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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1953
Page
2
A meeting of all interested is scheduled for Wednesday August 5th at 2:08 pm in the Burra Town Council Chambers. Dr G Mellor is the convener leading the session.
Members from the Burra Show plan to plant 12 pine trees at the Showgrounds next Saturday at 8 30 am. A committee meeting will follow the planting event.
The Bowling Club sponsorship event at Spalding featured four contest segments each awarding £5. Mina Chard's troupe won best juvenile act. Pam and Gloria Jones led in votes for the juvenile section. Keith Malheur won best harmonic solo. others named included North Booborowie and Spalding acts. Door receipts totaled £57 with £51 more from voting. a supper and dance followed until 2 am.
A Burra meeting on Thursday night planned a Citizen Trophy cycling event with about £20 to fund a trophy for the first rider from Angaston to Burra and distribute the rest to second and third place as well as the fastest time. Local hotels will provide accommodation to support the event and a proposal emerged to stage races for royal youngsters in the afternoon before the tour riders arrive around 4 pm.
A semi trailer driven by Jonas Karenos of Norwood and owned by Mines Department collided with a sedan driven by Douglas McClough Short of Farrell Fiat about a quarter mile south of Burra. The front off-side mud guard and sedan offside were dented. No injuries were reported. Damages about £40 to the sedan.
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