Manjimup Road Board reviews last meeting items
The Manjimup Road Board chaired by Mr. D Mottram debated distributing petrol tax to rural bodies for feeder road maintenance. It approved footpath cementing at Pemberton, considered building permits, and discussed tobacco kilns, a septic tank system at Manjimup State School with drainage, and library hours amid other local matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manjimup Road Board
D. Mottram
L. J. Rees
H. P. King
A. Cc
Reeve
A, EB
Hodgson
R. J. Wells
H. J Limmer
J. W. Margereson
Muir
J. Bashford
Nambucca
J. Smith
Pemberton
Highfield Street
Limmer
Manjimup State School
8. Cowen
Manjimup
Manjimup pig sale reports firm market and demand
Westfarmers note the Manjimup market sale on December 18 1946 with 247 pigs penned and sold. Metropolitan buyers attended and bid freely for trade pigs as yarding was mainly heavy weight baconers with some porkers. Store pigs scarce and met strong demand from fatteners. quotations list prices for heavy and light baconers porkers and weaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfarmers
Manjimup
Inecon
It Happened as Brooklyn in Technicolor Musical
MGM previews a forthcoming Technicolor musical It Happened as Brooklyn. It will feature stars Kathryn Grayson Frank Sinatra Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford with Grayson pairing with Sinatra previously in Anchors Aweigh and with Lawford and Durante in Two Sisters From Boston.
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Brooklyn
MGM Casts and Projects Feature Sea of Grass and More
Tom Drake Beverly Tyler and Melvyn Douglas join Sea of Grass with Tracy as idol. Walter Huston Marilyn Maxwell Gloria de Haven Agnes Moorehead lead Ah Wilderness adapted as Summer Holiday. Elizabeth Taylor stars in The Spindle Age. Brian Donlevy Robert Walker Tom Drake headline The Beginning of the End about the atomic bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Drake
Beverly Tyler
Melvyn Douglas
M-G-M
Drake
Tracy
Walter Huston
Marilyn Marwell
Gloria de Haven
Agnes Moorehead
Arthur Freed
Eugene O'Neill
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Australia
Brian Donlevy
Robert Walker
Hurd Hatfield
Audrey Totter
Magistrate Dougall Farewelled Amid Transfer to Perth
At Manjimup Police Court a brief recess marked an informal farewell to Resident Magistrate K Dougall who will leave for Perth. Colleagues and press representatives voiced appreciation for his six years in the district and courtesy shown to all court participants.
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Manjimup
K. Dougall
Dougall
Manimup
Perth
C. Astley Williams
Williams
British Company To Manufacture in Australia
Lister and Company plans to establish a large Sydney factory to produce sheep shearing gear, cream separators, engines, lighting plants, and trucks for Australian and New Zealand use. The expansion aims to employ Australians, serve local producers, and create exportable surplus with capital improvements subject to tax approval.
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Australia
Kk. A. Lister & Co. Limited
Fingland
Great Britain
New Zealand
Listers
Sydney
A. O. Ellison
Lister, Blackstone Plv. Limited
HM. A. Lister and Company
Lister
Nick Nicholls recalls famed boxing bouts as timekeeper
Cecil Henry Nicholls known as Nick Nicholls, longtime timekeeper for British boxing, shares memories with BBC on 45 000 matches timed. He recalls Petersen Len Harvey and Len Harvey John Henry Lewis clashes, but ranks Pat O Keith and Jim Sullivan 1916 bout as the most thrilling. O Reith won on points after 15 brutal rounds. Nicholls once was hit by a gallery missile misdirected at him.
