25 Jul 1952
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Newspaper
Blackwood Times
Location
Blackwood, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1952
Page
1
The town council agreed to raise rates despite concerns that increases should align with national costs. Estimated receipts fall £633 short of projected expenditure by £2,153 total for saleyards tennis courts sports ground and Memorial Park. A 1d increase across wards was approved subject to ministerial consent while sanitary charges stay, and £90 will repair the Town Hall ladies’ toilets.
A sedan carrying Rev. Father Kelly and three Pem berton Convent Sisters slid after potholes on the Warren River bridge five miles south of Pemberton. The car struck the handrails and narrowly avoided a plunge, with one Sister hospitalized and others shaken.
Sympathy poured in for Mr and Mrs E White and family after Army Department telegrams stated their son Maurice Keith White a private in the Australian Regular Army was accidentally drowned at Hiro Japan on Saturday July 19 1952 He was 19 and had been in Japan three months for training before Korea He was a popular Bridgetown athlete and community member and previously worked for Smiths Stores Ltd
After a Friday inspection by the full road board, the drainage repairs at Bridgetown's new sports ground were deferred to the commuter with instructions to act promptly. A further inspection will be carried out today, says secretary E. C. Siggins.
Four persons face sentencing at the South West Court of Sessions in Bunbury next Thursday. Arnold Roy Buswell and Theodore Leonard Brockman of Picton are to be sentenced for breaking into the Picton store of R. S. Peat on June 7 and stealing goods valued at £128 11s 1d. A woman stands charged with attempted arson at Greenbushes and a Pemberton man with breaking and entering.
Women golfers at Bridge Town Golf Club joined the weekly event for a TG U silver spoon. In A grade Mrs Secombe shot 69 to win, with Mrs Doust 72 and Mrs Salvair 74 as runners up. In B grade Mrs Sparks 70 led, with Mrs J Hester 74 and Mrs Awcock 15 as runners up. A pennant match followed on Thursday.
The Western Australian Society for Spastic and Crippled Children reports progress on a state wide survey. Road boards and municipal officers have posted case details and parents have written to 1305 Hay Street West Perth with inquiries treated confidentially.
Commissioner Linley Henzell defends the school dental service detailing 26 years of routine work and about 8000 children treated yearly. He notes qualified staff, parental consent, and procedures to escort children home after treatment, urging direct discussion rather than newspaper vilification. He invites equal prominence for the reply.
Public questions at a Bridgetown film show hosted by the Liberal and Country League covered topics from farm transport subsidies to ammunition access. Speaker Freeth explained subsidies mainly aid primary producers and warned against car subsidies due to potential abuses.
The Prices Control Commissioner announced immediate wholesale and retail increases for certain lines of smallgoods and cooked meats in the Perth area, citing higher beef and pork costs. Tobacco prices rise by one penny per ounce across Australia from July 2, with codified lists of brands affected.
Greenbushes aims for home crowd boost after strong final quarter against Nannup. Nannup fought three quarters before a late lapse. Boyup Brook lauded as improved and seeks Bridgetown clash. Bolingup seeks first win against Rovers at Bridgetown. Sunday games cap 1952 fixtures ahead of semis and finals. Nelson Association teams travel to Manjimup for inter-town Warren match.
The Pemberton Warren Trout Society plans a pivotal meeting to set future propagation and angling policy. After success in propagation and the new rearing ponds improving transport, the group aims for economical production and a renewed stocking strategy with attendance by Fisheries Superintendent A J Fraser.
The group discussed field days to aid settlers and share information. They planned outreach to Minister of Agriculture Sir Charles Latham for Surveyor General help, and considered site ideas, catering logistics, and volunteer rosters for the show.
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