Bridgetown Boy Scouts Row Prompts Local Meeting Demand
Residents at the Yornup Farmers' Branch meeting discuss hold up in butterfat pricing and support the Bridgetown Local Boy Scouts Parents' Association. They question Perth Scouts’ involvement, call for clearer leadership, and plan an upcoming annual meeting to elect officers and boost local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yornup Farmers’ Branch
Mabey
Blackwood
Boy Scouts Parents’ Association
The
Scouts Association
Perth
Scout Association
Mr. Kirk
Bridgetown
Minute Book
Parents’ Association
Manjimup Club Finishes Season With Nine Hole Foursomes
Manjimup Golf Club concluded its season last Sunday with morning men’s foursomes and afternoon mixed foursomes, each competition played over nine holes.
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Manjimup
Farm labour problem voiced at Bridgetown meeting
Mr H Davis told the South-West Bridgetown Progress Association monthly meeting that migrants are unsuitable for farming after teaching them to farm and sheep killing, as they move on. Other members noted clerks and displaced persons arrive, while Irish migrants seek passage to Australia.
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H. Davis
Davis
Horrell
Australia
V. Wheatley
South-West Zone Development Committee
Ambulance Driver to Be Nominated for Recognition
Bridgetown ambulance driver Jack Lockley was nominated for recognition at the St John Ambulance Headquarters following the annual meeting. C V Draper elected secretary, E A Duncan re-elected president, Major H M Whittell added as vice president. A drive to recruit new members and keep subscription fees debated. a proposed rise failed. Free ambulance transport applies within 20 miles and half price to Perth and Bunbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgetown
Jack Lockley
St. John Ambulance
Bob Gillespie
C. V. Draper
E. A. Duncan
H. M. Whittell
J. N. Lockley
Perth
Bunbury
Sudden Death at Manjimup Claims 61-Year-Old
The late Mr Young aged 61 died in his sleep at home after a seizure. Post mortem found a heart abnormality as the cause. He immigrated from England in 1919, served with the ATF in World War I with the 28th Battalion, then moved to Manjimup in the early 1920s to farm in West Manjimup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Young
Australia
England
ATF
Firat
Manjimup
West Manjimup
Farmer seeks subsidy for district bulldozer purchase
South West Bridgetown farmer W S Bagshaw urged the South West Bridgetown Progress Association to back Messrs Shaw and Stretcher in obtaining a bulldozer. Speakers argued for government subsidised bulldozers and a national long term plan to spread clearing work over years, benefiting farmers and tax revenue.
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Bridgetown
W. S. Bagshaw
South-West
Bridgetown Progress Association
Stretcher
D. P. Reid
Association
Wheatley
Ted Bolton
Wheatle Ot
Franks
Yornup
Smithaird
Messrs. Shaw and
Messrs. Bagshaw and
South West
Seventh Day Adventists Launch Big Week Mission Drive
In Bridgetown and Biddellia Nannup districts a special Big Week runs November 5 to 12 to support practical missionary work. A fleet of 35 vessels will transport medical supplies and missionaries to Pacific islands while a church offering on November 12 adds to public donations to expand Australian missions.
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Bridgetown
Biddellia- Nannup
New Guinea
Pacific
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W. J. Kirk
Bridgetown Greater
Engand
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