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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1946
Page
6
Bridgetown letters report social life from dances to holidays. Community members include Rhea West in Manjimup piano solo, Lorna Dusting off to Perth, and many locals visiting, hosting, or returning from service. Alts include hotel staff changes, dance fund events for Easter appeal, and residents delivering news from town.
Two sailors who escaped from a vessel faced stealing charges in Police Court. Ralph Joseph Kenyon admitted stealing a suitcase valued at 15 shillings from Elder, Smith and Co, and possession of a grey woollen pullover, both on dates in April and February. Charles Terrence Malpas admitted to possession of electric shavers and a Secketts motor bike outfit valued at £8 38s, plus a woollen pullover, as stolen or unlawfully obtained. Both received one day’s imprisonment on each charge, cumulative, with orders to return stolen goods.
The Bridgetown Parents and Citizens Association reports on grounds works with road gravel and pitches, plans for larger equipment, and approval to use funds for Ocean Wave and Horizontal Laddles gear. Perth Conference details and thanks to Mrs Woodhead are noted along with a Domestic Science centre prospect. A hospital appeal support plan and tuck shop, school children visits, hockey sticks purchase, 148 members, and £117 13s 11d credit are recorded.
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