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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
8
All registrations for factories shops and warehouses expired December 31 and must be renewed in January. This is the final warning and prosecutions will be started against occupiers of unregistered premises.
Independent candidate J H Smith announces candidacy for Blackwood, promising 20 years in Parliament and a focus on welfare for all community sectors. He claims deep knowledge of primary industries and urges electors to vote for him to advocate for Blackwood and the State, with personal outreach planned.
The Bridgetown branch advises pig markets for February will be held on the fourth Wednesday and Thursday instead of the usual third Wednesday and Thursday. The notice specifies the shift in scheduling for that month.
Elder Smith and Co Limited announce an auction of 200 pigs including baconers porkers slips and weaners to be sold at Manjimup Market on a Wednesday in February. Further entries listed by the firm.
Auction notice indicates 100 pigs baconers to be sold with ED wave instructions. Further entries invited for the Balingup Market Thursday in February at 10. Pigs to be auctioned as above.
A revision court will be held in the Board Room on Monday 20 February 1950 at 7.30 p.m. The session will hear appeals or objections to the electoral lists. E. U. Siggins, Secretary.
One 14 inch Qualcast lawn mower in perfect order and condition. Also a dressmaker’s model on a revolving wire stand in good order. Apply Mrs P Gray at Steere Street Bridgetown.
Bridgetown Market to auction 300 pigs including baconers porkers sips and weaners at 12 noon with Smith and Co handling the sale.
Ash Wednesday observances listed include Holy Communion at 10 a.m. and Evensong at 4 p.m. at Martins parish on February 22, with AM service noted.
Social circle of Bridgetown bowlers at a civic reception recounts a playful tale of shanghaiing the WABA president. Notables present include Mr. and Mrs. Nipper Truscott, Mr. and Mrs. Peters, plus several local figures. Oliver of ABA attends Bridgetown's 1950 Carnival. Kalgoorlie bowler J Davison wins handi cap singles and plans next visit. Community gatherings touch on Labor Day sports, the Flannel Dance, and a farmers amalgamation debate tonight.
The Bridgetown Road Board hosted a civic reception celebrating road improvements and local sporting facilities. Speakers praised ongoing road works and the Tennis and Golf Clubs while highlighting a forthcoming multi-sport complex to rival others in Western Australia. Members noted bowlers traveled from Geraldton to Kalgoorlie and Brisbane to Adelaide events would unite Australians through bowls.
Greenbushes residents bid farewell to Mrs Brokenshire who leaves for a Sydney visit after six years teaching infants. Gifts from children, music by Mrs Kerr and Mr Ernie McKelvie, and a supper room card game followed. The article also records Girl Guides elected leaders Rhonda Selfe and Rhonda Wilkes, with Miss Birch welcomed as Brown Owl, plus plans for a reunion and cooking lessons. A large crowd gathered at Mitchells pool amid mining-water rumors, and local notices mention Syd Guest planning a Busselton bowls visit, travel to Perth for Fred Kerr and John Cawley, Mrs Miles’ two-week South Perth holiday, a Greenbushes Road Board meeting on February 25 about sanitation, and a correction to water restrictions hours from 6 to 8 pm daily.
Several reports are unavoidably held over due to unforeseen circumstances causing schedule delays and rescheduling across editorials.
The list details numerous trot selections across metropolitan maidens and various handcaps including ROHDA S GIFT RULIDA DE BORDEAUX and SISTER ROSE at venues such as Caversham Guildford Darlington and Greenmount. It notes prior acceptances and durable handicaps with many named horses and events across the program.
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