Elders Market Bridgetown Cattle and Sheep Sale Report
Elders Cattle and Sheep Sales at Bridgetown sold 151 cattle and 406 sheep last week. Quality yarding was down from prior months with fewer good steers and cows. however the offering sold well with prices near late rates. Prices included Good quality medium weight steers to £18 15s, light weight steers £14 to £16 2s 4d, Shorthorn cows up to £17 10s, light heifers £12 to £14 17s 6d, Fat Jersey cows £9 5d to £12 12s 6d, shorn crossbred wethers 33s, fat shorn hoggets 30s 6d to 40s, store crossbred lambs 25s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder, Smith & Co
Bridgetown
Bridgetown Hospital Board Seeks New Secretary
Bridgetown Hospital Board reports 61 admissions and 17 births in September. Plans for a new wing progress, with seven stainless steel trays for the labour ward and upgrades including cement floors and verandah louvres. Secretary J P Awcock resigns after 22 years. applications due by November 9.
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Bridgetown Hospital
Hospital Board
Public Health Dept
Bridgetown Hospital Boa
L. PR. Goodridge
J. P. Daan
W. C. Moyes
H. J. Smith
T. Salvair
A. F. Iden
Improvements Board
J. P. Awcock
Awcock
Athol Thain's Fifty-First Birthday Celebration
Athol Thain marks his twenty first birthday with a festive hall gathering at ten pm. Guests toasted the guest of honor, presented him the time-honored key, and enjoyed a buffet and musical interludes. Athol received gifts including cheques and a lamb on the hoof reportedly on the list.
Visiting Country Women Entertained In Bridgetown
Misses Hearnden and Zimmern visited Bridgetown from Albany with Mrs. L. Craig and Mrs. Sykes. They attended a church function to fund the British and Foreign Bible Society building in Perth. A collection of five pounds supported the project as Miss Hearnden praised local hospitality and noted a Collie conference on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity College
Alan
Janet
Bridgetown
Bunbury
Collie
Harvey
Donnybrook
Alan Speer
Janet Meredith
Ann Brierley
Lorna Henderson
Diana Scott
Jean
Pam Goodridge
Beverley Copley
Alan Draper
Valerie Clarke
Miriam Speer
Robert Wheatley
Margaret Archer
Margaret Clarkson
C.W.A
Mrs. Kirk
Miss Zimmern
Britain
Miss Wearnden
Miss Browning
Miss F. Griffiths
Bridgetown Scouts Plan Rally and Meetings
The Bridgetown Scouts held marching and bottle collecting sessions with timber hauling for the Camp Fire on November 4. An annual meeting of Scout Parents is set for November 9. A jamboree meeting is planned for October 27 with parents urged to attend. Seventy-seven total Scouts are listed for Eastward departure. a Scoutmaster is advised to take headache powders.
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Sussmil
R. Sandilands
Bridgetown
Local Scouts Association
P. Moulton
Bruce
Manjimup
Hospital Auxiliary Records Year of Support and Spending
The hospital auxiliary held a day of sociability on November 6. Retiring secretary Mrs J Goodridge reported a year start with £20 7 4 and total receipts of £41 8 1 from stalls and teas plus subscriptions. Expenditure included £10 0 5 10 for hospital equipment and £16 8 5 for hospital mending. Purchases covered dishes jugs bowls utensils and curtain material among other items. The group saved via working bees and noted a year end balance of £7 7 10 plus War Savings Certificates and a Loans Ltd credit of £2. They praised the matron and planned to recruit more members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Goodridge
Loans Ltd
Goodridge
Rifle Club trophies at Bridge Town range next Sunday
Presentation of trophies earned in the last year will be at Bridge Town rifle range with a picnic shoot on Sunday. A trophy will honor the lady who nominates the day’s winning marksman. event starts at 1 p.m.
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Bridgetown
Bridgetown Rifle
P. Hubery
I Hubery
B. Hubery
K. Shepherd
F. Baines
Tate
V. Hubery
G. Foster
G. Bill
L. Lowe
D. Billington
J. Chevis
L. Reid
J. Bentley
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Janet Wheatley
Jean Goodridge
Clarke
University OF W
Hill Bagshaw
Lorna Franks
Anne Franks
Judith Morey
Llonors
Wendy Wheatley
Vna Moulton
A. N. Kingsbury
Athol Thain
Wilkinson
Armstrong
H. V. McKay
Massey Harris Pty, Ltd
Tractor Tyres
Hampton Street
National Library of Australia
W. A
Mesdames Kirk and Faithfull
Auxiliary
Crockery
John F. Smith &Co
Bridgetown Advocate
Nla.gov.au
Nla
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