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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
6
Nannup residents and visitors are shown enjoying holidays and travel around Christmas and New Year. Names include L Doyle C Merchant D Waddington A McAtee K Hill Talbot F Doe and more, with bus and rail travel to city and Perth references. Social gathering at J Talbot home features dancing singing and a buffet supper.
A New Year's Eve dance in aid of the RSL Women's Auxiliary funds drew a happy crowd. Music was by P Higgins, J Smith, C Monday, A White, B Barlow, and W Christie. At midnight celebrations included a dramatic countdown and festive decorations with confetti and hats on sale.
Core list of groceries hints at a general store catalog with vegetables fruits ice cream and beverages. The fragment includes various product types but lacks full context on brands or prices.
Official opening of the Namp bowling season set for Sunday afternoon. Members are urged to prepare the greens with a busy workday on Saturday. The club expects to enter two teams in the 8-W FOURS South-West Fours at Busselton on January 23 23 and 24.
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Melbourne students Max Burleigh Ray Meldrum and companions travel by lift across Western Australia visiting Bunbury Busselton Dunsborough Margaret River Yallingup Augusta and Geraldton. They met in Bunbury New Year and plan to join for a train to South Australia proceeding toward Bridgetown for final leg.
Mr. J. Robinson, 45, injured when the motor vehicle he rode in overturned on Gold Gully road last Friday afternoon. His left arm was broken in two places while the other occupant, Mr. Keenan, was uninjured. He was driven to hospital, then Busselton for X rays, and returned to Nannup.
A member extols the Nannup Chamber of Commerce founded February 4 1948 with R H Scott as president T G Wilson as vice president and F K Hillman as secretary. It details efforts to improve local mail service coal exploration Flybrook and Bibup, station conveniences, and collaboration with geologists MPs and industries. Rowe named to South West Development Committee.
Sudden death of John Frederick Kamman aged about 78 near his Mount Barker Road estate Finsbury. A South Africa native, Kamman settled in the Manjimup district 43 years ago and helped found Warren Co operative Co and active in Fruitgrowers Association. Survived by widow, two sons Fred and Bill, two daughters Mrs Collins and Mrs Dunn. funeral held at Balburup Cemetery after service at St. Martins Church.
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