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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
1
Mrs. G. H. Randell of Bridgetown crawled from the wrecked car after a head-on crash with a taxi 21 miles from Boyup Brook near Bridgetown road. She walked two miles to seek help for five others injured in the taxi.
Natives Gilbert Smith and Spencer Reilly applied for citizenship certificates claiming they lived as white people and worked hard. Magistrate Stotter refused the applications, ruling they could not prove they had ceased mixing with other aborigines.
Bridge Town butcher Doug Ly nam cut fingers with a chopper while cutting bone this week. He required several stitches at Bridge Town Hospital. The wounds were flesh deep and no fingers were lost.
The Bridgetown Road Board authorizes secretary Siggins to install a 12 inch underground pipe along the top side of the street. Existing pipes will go under the footpath and connect to the main line to divert waste water to the creek. Cost estimated at about £500 with footpath aligning and crossovers removed to end the stagnant water nuisance.
A bus slid on a slippery patch and overturned on its side injuring seven passengers who were thrown to the floor. An ensuing bus from Donnybrook collected the passengers and brought them to town then returned them to Boyup Brook. The overturned bus was damaged in the incident.
Police conducted a surprise visit to a Bridgetown hotel after a football match. Officers took particulars of men likely to be summoned for being on licensed premises during prohibited hours and considered action against the licensee for alleged Sunday trading.
Farmer Henry Treloar testified that his brother in law William Platell threatened him with murder over fowl ownership last weekend. Platell denied the threat and a charge of assault was dismissed by Magistrate Stotter as the dispute concluded.
Buyers paid strong sums for cattle as Aly F Nelson and Gus Behn of Burekup led purchases. A heifer fetched £42, multiple cows sold up to £30 10 with four head at £18 to £24. Calving cows sold between June and September averaged £21 15. A pedigreed Jersey bull Traval gan bred, six years old, sold for 50 guineas.
Bridge Town hairdresser John Fleeton was thrown when his horse stumbled on Steere Street last Sunday morning. He survived with bruises and bleeding after the horse bolted. The nag was recaptured near the Terminus Hotel. Owner Joelin Was rode along when the horse stumbled into a dug hole. I will stick to rocking horses, Fleaton said.
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