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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Sep 15, 1949

Page

11

Nottingham dentist faces public menace ruling over overcharged extraction

A Nottingham Health Executive Council review found a dentist alleged to extract 26 teeth from a 30 year old Health Service patient and charge 4 pounds 7 shillings 6 pence, recommending removal from the dental list. The report notes chaotic incidents linked to a wild boar chase near Lidcombe Station and Rookwood Cemetery, with the animal attacking a detective after being shot in the head.

Nottingham Health Service Lidcombe Rookwood Cemetery

Rescue of Enthusiast Downey After Truck Fall

Enthusiasm HOMAS DOWNEY of Aus ten Minnesota fell from a truck and banged his head. Rescuers and companions applied a tourniquet around his neck to stop bleeding and aid recovery.

Homas Downey Austen Minnesota

Wild boar charges through Sydney streets before capture

A wild boar forced a two hour chase through Sydney areas after escaping a cattle truck. It charged a woman and a child, injured a railway porter, cleared a milk bar, and attacked police before being shot then killed by a stockman near Rookwood Cemetery. Detectives and locals chased it for miles.

Rookwood N.S.W Lidcombe Wilson Sergean N. Lye R. Chapman Harry Starkey File Rds Joseph St Rookwood Cemetery Starkey

Terrific shot routes ball from Bedfordshire to Covent Garden

A golf ball struck at John o Gaunt Golf Club in Biggleswade Bedfordshire was found miles away in London Covent Garden Market after landing in a lorry during cabbage unloading.

John O Gaunt Golf Club Bigglestwade Bedfordshire Covent Garden Market London

Trivia quiz questions test general knowledge

A string of ten quiz items asks about excise tax years nations and landmarks with confusing extra characters and garbled trailing text. It challenges readers on Australia origins US polar regions Picasso and more.

Country Shows and the Claremont Throb

Editorial notes that country shows display state prosperity through lively entertainments and goods. It argues the Claremont show reflects district vitality, with each regional fair contributing to the overall health of the area and its yearly work.

America Australia Claremont

Advantages of Investment in the Eighth Security Loan

The article promotes investing in the Eighth Security Loan with subscriptions from £10 to large sums, detailing minimums for Inscribed Stock, interest rates of 2 percent p a for three years or 3.34 percent p a for fourteen years, and payment dates each April and October with easy bank custody and liquidity.

Australia Money Ordereo

Conversion of Maturing Commonwealth Securities

Investors holding Bonds or Inscribed Stock from Commonwealth Loans that have matured or near maturity may convert into the Eighth Security Loan. The notice lists maturing September 1940–1950 issues, October 15 2 percent bonds from 1849 and 1934 issues, and November 15 3.5 percent stock from 1936 issues. Holders are urged to convert at once and see their hand.

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