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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1947
Page
5
On Saturday afternoon, the Senior School girls defeated the Junior girls basketball team in good weather. The Juniors moved the ball well with short passes but the Seniors held the lead and won. Final scores show the Seniors with one goal to none for the Juniors.
Services notice lists Holy Eucharist at 9 am and 11 am with Evensong at 7 30 pm. Rector H F Lawson oversees Greenbushes Parish.
An old classified snippet lists items including vegetables fruit ice cream aerated waters and small goods, with the motto Cleanliness Civility Always and notes an agent for Queensland Insurance Co.
Staying at the Nannup Hotel during last week were many Perth visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Dick and Mrs. Hosking and others from Perth. R.S.L. State Congress in Perth begins September 29. Various locals returned from holidays in Perth and Bunbury. The stork brings a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. A. Blythe. Mrs. Mann, an early Margaret River resident, dies. Marroners enjoy a successful Dardanup trip despite unsettled weather. Miss W Jarvis from Nannup Hospital on crutches. Rainfall for September recorded at 63 points.
The Western Australian Trotting Association plans a census of brood mares in the state. Mr Butler of the W A T A visited Bridgetown last week and left forms with the local Trotting Club secretary. The association seeks a comprehensive list and urges owners to cooperate.
Trophies donated by Nelson district residents honored players in the carnival last weekend. Awards went to Jim Lewis and R. Long for fairest and best in the Nelson Donnybrook match, to J McMahon P Keast R Long and M Yates in the Nelson Murray clash, and to Buck Neilson for best place man in the final. Yates won most goals with 13 and Lewis received a fountain pen from Father Kelliher. other trophies went to J McMahon and W Patterson for consistency, with multiple donors named.
Mr F E Wiseman was appointed to represent the Manjimup Road Board on the Warren District Hospital Board. The appointment followed the last meeting of the local governing body which filled the vacancy created by the death of William Mottram.
Mr Allan Prowse states the Road Board released about 3000 trout fingerlings in the Balingup Brook at Culllty’s Pool Bal ingup swimming pool known as The Rocks and Kirup near W Wringe’s property The effort aims to boost district tourism potential in Balingup as a tourist centre with suitable facilities.
The Main Roads Department proposes spending about £11,000 on tar sealing and improvements for 20.7 miles of the Manjimup to Bridge Town road this coming summer with possible bitumenisation within a year. The Manjimup Road Board is asked to state any objections to the proposal. Provides also for work Jardee to Noamalup cross roads with no tar at present and provides details of clearing forming gravelling and side drains over 10,000 feet at an estimated £1,170 with objections invited.
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