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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
1
Bridgetown Road Board reports on memorial design changes from stone to reinforced concrete. Exhibits war pictures for patriotic collection. local fund drive planned. Community notices include sales, employment ads, road repairs, and local deaths and events in Bridgetown and surrounding areas.
Energetic individuals can establish themselves in a paying local business with no cash outlay. Steady income from the start, with some business experience desirable but not essential. Apply to Opportunity, Box: Gast G.P.O. Perth.
Bridgetown branch of the association decided at its last meeting to protest the rise in superphosphate price and asked Bridgetown Road Board to back the move. The board at its meeting resolved to write Agriculture Minister Wise urging a reestablishment of the bonus.
Bridgetown and neighboring towns publish a busy timetable of church and Sunday school services across multiple venues. Notable items include Trinity XVII with Holy Communion at 8 am and 10 am, Sunday School at 11 am, plus evening services at Scott's Brook and Greenbushes. The Ladies Guild invites all ladies to its September 19 meeting at 3 pm and the Direct Giving Appeal finalizes in September with a total fund target discussed.
Notice invites readers to subscribe to a monthly issue of The Bridgetown Advocate. It promotes the Farmers and Dairyman monthly publication as indispensable, offering yearly and per-copy rates.
Red Cross at Bridgetown meets Friday September 6 with 68 in attendance. Mrs WH Hill presides. sympathy motions pass for Mrs Dallas, Mrs Cullen, Mrs Mill, and Mrs Po Gray. Donations stream in from RSL Appeal and local members. Funds pledged include £150. other gifts arrive via headquarters and intervals. After meeting, members donate baby items and garments.
The Priawrs Pre divers' Association debated margarine sales and storekeeper actions, with Len Wheatley as president. plans included a Bridgetown display, a butter price reduction focus, and a Bridgetown pennant team trip to Boyup Brook. The gathering outlined grade A and B competition schedules and team selections for a forthcoming golf event.
The Budgetown Road Board held a Friday meeting with President W J Ayer and members including E Hestes H 11 McAlinden EL Mitchell Ho Wood S Bagshaw and M Scott among others. They decided to grant permission to erect a by-pass under usual conditions and discussed pipe culvert at a gate and several road and park maintenance items including Mackwe Park road and school access with estimates pending.
Aug 24 wedding of Dora May Dawn Lilley to Fred Lilley at Bridgetown Methodist Church officiated by Roy Farman. Bride wore white gown with veil and pink stocks bouquet. attended by Miss Wailfe in white with pink turban. Reception held. toasts, dinner, and tributes followed amid community attendance.
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