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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
6
The Bunbury inquest, opened May 8, heard witnesses from the bus, which burst into flames during refuelling on April 1. Grace Evelyn Archer died from severe burns. coroner criticizes bus construction and safety compliance, urging immediate action to inspect and relicense buses.
Arthur Gandy pled guilty to operating a truck and trailer without a tail light and was fined £1 plus 4/ costs in Manjimup Police Court last Thursday. Paul Liddelow was fined £1 plus 4/ costs for riding a bicycle without lights. Complaints were laid by Traffic Inspector E R Heath and heard by L W Stotter.
Alfred May was cautioned and ordered to pay 5 pounds 6 pence costs after a drunkenness charge. In a separate case eleven people were fined on May 16 for being on licensed premises after hours at the Bridgetown Hotel where officers found several schooners. total fines and costs reached £23. Names and amounts include Ellis, Flee ton, Guy, May, Wilkinson, Cornwall Tambellup, Lynam, Forsythe, Higgins, and Brennan with various costs.
Mullalyup notes show the school reopening Monday with Denise Twaddle joining as a six year old pupil. Mrs. Cooper travels by bus to Donnybrook with granddaughter May. Local scenery brightens as Hawker residence repaint and aluminium verandah roofs gain landmark status. Bridgetown-bound traffic rises with extra Bunbury buses to handle weekend influx. Community updates include a welcome for Denise, road board work, and congratulations to Mrs. Henry Gubler on her majority birthday.
A descriptive piece on the Splendid Wren noting male and female coloring and nest habits. It includes a short fiction about Sooty the bird finding a worm, a woodhouse scene, and a final signature from Nancy Bartlett for Class VI.
Patchy and Sooty fly toward the river to visit Mr. Kookaburra two miles away. Mrs King Parrot calls her mate to guard the nest and hands him a note written on a leaf. The two birds head onward as the journey remains uncertain.
A short tale recounts Jacky the kookaburra chasing a snake that proves to be a stick. He later misreads another snack, but a swallowed tickle causes him to laugh, and since then the kookaburra laughs at things. The note credits Brian Gregory, Class V.
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