 27 shillings. The waiter keeps 2, change 3 goes to the diners, cashier 25 stays with the restaurant. The seeming 30 shillings arises from miscounting, not a missing shilling.
A letter to Mrs. Lucy E Elbit in Canberra laments flustered reactions and praises steady resolve. It notes stubborn English patience through centuries and highlights a shared British-Canberra stance against panic even amid high explosive bombs.
All American gangster cats face off in a tense spelling bee style clash. The rival group threatens bold moves as bullets mark the wall and a dare to outspell rivals tests nerves during a dangerous contest.
The Board may enter private property to remove branches that interfere with electric lines or threaten public safety. An emergency allows immediate action without notice, while nonemergency removal requires notice to the owner. By law the Board can enact a by-law to secure public safety and recover removal costs from the landowner. Overhanging branches to a road are not per se a nuisance unless they obstruct passage or threaten the highway. The Board’s authority extends to the air and subsurface above the road as needed to ensure safe access.
The board proposes a by law under Section 57 to require vacant lot owners to clear trees from townsite land. It would let the board abate nuisances, recover removal costs, and impose penalties up to twenty pounds for obstruction or failure to remove. Court orders may be sought to renew branches endangering roads.
Clarence fishermen recall a legendary groper caught years ago. A man towed a huge groper from the Clarence, tethered to a plough, then found both gone when he returned with friends. Old hands claim clear river chains rattle at night, and some insist George the Graper drags his plough across the bed.
A Sydney detective reports petrol as a new currency for thieves after a series of garage and tank thefts. In Mosman a garage was broken into and four gallon tins stolen, next door thieves milking a car tank. A Ryde Tile and Brick Co office lost 90 ration tickets for 450 gallons. Reports spread across Epping Burwood North Sydney and other areas as thieves take petrol direct from tanks with notes left apologizing for the losses.
A text fragment discusses enforcement under section 26 and 184. It proposes the board exercise abatement powers for dangerous or obstructive tree limbs, with owners asked to remove offending limbs to avoid court action. Penalties, if any, would go to the board.
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