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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1942
Page
2
Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd advertises an auction of livestock with fat wethers good skins grown ewes and woolly lambs. Includes numbers and conditions for month-shorn animals, drafts and terms, with emphasis on forward sales and client arrangements with auctioneers.
Debts and moneys due to the above estate must be paid to Messrs Bedual and Worth, Solicitors, Commercial Street, Burra, as soon as possible. Dated this 1st day of August.
The Annis General Meeting announces a Soldiers Memorial business report and balance sheet. Three committee members to be elected. retiring Mussiss Tr J Quinn J L Connors and J R Strnpson eligible for re election. Nominations must be in writing, signed by two financial members, to reach the secretary eleven days before the annual meeting.
Public notice from Railways Commissioner F. Cherry outlines freight payments to use god and Imigat to Mile End, boat freight to Port Adelaide, and consignments under the name Emory meluens. It states remuneration per dozen and details altered Ottawa connections and train timings from Terowie to Adelaide on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 4:35 a.m. Radius Riverton route to Adelaide as scheduled.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple service times with names W Gounslow and Mr W Dun, indicating a church or chapel timetable. Reads like a partial schedule for Sunday services including morning and afternoon slots and attendee names.
In Burra Kooringa Methodist Church the Rev Tin and Rev Martin are listed for services at 9:31 am and 7 pm respectively, with venue noted as Plats Nan and 5 Vibe Place. The notice appears on church material for the KOORINGA area.
Burra town council advertises assessment for 1942 43 with 2 shillings per pound rate to be levied and collected. Assessment records open daily for inspection and a revision court sits August Slat or near August. Obituaries recall Parker Hammerling and brother Joe Oates.
The Burra Record notes staffing and contact details, listing Ernest Frederick Marston as proprietor. It indicates the office is on Commercial Street in Burra with telephone service numbers and publication cadence implied as Tuesdays after noon.
A film described as one of the quirkiest comedies of Powell and Loy, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Amnesia drives the plot as Powell forgets his wife and friends after an eight year lapse, with adventures from a shipboard start to a New York club sequence and a small town finale.
A fragmented local notice describes Tin An Sociste Beature a Western praised for spine chilling action and heart warming romance. It mentions music by a trio including Sons of the Pioneers Gazettes and Renews reporting exclusive coverage and box plans at Coverdale’s Pharmacy. A grand ball at Burrs Institute is urged to support Burra civil defence and local charitable aims with live music and supper.
Two successful events supported Hed Cross efforts this month. A dance organized by the Young Set, with Miss Pat Wallace as secretary and Lindsay Jettner's Dance Band, raised net 10 3 2. On July 24 Burra Physical Culture and Dancing Club visited Hallett, drawing a large crowd. door takings 13 11 38 and supper raised 2 3 0.
The Koonoan Emploves Patriotic Fund held a dance on July 26 in a wool shed near the homestead. Under Mr. G. Hawkes permission the event ran smoothly from start to finish with an expected supper. W. B. Wahlert served as secretary and over £6 was collected. Musicians were Ray Fulchen on piano and J. Johnson on accordion.
A Burra Red Cross shop reopened for business as usual on Friday under supervision of Mesdames R Grant C J Butler R A Bevan E M Gordon and Br J Jeffery with Mrs Rowesent assisting. Gifts of sake vegetables and produce were gratefully received and shoppers reported satisfactory results. TM 30 4
Last week Mr and Mrs Chas Dare of Mr Bryan Rast were advised their son Tor Holin Dere had been wounded in action. They received a cable from him confirming the injury.
A fragmentary Burra newspaper page lists various old time ads and notices. It mentions job offers, lodging, and kitchen help near Mattoo Burra Hospital, local trades such as clockmaking and tailoring, and sales like a motorcycle bike priced around 40 dollars. Also promoted are patent remedies and general goods for sale with quirky spellings and scattered contact hints.
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