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Newspaper

Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Aug 03, 1945

Page

4

Pemberton Notes on Golf Medal and Bisque Draw

On Thursday afternoon women dominated the Monthly Medal with scores led by Mies Berty and others including Mrs. Davin and Mrs. McKeeres. Sunday morning featured a bisque between the men ending in a draw between Clayster and Winch, to be replayed. results list Cloyster and Winch one down, Boor Snr two down, Bloor Jnr three down, Knowles and Deadman four down.

Mies Berty Davin McKeeres Mere, Goddard Doudimn Carn G. Boor Snr Bloor Jnr Knowles and Deadman

Football Match Lacks Quality Amid Player Absences

Last Friday's game sank to one of the poorest records as key players were missing from Dif. The Cov entangled attack dominated, with strong showings from Reg Cov and Dave Elliott. Notable efforts by Kevin Buffin Owen Pitt Graham and Tom Davis contrasted by injuries to Ken Littlefair and Les Hyauter.

Dif Kalnalo Biffin Cov Reg. Cov Coverley Cooper Dave Elliott Kevin Buffin Owen Pitt Craham Bie Eitly Tom Davis Ken Littlefair Wiffin Skip Neville Les Hyauter

Girls Hockey Match Abandoned After Comment Owing

A girls hockey game was abandoned due to inclement conditions. The report notes the interruption and concerns about safety led officials to halt play.

Asset totals from ledger entry

The record lists Bank Balance £2 3 3, Petty Cash £4 4/, First Aid Equipment £10 11 9, and Balance of Assets over Liabilities £500 10 4, dated 11/9.

Nelson Press Commercial Bank St. John Ambulance Perth

Upper Blackwood Road Health Board Holds Monthly Meeting

The Upper Blackwood Road Health and Vermin Board met in the Boyup Brook Hall with acting chairman W. Moore presiding. J. R. Purse returned as Scotts Brook member, officials discussed road work, private jobs, health and education items, and school bus plans while considering future hospital and church land matters.

Upper Blackwood Road Purse Butterly Hack Sale Wis Ministers For Health Boyo

Britain votes Labour for first clear postwar majority

Britain’s July election yields a Labour government with a sweeping majority over the Conservatives and other parties. Churchill and Eden are elected, but many ministers lose seats. Atlee becomes prime minister with a mandate to push socialist reforms and postwar reconstruction under state ownership and economic controls.

Britain Labour London Labour Party Churchill Eden James Grigg the Admiralty Brendon Bracken Information G. W. Lloyd Donald Somerville BR. EK. Law W. Mabane National Innurance L. Hore Be. Nisha Joy Air Harold McMilan Penxiong Walter Womersley India Burma L. Amery Dencan Sandys Ernest Brown Randolph Churchil Julian Amery Conservative Party R. Assheton Archibald Sinclair Liberal Party Erect Beveridge Percy Harris Bonham Carter Winston Spencer Churchill Germany Europe Empire Stalin Roosevelt Potsdam Truman Church Hill KR. Atlee Socialist Party Atle Teritain Ming Centre British Labour Party Australia Blackpool Dominions

Pemberton School gets new gym equipment and updates

Telford inspects Pemberton State School as Parents and Citizens Group supplies tumbling mats and horizontal bars for gymnastic work. Betty Martyn’s classmate circle sends best wishes as Ashurst’s husband returns to Sydney. dance funds push toward the £100 target amid a rain-heavy year of 60 wet days and 2015 rainfall points.

Betty Martyn al “Yr Telford Pemberton State School Parents and Citizens Association Ashurst Air Force Sydney Perth Awas Jean Roby Taffy

Red Cross Depot Committee July meeting notes and finance

At the Depot Committee annual meeting held July 24 the catering for the tea room was discussed amid cake shortages. Mrs Dustingbax agreed to supervise the tea room for now and asks for volunteers. The report includes a 12 month financial summary ending June 2 1945 with receipts and payments totaling about £2867 and notes on bank balances and various expenditures.

Depor Aemses Smrter National Bank Commonwealth Bank Qetel

Full Gospel Church Pemberton Service Schedule

Sunday programs at Pemberton Full Gospel Church include Bread Service at 2 pm with Fate Shand, evening meeting at 7. Bible study and prayer sessions run midweek and Friday fellowship at 7 pm. Regular prayer meetings complete the weekly timetable.

pam—Fellowship

Manjimup Cattle Market Report Rider Smith Co July Sale

Rider Smith and Co Limited report a Manjimup sale on a Wednesday in July with 392 cattle and 47 sheep. Fat cattle ranged from £8 10s to £17 5s for various grades, with store cattle including Shorthorn and Guernsey stock at quoted prices. Sheep entries were crossbred hoggets but details are incomplete.

Rider, Smith & Co. Limited Manjimup Aberdeen Aggus Cross Guernsey

St John Ambulance AGM Votes for Ambulance Purchase Help

The St John Ambulance annual meeting at Boyup Town Hall approved last year’s accounts and adopted receipts and expenditures. A committee of similar size was elected with members from Mauxney Voor Disalonp Kul and others. A letter to the Lottery Commission sought assistance for ambulance purchase. public response blamed, but £200 raised by the local A L P branch. New officers were named and a subsidy inquiry to the Head Centre ordered. Membership set at five shillings plus dependents, with free ambulance services for residents of the Blackwood Road district.

Boy“py Mauxney Voor Kull Boyup Brook J. E. Ingils E. L. Cummins FL Micir C. Sweet Ine Ae A.L.P Cementite Takeh W. E. Inglis W. J. Webb W. Brew Sweet Head Centre Li Vearate Comer Blackwood Road Lourd

Penicillin Use Sparks Bovine Mastitis Debate in 1940s

The secretary of the Butterfat Section writes to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research about Penicillin in treating bovine mastitis. The council notes penicillin may help only within a controlled eradication program and warns untrained farmers cannot rely on it. The Hamilton system promotes prevention through established methods, with guidance available via the Bridgetown agent W. L. Nelson.

Pp.a G. F.arthew Council For Scientific and Industrial Research Council G. A. Cook Division of Animal Health and Production Primary Producers Association Pacific Heath Tea Bridgetown W. L. Nelson

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