Bridgetown Carnival Opened With Local Officials Present
The official opening of the 1949 Bridgetown Carnival drew local leaders to the fore as Mr. M. Scott chaired the Bridgetown Road Board while Mr. H. Moore, Mr. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Moulton, and Mr. H. C. Jones presided over Bridgetown clubs. Full result list and farewell messages are on page 7.
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Bridgetown
M. Scott
Bridgetown Road Board
H. Moore
Bridgetown Lawn Tennis Club
E. Lawrence
W.A. Bowling Association
Moulton
Bridgetown Ladies’ Bowling Club
H. C. Jones
Bridgetown Bowling Club
Alarm Over Financial Drift at Bridgetown Hospital
At January 31 outstanding accounts total £603 2s 10d, mainly with Bridgetown tradespeople. Wages for a sixteen member staff cost about £150 per fortnight. bed occupation averages fifteen. The institution has £100 bank overdraft. Members urged cash payments for goods and a special grant plus higher monthly subsidy to stop further drift.
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Bridgetown
Utilities Collide in a Saturday Road Incident
Two vehicles collided on a Saturday night. H. E. Elphick of Bridgetown and G. E. Hester of Loyup Brook drove, sustaining only minor injuries. One vehicle had a buckled right front mudguard and a bent front axle.
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H. E. Elphick
Bridgesdown
G. E. Hester
Loyup Brook
Bridgetown Wins First Country Week Match in Carnival
Bridgetown's Country Week cricket team defeated Wickepin in the opening match of the Country Week Carnival Div. 3 B Section. Bridgetown declared at 141 for wickets led by Fred Lee Steere captain, Wickepin 63 and 115 at stumps following on. Scorers included Westlake Giblett Roe Shoebridge Forrester and Dwyer with notable bowling by Roe Shoebrook and Westlake.
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Bridgetown
Wickepin
Fred Lee Steere
B. Westlake
G. Giblett
M. Roe
F. Lee Steere
Fi. L. Shoebridge
G. Forrester
Sundries
W. Braund
L. Shoebridge
W. Wheatley
G. Morgan
J. Dwyer
A. Westlake
W. Harrison
Central Midlands
Ratepayers meet on sports ground loan for Bridgetown
A ratepayers meeting in Bridgetown discusses a petition backing a £7000 loan to build a sports ground at Leaning Tree Hill ahead of a February 26 referendum. The piece highlights rival boards in the South-West expanding facilities and urges approval to provide football hockey soccer cricket and a trotting track plus a new school and bitumen works.
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Leaning Tree Hill
Bridgetown
W.A
Australia
WABA
Bridgetown ‘Tennis Club
The
Agricultural Society
Show Ground
Four Generations at Bridgetown Christening
Four generations gathered at Bridgetown Methodist Church for a double christening led by Rev. Norman Inwood. The families present included Mr and Mrs Moyes of Manjimup and Bridgetown residents Mr and Mrs Archie Maclin and Mr and Mrs Keith MackKinon. Little Susan Patricia and Delisa Sheryl were christened with godparents Mr Jack Draper and Mrs Ben Pisher. The Moyes couple are aged 86 and 87. No injuries were reported in a nearby truck rollover on Peninsula road, four miles west of Bridgetown, which damaged a door and mudguard.
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Bridgetown Methodist Church
Norman Inwood
Susan Patricia
Keith MacKinnon
Delisa Sheryl
Lois Goldman
Wall N Grave
Peninsula Road
Bridgetown
James Lewis
Lewis
Social News Appeal Encourages Community Support
Community social notices invite residents to share news and support the local newspaper. The piece emphasizes that the paper welcomes both large and small items and values reader contributions.
Obituary of Dorothy Madge Gultmore in Bridgetown
Dorothy Madge Gultmore died at 46 in Bridgetown last Thursday. Funeral held Saturday at the Catholic cemetery with Father Pathe officiating at the grave, born in Perth and long resident of Wridge town district.
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Booth
Bridgetown
Dorothy Madge Gultmore
Pathe
Kelleher
Perth
Wridgetown
Bridgetown Advertising Plan Seeks Regional Booklet
Bridgetown Advancement Policy Pool agreed to invite delegates from Manjimup Nannup and Boyup Brook to the March 7 annual general meeting to discuss a regional booklet. A committee including V A Doust S Doust and R Sandilands was formed to study purchasing playground equipment and the cost of a 32 page booklet at about £325.
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Bridgetown
Manjimup
Nannup
Boyup Brook
Messrs
V. A. Doust
S. Doust
R. Sandilands
Euipment
Bridgetown Infant Health Centre Seeks New Sister
The Bridgetown Infant Health Centre informs that Sister Riley will not return to Bridgetown. Secretary Mr. Ray Lindsey states they must obtain the services of another sister for the Bridge town circuit.
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Bridgetown Infant Health Centre
Ray Lindsey
Riley
Bridgetown
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Metropolitain
Wm. Moyes
Mrs
Archie Maclinnon
Keith MackKinnon
Jack Draper
Ben Pisher
Mrs. Moyes
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