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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
7
Bridgetown readies its sixtieth annual show with entries aimed at record totals and high exhibit quality. Official opening is at 2 30 pm, with side shows featuring trotting and draught horses, cattle, sheep and pigs, plus several cups and trophies for top points across divisions.
All Banks in Bridgetown will be closed all day on Show Day November 12, a gazetted Bank Holiday. Bridgetown post office closes at noon, as do Yornup and Hester offices, while shops close at noon and reopen Saturday morning. Continuous telephone service maintained.
Many have arrived for the event with an overhead tank at the liquor booth to aid serving. Afternoon teas and luncheons are planned, and children get separate soft drink booths. The G. W. Hester Memorial Cup is donated by BE Hester, Godfrey Hester and R Hester for the most points in thoroughbred horse sections.
The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. M K Clark, released a report by Superintendent M. Cullity on dairy premises in dairying areas. It notes improvements in butter quality and district Dairy Branch efforts, but some farms remain unsatisfactory. Materials shortages are cited as excuses. district officers will push higher sanitation standards and may issue written instructions or pursue legal action if farmers fail to improve.
Bridgetown branches of Westralian Farmers and Paterson and Co commenced packing lessons last week. Sixteen packers attended Wes farmers class and about twelve joined Patersons, both sexes with more females. Courses run by the firms under Mr T Herlihy supervision to tackle packing labour shortages before the apple season.
Subscription is eight dollars six cents per year post free and payable in advance.
A legal notice announces a trial to resolve disputes over Peters Ice Cream, ice blocks, and cold drinks. The proceeding seeks judgment on corporate claims, with dates and venue details to be provided in subsequent filings.
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