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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1937
Page
2
Auctioneer W E Romge offers a large collection of cedar and walnut furniture plus china, silverware, brass and copper ware. Items include wardrobes dressers tables chairs bookcase stools and dining pieces, a gilt mirror, piano, chandeliers and extensive E P ware. Inspect on sale day. numbers provided for identification. Terms cash.
Sunday listings show Methodist services with a 11 am sermon at Redruth and no service at Westbury. The annual meeting of the above club is set for Thursday April 15 at 8 pm at Burra Hastl tule. An Adelaide boarding house ad offers bed and breakfast with car park. A used sedan is advertised for sale with gentle terms.
Two horses offered including a heavy draught brown gelding of several years and a bay filly two years old. Interested parties should contact C. H. Martin Georgetown or Dalgety’s Jemestown for steward information.
Published every Tuesday afternoon at the free Comtmersie Street Roarings by Ernest Frederick Marston proprietor. Telephone 46 Bor 40.
Local sale conducted by Weorts Goldsbrough Mort Co at 144 Lodge Ball Aberdeen on Friday afternoon April 4 with cedar and walnut furniture tapestry china ware silver electroplate brass and copper. Viewing Thursday 1 pm to 6 pm.
The Sunday School anniversary will be held Sunday with three services led by Rev. D B C Harris of Riverton. Bright singing by the scholars. There will be no service at World’s End Sunday afternoon due to the observance.
A Wednesday event in Burra combines musicians and other performers to benefit a worthy local institution. Organizers urge attendance and support from the public to aid the cause.
Obituaries honor George Willmott of Yongala aged 72 and Katherine Abbott aged 84 at Farrells Flat. Funeral details note Katherine Abbott's service from Farrell's Flat to Farrell's Flat Cemetery. Remembrance for Trud Voumard recalls a 1936 passing with family inscriptions.
A clipped advertisement offers opportunities for men with transport to build a perpetual business serving farms in South Australia. It promises free training and ample profits with large capital gains, directing interested parties to 38 Victoria Street in Adelaide for more details.
Annual Sheep Dog Field Trials run under Burpy Burrs Show Incorporated rules will take place in Aberdeen. Leading kennels from Victoria and South Australia nominate top dogs. Open Class finals, Maiden and Puppy Stakes, plus Saturday’s horse events promise two days of sport and entertainment.
Three parcels of books and periodicals were received for Mongolate from Mrs Stewie sume of Ayer Forest and Mire Pl i Booborowie, with K D Pescue & Sons Kuoringa Me W Carpenter covering delivery free of charge for all such parcels.
The Murison family lead from Koaringa on Sunday morning to Waikerie after long ties to Burra. Mr Murison built a Burra career before and after the Great War, contributing as band conductor and musician and serving with the Burra District Band and the Butea Orchestral Institute. Mrs Marston aided musical and community work, while Miss Murison and Master W. Murison were regulars in local church and school life. The departure is mourned as they seek a new home at Waikerie.
Me Fred Wheatley, famed Burra musician from a long musical family, visited Burra last week with wife from Corse Victoria. He praised the town’s growth and trees since he left, noting his brothers Gort Stan and Alf still spread the Wheatley name in Commonwealth music before departing via Adelaide en route to Victoria.
St Marys Church held its annual vestry meeting after service on 4 April. The rector's report credited strong acts of communion and noted generous year end gifts. The electric organ blower fund was fully subscribed with £70 needed. officers and committees were elected and thanks expressed to supporters.
A April programme highlights star Kar Francis praised for glamour on screen while living a modest Hollywood life. Her home lacks luxury, with a simple maid and cook sharing services. She refuses invites that disrupt her sleep and keeps vanity at bay, saying comfort and atmosphere trump ostentation. A second feature stars Dick Foran in Song of the Saddle.
State birthday congratulations flow for T P Hallscent of Kooringa who will celebrate her seventy sixth birthday Monday. The note mentions good health and best wishes from friends and family at Coverdale's Pharmacy and related box plans.
The annual meeting at Kooringa elected E Fuller as chairman N Aden as assistant secretary and H Mumime as patron Samuel as president and H Dovey ZL Fam as auditors Redding as rev and Prior Heller as gatekeepers. Members vote to join Burra Football Association set dues and arrange a May 12 trip to Coronation Day for practice.
Easter weekend visit by Salvation Army bands from Brush Banks Port Adelaide and Kilkenny brought music to Burra. Open air concert in Market Square moved to the Roaring Church due to cold, with Major Pederson leading and Bandmaster Donkley conducting. Address by Rev J F Tibrock and thanks to organizers followed a varied programme featuring vocal quartets, solos, and instrumental pieces. The visit concluded successfully with street performances and hospital visits, despite adverse weather and dust storms.
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