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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
2
A classroom tale shows a bright pupil bringing a stick to demonstrate the word it. The teacher asks him to hold both ends and see what comes next. He points out glue on both ends, remarking that is immaterial, revealing a humorous misreading of the word it.
A humorous note from Reggie asks for the land of the daughter, but the father replies with a pun about flour and dough, exposing the spelling lapse and cheeky double meaning in a playful family exchange.
An article notes wartime use of rice grass as cattle fodder with trials in various regions. It describes a crossbreed of grasses from Hythe and Southampton Water in 1870 and reports that rice grass yields excellent hay and is readily grazed by livestock. Experiments in New South Wales Riverina and other areas show its adoption in saltlands and artesian wet zones.
A fragmented wartime reminiscence urges massive armament growth and industrial mobilization. The speaker laments budgeting for steel and weapons while noting the paradox of feeding armies even as rearmament promises strength, referencing aviation plots and multi million khaki pits.
A colossal English estate grows 3400 tons of potatoes on 72 miles of land called the world’s largest state farm, producing about 125000400 packets of crisps yearly in ten factories. The 4b mile wide Lincolnshire estate, served by a light railway, encompasses Nocton and Dunston, with two other factories in Australia and a vast supply chain for Britain’s civil population and services. The Muizen potato variety from the Netherlands shapes the crop, adapted to Britain's climate.
Good fields will line up for all grades to be decided at the W A Turf Club November meeting on Saturday. Skyre and Ari took the best bets for the two year old events. The Colonel Reeves Handicap looks ven and Jie Cottesloe Handicap may s 10 the consistent Philock. The Bus elton Matidicas is restricted to WA Wyregallager and Orimadale forted in this diet, ail the tard w beat. The winner of New Wester should concran the Matshvisinn PICCANINNY HANDICAP. SKYRO STARRY POINTLETTE. ARITAMELIN HANDICAP. CAMPLIGHTER COLONEL REEVES HANDICAP. DOLLAR BILL ROUNDABOUT SAMOAN CLIPPER COTTESLOE HANDICAP PHILOCK RUBY BALQUIDDA BUSSELTON HANDICAP. ORIMADALE REPOSE BEAUFINE OLYMPIAN LADY SCARBOROUGH WELTER HESTIA SKY WARDEN WYNERING MeLbOurNe Cup. SON OF AUROUS SAUL. VELOCITY TRIGGERMAN.
An appealing seven event program will be staged at Gloucester Park on Saturday featuring mile and a half Breed srer Handicap and a variety of 15 furlong races. The field includes notable runners such as Adonis Sheik Earl, Admiral Park, Courageous, Globe Nornalup, and Lord Sheik, with heavy emphasis on Breed srer Handicap and Harvey Handicap among the day’s events.
The committee led by Hon C G Latham seeks hosting for wheat-farm children during school holidays. Parents should write to Mrs F Carthew of The Westralian Farmers Lady, Wellington Street, Perth, detailing child name gender church to tailor suitable arrangements.
Text discusses humane lamb rearing when ewes abandon offspring. It covers placing the lamb with the ewe when possible, hand rearing if needed, feeding schedules of four to five daily feeds, milk quantities from cows milk and warm water, and gradually reducing feeds as the animal grows. It notes cleanliness, milk quality, and eventual separation for best results.
Farmers note care guidelines for newborn lambs including warm dry shelter and protection at night and on wet days. Some farms avoid rear of more than one lamb per ewe, while others successfully hand rear twins and triplets with careful management and feeding.
An eager partner in khaki pushes ahead as a conversation reveals playful confusion about timing. A woman asks the difference between acing and marching, receiving a bright but evasive reply. The scene ends with a suggestion to pause.
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