Excursion by Burra High students to Adelaide and beyond
Burra High School pupils and four teachers, led by the headmaster, journeyed by bus to Adelaide. They visited Torrensville Woollen Mills, saw packing sheds and freezing chambers, and toured Dentswood Packing Shed area before returning home.
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Burra High School
Adelaide
Tony
Osser
Torrensville
Torrenalde Woollen Mills
Einkives
Hiosi
Denswood
Basket Range
Ashton
Norton Summit
Norton Bark
Reed Attends Northern Bush Fires Association Meeting
At the last Burra Burra Council meeting the Clerk noted F H Reed attended the Northern Bush Fires Association gathering in Gladstone on 20 March. Two agenda items were recommended for adoption. One proposed compensation to ratepayers along the railway line for burnable feed used as firebreaks. The other urged financial assistance for those who suffered loss of vehicles and private equipment in fires.
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Burra Burra
F. H. Reed
Gladstone
Water supply and drought impact on Mount Bryan district
The Mount Bryan district faces limited dam water and underground supply concerns. Rainfall across boundary months is uneven with low totals. lambing yields look promising though foxes and rabbits persist. Burrs Council improves Mount Bryan East road with plans for Hallett Cowell and other roads. Galahs are common as sheepherders rely on water carts due to windmill shortages.
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Glen View
Burrs Council
Mount Bryan
Mt. Bryan
Hallett Cowell
Croquet match at Easter Quet Club vs Aberdeen Club
Croquet at Easter Quet Club on Aberdeen Court ended with Kooringa 2 games clear by two points after close sets. Kellaway and Kellock beat Pearce and Waite 26 to 19, while Binks and Hood lost to Riggs and Lis 21 to 25.
Jumble Fete Aids Memory Playground In Booborowie
A Jumble Fete will be held at Booborowie Memorial Hall on Saturday April 18 opened by MP G Stanley Hawker at 2 40 pm. Proceeds support Memory Children's Playground and Booborowie Ladies Club. Workers stock stalls, afternoon tea served, and a dance will follow in the evening. Everyone is welcome.
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Booborowie
G. Stanley Hawker
Memory Children's Playground
Autumn Show At Leighton Hall Opens With Record Entries
The Lenton Ladies Guild host the Autumn Show in Leighton Hall on Wednesday April 15. Mrs Owen-Smyth opens at 2 30 pm. A record number of entries is reported with programs of competitions and items for a pleasant afternoon for a likely record crowd.
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Lenton Ladies’ Guild
Leighton Hall
Owen-Smyth
Leighton Ladies
Transfers Of Property In New Land Records
The Reete tear General of Deeds lists numerous property transfers across hundreds Kooringa Ayers and Ayers districts. Movements include M. Hawker from Minister of Education to Block 85 South Booboronte and multiple parcels in Sections 1 9 27 36 and 102 with acre and perch measurements, along with a merger of a closed road into adjoining land under R. W. and C. J. Humphrys in Section 142 149 150 151 152 153 158 160 170.
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Evan Goldsbrough
Mort & C. Ltd
Elizabeth I
Education
M. 5
Hawker
South Booboronte
M. A. Heaford
A. D. Radford
W. H. Collins
M. H Collin
Ayers
A Tennant
R. C
D. M. Warnes
Keoringa
R. W
C. J. Humphrys
Alundred Ayers
Phillips Dental EDS Ad For Riverton Area Visit
Classified ad notes C Leslie Phillips Dental EDS serving Adel and Riverton 145 Burrs 113. It mentions Monday visits and a Gale Day event at Biverton.
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C. Leslie Phillips
Adel Riverton
Burrs
Biverton
Coro nation ballot sparks ticket fraud crack
Melbourne man caught trying to double apply for Coronation route seats to both High Commissioner and Agent General. Urgent anonymous letter to the High Commission warns of the trick as 18 000 applicants compete for 7 000 seats in Parliament Square The Mall and Byde Park. Passports required to collect tickets at Australia House as ballot draw remains open to the public.
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Melbourne
Parliament Square
Australia House
Austraa House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burra
A. C. Collins
Monumental
W. R. Bridgart
W. KR. Bridgart
Goodwood
Northern Bush Fires Association
Bryan East
Thiele
George Lomman
Enstermy
Cooper's Beauty Salon
Leighton
Burra Bure
Bence’s Ltd
Bubba
TR Brook
Alf Price
Beaversure Berets
Byde Park
Bay
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