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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
6
Kirup residents and guests share a week of travels and stays in towns such as Australind Bunbury Boyup Brook Harvey Busselton Mullalyup and Donnybrook. Notables include Mr and Mrs A R Kelly Tom Davidson Dick Warrick Brian McDonald and families with multiple short trips and weekend visits.
Ferguson defeated Mullalyup by 67 runs on first innings after both sides posted 104. Ferguson's L McDonald led with 32 in the second innings and G Gardiner took multiple wickets, securing 5 for 22 in the first and 6 for 14 in the second, while Mullalyup struggled to 47.
Local families and visitors recount New Year week end trips across Greenbushes Perth Bunbury Fremantle Pemberton and Busselton. Miss Davies and Miss Yates travel home while others plan camping and holidays with relatives and friends. The town notes a hospital update and a car trip to Perth. The Imperfect Lady stars Ray Milland and Teresa Wright lead Paramounts drama set in Victorian England.
A Manjimup fishing party endured a string of misfortunes last weekend. A beer cage collapsed before departure, a car hood was ripped off by a tree limb, and their yacht overturned near shore leaving three lads to swim to safety while others were rescued by a dingy captain.
Johnny Weissmuller and Bob Crabbe headline the thriller Swamp Fire along with Caro Thurston and Virginia Grey on the same program.
The note from Bridgetown at Ring 136 states rapid execution of printing tasks for Nelson Press. A terse instruction emphasizes fast, precise work.
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