Balingup Beachgoers Evoke Busy Holiday Weekend
A Bav of Balingup residents and visitors flocked to Bunbury back beach and Busselton over the weekend. Families, travellers, and friends from Bunbury, Brunswick Junction, Kalgoorlie, and Greenbushes shared tales of rail routes and road trips while noting sunburned faces and new Ford trucks in the district.
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Bunbury
Busselton
Bill Jenkins
Doug Wauchope
Joan
Bert Walton
Merv Dilley
Rose Tomerini
Nominations For Manjimup Trotting Meeting Reach Sixty Three
Secretary of the Manjimup Trotting Club Mr A McDonald reports 63 nominations for the trotting meeting on Saturday January 29. Highlight is Tweedie the glamor horse from Pemberton with eight straight wins. Also entered is Graceful last year’s Derby winner returning after a spell.
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Manjimup
A. McDonald
Tweedie
Graceful
Bridgetown
Farm owner burned by molasses after dog knockdown
Mrs. H. Stephenson slipped into boiling molasses on her farm last Friday when a dog knocked her down. She was admitted to War-Tren District Hospital and remains an inmate but is reported to be progressing favorably.
Special Tennis Meeting Favors Changes To Club Constitution
At a well attended Balingup Tennis Club meeting in the CWA Rest Room motions to delete clause 8a failed by two votes but a later motion passed allowing majority voting based on submitted votes for membership acceptance. A rule restricting employer nomination was deleted, new expulsion power added, junior play moves lapsed then clarified, and all in the lead up to the annual tournament. Captain Doug Wauchope urged all members to participate and support forthcoming events. Meeting closed near 11 p.m.
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Balingup Tennis Club
CWA
R. J. Blechynden
Frank
Doug Wauchope
Hae
Football Club Presents Gold Propelling Pen to Wally Ammon
Wally Ammon received a gold propelling pen from the Balingup Football Club before his departure to join the RAAF. Secretary Bert Walton apologised for the president and captain's absence as they presented the gift and wished the club well for the season. Ammon expressed pleasure and goodwill toward the club.
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Balingup
RAAF
Wally Ammon
Bert Walton
Wally
Bunbury
Charlie Chapman
Syd Brayshaw
Colin Dilley
Peter Blakeny
Lew Ammon
Ron Udell
Alan Moore
Len
Ron Oliver
R. Oliver
Manjimup Records Its Hottest Day On Record
Manjimup saw a shade temperature of 101 degrees at the post office on Monday, the hottest day in four years under post office records. Postmaster R E Bonner notes it may be the town's hottest day in history. Forestry crews monitor dangerous fire conditions, with outbreaks near the line between Wilgarrup and Pemberton.
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Manjimup
R. E. Bonner
Wilgarrup
Pemberton
R. P. Davis
M.P.S
Davis
Nelson
Dare Leads to Daring Dip at Fonty’s Pool
A Dare Taken on Monday night drew a crowd at Fonty’s Pool when a girl declared she would not enter the water yet phrased it as a dare. She leaped into the pool and landed some yards from the bank, emerging wet but unharmed.
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Fonty's
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W.L. Nelson, M.P.S
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