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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
1
Notice for sale by auction at the Anglican Bazaar Town Hall on L Reed Good Milk Cow with bail calf three weeks old sold by T W Ferguson West Toodyay. Aged but good milker.
The piece urges citizens to share the burden of rebuilding after victory. It argues that victory requires personal responsibility, not reliance on government alone, and calls on employers and organizations to plan postwar employment and housing while governments manage orderly transition and retained service personnel.
Four youths aged 15 to 17, believed to have fled from Bindoon orphanage, confessed to a spree that included removing cars, bicycles, tools, and milk billies in a bid to reach Northam. Con stable Clark apprehended them after reports triggered a town-wide manhunt and trail of minor thefts.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Mr Thorn urged a formal soldiers land settlement plan in Western Australia. He criticized delays and called for Commonwealth policy and financial support, noting returned soldiers already seek land and citing past schemes and yields from soldier settlers.
The P P A council held a August meeting in Miling with A B Stone presiding. Motions seek fixed postwar agricultural prices and living standards, early election of leaders, third party vehicle insurance for wagons, and testing DDt on pest ravages with CSIR guidance. Next council set for November 25 at Wongan Hills.
The Catholic Ball is Wednesday and the Children's Ball Thursday, so no pictures until Saturday night. Two films will be shown The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler and This is the Life with shorts. Next week usual two nightly shows to follow posters and programmes.
Brief from local desk notes that no organized sporting events occurred over the weekend, with no games or matches scheduled or completed during the period.
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