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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
8
Bridgetown market announces a cattle and sheep sale set for Thursday October 13 at 2 PM with a date alteration note. Local buyers and ranchers are advised to attend as livestock entries and bidding will occur at the town auction ground.
Elder Smith & Co Limited announce an auction offering 300 cattle and 655 sheep with detailed stock classifications including fat steers fat cows heifers and yearlings plus 80 fat wethers and Romney cross ewes. Prospective buyers should contact Perth or Bridgetown auctioneers for full terms and arrangements.
Jacqueline reports a list of residents and visitors in Bridgetown over the weekend and upcoming events. Names from nearby towns such as Manjimup, Bunbury, Perth, Collie, and Denmark appear, including Miss Joan Moyes and Miss Marge Clover on holiday trips, and notes on football attendees and entertainment.
Tourists arriving in Bridgetown include Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wendt Mr. and Mrs. C. Fechner Mr. and Mrs. R. Burns Mr. and Mrs. R. B Urquhart Messrs. M. R. Richardson and E. Hicks Mesdames V. Woods H. R. Gray E. Sevill G. F. A. Measday A. Piper and M. Jones.
Notice seeks logs suitable for piles 40 to 60 feet long with crown not under 12 inches. Any quantity considered. High prices offered. Pine timber also purchased. Contact P Baruffi Balingup via telephone Balingup 52.
Bridgetown hosts Family Worship at 7 40 p m Evening Service Communion led by Rev A L Meyer Nannup holds 3 p m service with Rev A L Meyer Boyup Brook offers 7 30 p m service with Mr A G Rankine On Thursday October 4 State Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society Rev C Taylor visits Bridgetown to lecture at the Lessex Towns Hall at 8 pm inviting the public to attend and learn of the Bible Society work
Bridgetown screens two features starting Wednesday October 6. Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis star in If You Knew Susie a light musical comedy about vaudevillians reopening a family home as a night club and a Washington signed document triggering a courtroom style auction. Also showing Johnny O Clock with Dick Powell Evelyn Keyes as the gambler’s love, a brisk melodrama of crime and pursuit.
A Nelson Association dinner honored Mr. Orr guest of honor as the South West Carnival rivalry drew praise for local sports facilities. Toasts celebrated sporting bodies and the press while performers E G Smith, F Jenkins, and A E Walton entertained the guests.
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