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Nick
Cecil Henry Nicholls
BBC
Len Harvey
John Henry Lewis
Pat O'Keith
Jim Sullivan
Tigers
O'Reith
Nichols
Bridgetown Road Board Discusses South West Council Plan
The Bridgetown Road Board notes the South-West Road Board Conference already covers necessary ground for regional interests. It approves a Bunbury Chamber proposal to reform a prewar South West Council and to meet with Boyup Manjimup Bridgetown Boards on a joint Health Inspector. Mail and rail topics are reviewed, including newspaper drops by MacRobertson MacMiller Air Aviation Co with owner consent, and train arrival times from the Commissioner of Railways. Later model engines with silencers are discussed for noise reduction. Three malaria cases are reported. A telephone installation in the goods shed awaits a full-time shed clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunbury Chamber of Commerce
King
Limmer
Springfield School
Chamber of Commerce
South- West
MacRobertson MacMiller Aviation Co
Bridgetown
Boyup
Manjimup
New Heavy Planes Mecca Sparks Interest in Models
Interest centers on the Cormoran NC211 with a 144 ft wingspan and 40 ton total weight, capable of 1200 mile range and 13 ton load. It can be refitted for 131 passengers. The Lan suedoc 161, finished at Toulouse Montrudan, may rival the Douglas DC 4 with 4 engines of 1020 hp and 24 passenger feasibility, 7 tons cargo, 220 mph.
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Toulouse
Montrudan
Remembering a Ring Moment of Forgotten Trunks
A writer recalls a boxing bout when a fighter shed his dressing gown, forgot his trunks, and entered the ring. The crowd roared as the mishap unfolded, creating a legendary moment in ringside memory.
Bridgetown Post Office Mail Despatches Schedule
Despatch times listed for routes from Bridgetown Post Office to Perth Hester Greenbushes Balingup Donnybrook Bunbury Busselton Manjimup Pemberton Palgarup Yarnup Boyup Brook Jardee and Mayanup with multiple daily and weekly departures including 9 am 11.80 am 4 p.m and evening slots across weekdays and Saturdays.
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Perth
Hester
Greenbushes
Balingup
Donnybrook
Bunbury
Busselton
Manjimup
Pemberton
Palgarup
Yarnup
Boyup Brook
Jardee
Mayanup
Who's Who Listing of Local Officials and Clubs
The district and community roll includes M.L.A. Be. K. Hoar M.H.R. N. Lemmon M.L.C. Mann Craig Tuckey Road Board M. Scott E. C. Siggins Hospital Board L. R. Goodridge J. Johnston Advancement Policy Pool R. Urquhart Thos McInnes cCw.A. Mrs. Faithfull Kirk J. Clerk of Courts McIntyre Postmaster G. Briggs Morgan Hester W. J. Agricultural Society R. Scoutmaster R. Sandi lands Girl Guides Commissioner BE. G. Hall St. John Ambulance A. EB. Rawson R. Gillespie Anglicans Rev. Pelham Thurman Methodists Rev. Inwood Roman Catholic Father Kelliher Football Assoc. H. Tomelty B. Fisher Trotting Club R. 8.Hea ter R. T. Leonhardt Bowling Club H. C. Jones A. Raw son Tennis Club A. Flintoff P. Salvair
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Bridgetown
M.L.A
BE. K. Hoar
M.H.R
N. Lemmon
M.l.c.'s
Messrs. Mann, Craig and Tuckey
M. Scott
E. C. Siggins
L. R. Goodridge
J. Johnston
Advancement Policy Pool
R. Urquhart
Thos McInnes
Ccw.a
F. Faithfull
J. Kirk
Nicholls
R. Court
Fruitgrowers' Association
A. Flintoff
R. Troust
J. 8. Bagshaw
W. L. Owen
McIntyre
G. Briggs. Morgan
Hester
W. J. Agricultural Society
R. Sandilands
Girl Guides
BE. G. Hall
St. John Ambulance
A. EB. Rawson
R. A. Gillespie
A. T. Pelham Thurman
N. Inwood
Father Kelliher
Football Association
H. Tomelty
B. Fisher
R. 8.Heater
R. T. Leonhardt
H.C. Jones
A. Rawson
Tennis Cluly
P. Salvair
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Warren District Hospital
Cowen
Diamond Tree Road
Diamond Tree Siding
Mir. Limmer
Lake Muir
Mines Department
West End Motors
Springfiel
Mr. Rees
Rees
Mr. Smith
Bashford
Walpole
South-West Co-op
Salvation Army Appeal
Salvation Army
Warren District Education Council
Bridgetown Advocate
Manjimup Market
Peter Lawford
June Allyson
Farwelled
Mr. Dougall
P. A. Ewings
A.M
A. E. Ball
Harvey
S. J. Strahan
Bridgetown Road Board
Mecca
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