Missing Clyde Bird Reported In Bordering Bush Search
Police and more than 20 locals scour the Balingup bush after Clyde Bird a 50 year old retired teacher disappeared from his home Tuesday night. He left his wife at 10 p m and has not been seen since. An all night and continuing search involves Greenbushes Constable Edwards Perth motorists and a trucker as teams comb scrub within a two mile radius. Bird long ill and possibly suffered memory lapse.
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Big
Comis
Balingup
Clyde Bird
Bird
Edwards
Greenbushes
Perth
Hieit
Weather Summary Shows Dry Week With Low Rainfall
Lack of rain dominates this week's report. Pridgetown received 1 unit of rain over seven days versus 6.1 last year, with the month tally at 4.2, far below last year’s 7.3. Average temperature hovered around 71 degrees, with a high of 78.2 and a low of 63.
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Pridgetown
Fruitgrowers Meet Reviews Lime Oil Spray and Drain Tile
The group discusses lime and oil spray to ease application and spread, drainage tile availability, and a new cement drain design. Attendees note scarce climbing cutworm moths in noncultivated orchards and request urgent Black Bear 40 supplies due to heavy apple ash fy infestations. Representatives from local packing sheds invited to next meeting.
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Herliky
Mer Scott
Annual Mardi Gras Ball in Bridgetown Social Event
The first annual ball by the Bridgetown Sub-lboineh DSL offered an elaborate evening with no expense spared. Highlights included a unique dart game and a Charlie Chaplin race that drew laughter from the crowd, plus abundant decorations and a thank you from the Bos. S. president Fred Buck to servicemen and band supporters.
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Bridgetown Sub-lboineh Dsl
Charlie Chaplin
Bos. S
Fred Buck
Rey
Mere
Tompelty
Ruwkatta
Town Talk in Bridgetown Keeps Local Tales Alive
A Bridgetown column recounts lively local happenings from recent events. It notes visitors from Wollongong, a pine tree removal by road workers, and a comic tortoise tale from an English pub. It also mentions researchers linking atom bomb survivors to cancer risk and a narrator’s efforts to restore hearing after a trumpet incident.
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A. Flintoff
Poust
Prog Valley
Mt. Barker
Doust
G. K. Bardén
Hester
Fiintall
Gallico Gioxoma
Italy
Katoomba
J. Petirie
Australia
Fremantle
Miles
Hardleetown
Snow Brannigan
Cleveland
Ohio
American Cancer Society
Ashley Oughterson
Japan
Rey Burns
Bridgetown
Road Board
Lands Department
Denny Ericson
Francis L. Semmens
Steere St
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Smith’s
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