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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
8
The Annual General Meeting of Balingup Cricket Club will be held at the Hotel on Tuesday September 4. All members are requested to be present. Signed by Buchanan Hon Sec.
The monthly meeting of the Greenbushes Branch will be held at the Exchange Hotel on Tuesday August 30 1949, commencing at 8 30 p.m. T H Bastcott secretary.
Bridgetown Road Board invites residents to afternoon tea at the Town Hall on Thursday September 22 at 4 p.m. The Governor General and Mrs McKell will attend and attendees must RSVP in writing by September 11 to the secretary E C Siggine for catering planning.
Elder Smith and Co present a sequence of sales in September. Nannup furniture and cattle sale on September 7. Bridgetown town cattle sale on September 7. clearing sale at a/e S Cagnana Balingup on September 14. Manjimup pig sale on September 16. Balinup pig sale at 10.30 am and Vidgetown pig sale at 12 noon on September 16. Manjimup cattle sale on September 21. The Manjimup Pig Sale is on the second Wednesday and the Manjimup cattle sale on the third Wednesday. Balingup and Bridgetown pig sales on the third Thursday, September 15.
Warriors battled Balungup with strong defense and fast play. Key contributors included McRae and Glancy for Warriors and Trezise and Allsop for Balungup, as the match swung with late scores keeping the scoreboard tight.
The Blackwood Trout Acclimatisation Society reports control of the Blackwood River from Augusta Margaret River to West Arthur including Nannup and Bridgetown. Upper Blackwood Road Board offers £25 toward trout purchase. Bridgetown, Boyup Brook, Balingup and Nannup members support donations. The council plans allocations for Bridge town and other towns with fry and yearling releases.
Acting chairman Mr H Moore presented Mr and Mrs J P Henderson with a certificate recognizing long service to charitable institutions. Henderson thanked the board noting honorary work brings enjoyment and recalled using the hall to host 620 people for performances. Certificate cites wartime and postwar stage show organization for deserving charitable institutes.
Bridgetown Road Board decided to resume funding at river siding and construct saleyards to lease long term to stock agents. The move follows advice that land 24 miles from the trucking yards could lapse at month end, risking agents needing to buy to guard against unavailability.
The Dunnett funeral drew one of the district’s largest crowds in years, with over sixty wreaths placed on the grave. Minister S. Louis of Busselton officiated at the Seventh Day Adventist service and burial, as BR Palkingham of Busselton oversaw the arrangements. In a local football clash, Balingup defeated Warriors 18.14 to 9.9, with Trease and Filsell among the scorers and standout plays from MacLoughlin, Rex Bailey, Nye, and A Bailey.
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