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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
5
A sensational local products contest invites entrants to guess a sealed answer by January 31 amid questions about local industry and unemployment. Entries require fees, with prize money starting at £10 and potentially increasing. the winner receives the entire collected sum, as readers follow weekly updates until the January 30 closing date.
Enter the United Press local products competition by sending sixpence in stamps or coin to the paper’s office at 971 Hay Street, Perth.
Readers are invited to enter a competition offering prize money divided among correct respondents or closest estimates. Instructions urge self examination of emotions in common image scenarios and ask for one answer per entry accompanied by sixpence to a Perth address.
The Country Man notes West Australian tobacco sales showed satisfactory prices while Victorian growers feel apprehensive. A diversified farming approach is urged with dairying, potato growing, and other crops to support a small scale tobacco industry in the South West. Experts advise consultation with Departmental Tobacco Advisers at Manjimup before commercial planting. Mr Cass Smith estimates minimum capital needs per acre and stresses cost variability across seasons.
A reflective piece argues that American isolation and Monroe Doctrine have shaped European conflict, while Nazi diplomacy and Russia's stance threaten peace. It urges restraint, unity, and practical industrial growth in Western Australia, warning against forceful ideologies and urging broader approaches to postwar recovery.
Jarvis plans a final murder as Lester’s shadow looms over Conders House. Grain, Sybella, and Petrie maneuver toward a Richmond rendezvous while a silent gun, a water door entry, and a fatal plan converge. He aims to vanish without a trace, leaving alibi hooks for Grain and Sybella.
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