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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
7
A horticultural adviser notes fruitgrowing districts show little spraying for pest control. Lax spraying attitudes threaten district prosperity and districtwide earnings, urging growers associations and local bodies to enforce routine spraying for better crops and bigger cheques.
Mr Wauchope asks if part of the 50 subsidy will go to Balingup district while Mr B G Hall says the WA Trout Council controls plantings. Discussion covers direct dealings with Pemberton, district allocations, and plans for district wide plantings every four years.
Cost argued that equal annual plantings in each district raise survival chances for small trout. Mr. Inglis warned that rotating small fish plantings each year prevents cannibalism, while others noted four year cycles risk losing all young trout in bad seasons. The group rejected four year total plantings.
The meeting discussed trout plantings in the Blackwood and its influence on Balingup Nannup and Margaret River district. It was agreed the secretary should seek clarification from authorities and coordinate with the Margaret River Road Board to form the society’s administration of trout plantings. The Blackwood Society seeks government subsidy and a formal boundary agreement.
At the annual general meeting of the Blackwood Trout Accclimatisation Society on Thursday night, attendees included Brooks and W E Inglis of Upper Blackwood, E Ford, J T Brockman and A Hutchins of Nannup, BD Wauchope and Scarr of Balingup. Mrs S S Doust and Miss D Doust served tea and sandwiches after the meeting.
Sports Clubs delegates met Upper Blackwood Sports Council representatives last night and agreed to start a popular girl competition on July 27. Final ceremony to be settled at a ball in Boyup Brook on September 10.
Manjimup is listed as a prospective site for a junior high school but no announcement is expected this year. Premier Ian McLarty notes the Education Dept will consider facilities to match a three year program including science metalwork domestic science and manual training. Arrangements are underway to draft a plan for establishing such schools by year end.
Scouts gathered for the official opening of the Greenbushes Scout Troop led by scoutmaster Mr. Chapman with assistant D Hardie. D C Fullerton and G B M Sandilands opened the ceremony, while Mr. Clarke lent his bus for the trip. Leo Jones joined the troop and begins Tenderfoot training with July 1 readiness expected for several scouts.
A Hospital Show member praised the Sawyer Brothers of Yarnup for clearing a road and removing a 3ft diameter tree that blocked the route around the trunk to let Bridgetown's Hospital Show proceed to Manjimup. They warned cars and a bus before removing the tree on the return trip.
Mr. Walton, headmaster, spoke at the Bridgetown Parents' and Citizens' Association meeting about a follow up survey of children at the State School. Dr. D L Gordon would lead again with a committee, with Mrs Wauchope and Mrs Walton offering to assist.
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