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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 12, 1944
Page
2
Trotting news outlines the Autumn Cup at Gloucester Park beginning next Saturday with six £300 divisions first day. Winners and fastest nonselected horses join a £1,000 final on day two, plus Breeders’ Handicaps and five £300 supporting races.
A report notes that in warm Guatemalan regions native cheese stays liquid, leading to bottle sales. Other items include canned whey pudding in the United States, and charitable hay aid from Archies Creek Dairy in Victoria.
At a coastguard station on the Atlantic coast U S Coast Guardsmen unveiled a new super jee p designed for shore patrols. It carries 10 men and can move up to ten miles an hour over land. The machine uses a halved jeep chassis with steel shafts lengthened to extend the wheelbase. Seats for 11 are added and wheels crafted to traverse any beach terrain.
The City Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited reports a record fund addition of £621,442 bringing total funds near £12 million for year ending 31 December 1943. New business issued 3,818 policies yielding £89,425 revenue after reinsurance, with net income at £1,588,537.
Notes of the Week cover First Victory loan closure, Allied air offensives rising to 6000 daily, and censorship appeals. Perth's Town Clerk W E Bold nears final retirement on May 6 his 71st birthday with no successor yet. five city halls exist but none satisfy a city of a quarter million. Lieutenant General Gordon Bennett becomes an ABC radio commentator after leaving the army, amid mixed reaction to his wartime statements. Legislative Council elections show voter apathy with 20 percent turnout despite universal franchise debates on democracy and duty.
The readable text references currents in the economy and imports with brief mentions of conditions abroad. It notes yields and timing related to spring or April and contrasts with previous winters, implying strain on state activity and broader patterns without clear specifics.
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