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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
4
The Manjimup branch of the Potato Growers' Association asks for a weighbridge at the local railway station. A road board letter seeks assistance. Current weighings at Perth divide total weight by bags, unfair to honest growers. The board will ask the Railway Department about installing a weighbridge at Manjimup.
In the Yaumah area a water rights injunction case pits Athi dhies Alexious Phantepisgou against Richard George Tuthill over creek use for irrigation. The court heard claims of water shortage harming the plaintiff and his family, with testimonies about past stream flow, blocking, and advice contradicting the alleged cutoff.
Witnesses described a stream that vanished at times between properties as legal parties debated water rights. The magistrate urged settlement. both sides discussed cooperation while the judge warned against diminishing flows. An amicable arrangement was encouraged to prevent further conflict.
L. Semmens of Steere Street Bridgetown files a report for Country News papers Pty. Ltd. detailing local events and community updates.
Local Roads Board discusses a Wiseman proposal for direct routes between Manjimup and Nannup and Manjimup and Beyup Brook. Officials cite existing Beup Brook path, urge patience on Northcliffe road, and plan further representations to press feeder bus and rail attention.
The note states we are publishers of the four up Brook Bulletin and affirms our role in distributing the publication.
The defendant stated that while he did not admit to depriving the plaintiff of water, he was willing to cooperate. Acquittal was considered for the different terms and costs, though the context mentions weather and a hill reference.
Figures submitted by health inspector J Blson show the month’s meat supply for Manjimup totals 66 head of cattle 687 sheep or lambs and 4 calves. The meats were passed during inspections conducted from November 10 to December 6 at the Manjimup Road Board meeting.
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