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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1941
Page
1
Public notice states correspondence should be addressed to proprietor C W Hammond at P O Box 148 Bridgetown. Telephone facilities available, contactable day or night at Bridgetown Telephone No 136.
Public notice warns that all cream and milk cans held by any person firm or depot must be returned to Manjimup Dairy Produce Company Limited at their factory in Manjimup or to agent Mr Robert Urquhart at Bridgetown by September 17 1941. The OCR text also contains unrelated wartime and local council items about road works drainage and public health notes.
Fragmentary notice describes stray animals and notes a Black and Tan dog named Cattie and other items lost or found. Incomplete lines reference rainfall records, post office responses, and names like Wagner and Mont Brook, with no clear recovery details or contact information.
A mixed page notes bargains for September 26 at Road Board Hall Mantimup with licenses and fines listed, plus council action on dog control and penalties. It also reports a local RSL chess tournament results, a rejected letter for publication, and a Minister for Army notice urging next of kin to update casualty notifications to avoid delays.
The trends of Mike Wilhaige out Astley inform that the remains of Hig Lave stearly beloved wife Maud Alicu will interment in the Bridgetown Hemetery. The funeral will leave her late residence Astley At 218 ym MORROW (SATURDAY) September 18 Mr W Moyes and Son Funeral Directors Bridgetown.
The passage discusses wartime fuel dynamics, noting aircraft and German actions to secure petroleum. It cites U S oil production in 1940, Soviet output, and German efforts to become self sufficient. References to Luftwaffe bombing, European occupation, and fuel sources illustrate strategic reliance on petroleum and synthetic fuels during the period.
A Bridgetown road board meeting discusses a fire incident on Bridas and a deviation on Elphick Fleeton Road. The minutes reference an ex-foreman Mr HJ and an ongoing inquiry into alleged damage and harm.
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