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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
3
The bridge town district faces two playing arenas if bottom eight acres become a sports ground. Board and society members debated funding and loan needs while valuing the bottom ground for future development. Leaders urged proceeding with bottom ground and maintaining two grounds for the district.
A collection of small notes from Bridgetown and surrounding areas. A trapper reports odd rabbit breeding illusions on a property yielding up to 400 pairs after 6 weeks. An umpire arrives by car in Boyan, a rarity for local officials. A business receives eleven pages of government notice on boot and shoe repairs, though operations shifted from repairs to clothing since 1929. Ballot boxes at Pelling Pace miscounted, a holiday maker boards a tram and pays the driver, and political chat reveals twists in parliamentary views. Mr Hester pledges land for a sports ground to keep the project alive.
Rainfall at Bridgetown for the period ended May 31, 1948 was 876 points below the same period in 1947. 1947 total was 1 222 points with 346 points this year. May 1948 yielded 141 points versus 740 in May last year.
Kevan George Starkie reports he shot White during a hunting trip near Eastbrook. White sustained a bullet wound to the shoulder, was moved by improvised stretcher, then by vehicle to Warren District Hospital where his condition is described as progressing favorably. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon on Starkie’s farm with cooperation from Frank Angus, Jack Golding, and local residents.
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