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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1944
Page
2
Fremantle Trotting Club conducts a seven event programme at Gloucester Park on Saturday. Good fields are engaged with several horses showing form in recent meetings.
A dense listing of selections across multiple handicaps at Gloucester Park including W.A. Breeders' Handicap, Palmyra Handicap, Coogee Handicap and Allied Handicap. Names such as Bonnie Wilfred Bingen, Storm Cloud, Libyan Lady, Bay Beauty, Rockinchan, Mavis Royal, and Admiral Park appear with numerous runners and weights. The piece resembles a racing page snapshot with entry lists, horse names, and multiple handicap labels.
Newsweek notes Allied forces in France extend over 500 miles from the Swiss frontier to the Channel. The Quebec conference decides against Japan and rules out a Far East supreme commander. State Assembly tightens control of railway admin and outlines a Second Victory Loan next week. A 1920 Northam lockup escapee, arrested in Perth, is ordered to serve remaining sentence. The piece critiques retroactive punishment after 24 years and discusses aims of reform and deterrence.
The will of Lady Northmore, wife of the Chief Justice, provides that the residue of £4,000 be invested to fund stipends for rural Church of England clergy in the Perth diocese. The plan aims to raise incomes in poor country parishes, attracting capable ministers. It is noted that seamen’s parcels fund seeks substantial support for Christmas distributions to seafarers in Western Australian ports, with plans to deliver 4,000 parcels this year. A separate note on rationing indicates hopes to extend B coupon relief into the next year, easing shortages and potentially liberalising clothing production sourced from Australian materials while the war-era manpower issue persists.
Between June 1939 and the end of the rise in prices held by the public, Australia shows 339 pc. increases, New Zealand 128 percent, Canada 209 pc., and the U.S.A. 183 pc. Britain shows a smaller rise amid a calm political atmosphere and limited black market activity, with a floating American population noted.
Nearly 70 percent of Australia’s sheep are in flocks over 200 head. Over half the total graze in flocks from 1000 to 10,000. More sheep live in flocks over 1000 than in all flocks under 100. There are 1086 flocks of 20 000 to 50 000 and 38 flocks over 50 000. About 100 000 flocks exist, totaling around 125 million sheep.
Thos H Wood Public Accountant and Auditor Registered Tax Agent Specialist in Taxation and Costing Accountancy Hay Street Perth Phone B7008.
Henry Kaiser argues private air travel will not be visionary in early postwar years. He predicts up to a million planes could be bought for personal use within a decade and envisions a linked network of terminals serving both autos and planes to knit the nation closer, per the New York Herald Tribune.
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