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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
6
Bridgetown residents host and visit relatives across the South West. Notables include Mrs Bashford and Tom Bashford in Bridgetown, Miss Moore visiting from Manjimup, and Berenice Davies holidaying with Mrs Hartley Jones. Clergy, doctors, and bank staff were seen at local hotels with several trips and hospital visits noted.
A pleasant dinner party was hosted Saturday night for Dr D L Gordon of Bridgetown. The event, arranged by Mr Ron Pearce, celebrated the doctor’s upcoming marriage.
A large crowd in Lesser Hall celebrated Dick Scott’s twenty first birthday with the key presentation by Harold Armstrong and a song led by attendees. Guests staying at Bridgetown Hotel include Mrs Redding and family from South Australia and Mrs F Delaney from Kalgoorlie, while Mr Mooris of Shenton Park and Mr and Mrs T Pearce of Perth visited the district.
Sunnyside faced Yornup in a fast paced match with quick wickets. Several batsmen including Giblett, Braund and Harrison fell to tight bowling as totals and fall of wickets are recorded. Timms and Harrison led bowling for their sides in a lowScoring affair.
Bridgetown Road Board to hold a public meeting at Town Hall on Tuesday October 28 at 8 o clock p.m. Citizens will form a representative committee to cooperate with the Advancement Policy Pool on the proposed Memorial Park. Secretary E Cc. Siggins signs notice.
The Baling Up branch met October 13 at the C W A Rooms with president R Blythe recounting a trip to the Royal Show Camp. Attendees trained to Perth and Graylands Camp, served as cattle stewards, heard talks on Guernsey Aberdeen Angus and Red Poll cattle, and participated in parades and exhibitions. The conference voted to raise the age limit to 25, and new member Tilley joined as connections were made for the show week.
Town Organisations and Aly Commission held a meeting on damaged meat arriving by rail and transport issues. Speakers urged independent investigations, improved trucking, added railway safety, and better conoscitions for stock handling and yard communications in Bridgetown.
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