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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1942
Page
2
A notice for a clearing sale on Tuesday December 15 at 1 30 pm lists a vast assortment including cattle heifers calves purebred stock sheds furniture crockery kitchenware and domestic goods. Executors and items from the Clark and Scholz estates are included with many sundries and farm and household items described in a dense catalog style.
Friday December at 16 Elder Smith and Co conducts an auction sale described by a clipped notice. The listing mentions an offering by the firm titled above with unspecified lot details and timing. The fragment hints at a public sale managed by a local dealer partnership.
Terms strictly case. Afternoon tea aid af Hallett Wed Liesnen No. 128. On the property Cornwall Friday December 11 1942 at 3 o'clock. Goldsbrough Mort & Co Limited have received instructions from the Public Trustees Committee of the Estate of Billc Bunsing to offer by Auction as follows.
Fragmentary OCR describes a land allotment sale in Millerton near Cornwall Terrace with two frontages of 41 ft and depth 125 ft, including a five room stone house and outbuildings. Vendor names Bedwill Worth Burra are mentioned with furniture items listed. Terms show cash payment with deposit on fall and balance within a month.
Tenders for supplies for the six months ending 30 June 1948 will be received at the hospital office until 12 noon on 14 December 1942. Neither the lowest nor any tender necessarily accepted. G. IL Pow. secretary.
Austin and Co announce closure to customers effective Monday December 14 1942 Mr G C Heinrich will take over Show currently held by the firm Miss M Davey to settle NST accounts by December 31 1942 at the offices of Fields Srough Mort and G3 Ltd Burra
Residents are asked to eradicate rats on their property using traps as an effective method and poison such as phosphorus preparations as directed by the Board of Health.
Burra Redruth Methodist Circuit schedules Sunday services in Redruth with Rev H Bartlett at 7 pm Rev S Marfil Hanson at 2 pm Rev S J Mar en Ronmine at 1 pm Mr Puller listed among the attendees
Readable fragment lists service times and names for Burra Kooringa and Farrell Flat. Mentions Rev. H Bartlett and Rev. EK Bartlett with morning and evening references. Contains unclear items and place names.
A collage of sale notices and classifieds from Burra includes for sale of goods such as Algerian oats and a primus stove, household items, calendars, and jewelry. Advertisements promote Christmas hams, pills and tonics from Wilkinson’s, and various trades including tailors and merchants. Listings also note lost items, livestock movements, and job wants, with several references to local businesses like Sara & Co and Wilkinson's Chemists and Stationers.
The Burra Record from December 1942 lists publishing office, street address, and proprietor Ernest Frederick Marston with contact telephone and box number. The text indicates a Tuesday issue cadence and ownership details for the Burra newspaper.
A Dec 12 screening blends comedy and courtroom drama as Mary Dugan faces trial for murder. The film stars Ang Harding and Robert Young, with a tense courtroom sequence revealing the real culprit as the plot twists toward justice.
The Gasettes will include scenes of the Air Observer Corps and Corny aiding a vital war job in Australia. Volunteers of the Air Observer Corps, allied with the RAAF, provide a calm air scan of wrecked aircraft over Aura. Box Plans are available at Coverdair's Pharmacy in Burra by calling 32, after hours 47. A sister of Saint Joseph's Convent informed of Pte Jim Hele of North Kensington being killed in action in New Guinea on the 27th of last month. He had served in Greece and Syria. His four sisters are at Battle stations in the Northern Areas. The St Marys Recreation Club meeting decided to rename the club to St Marys Recreation City and to stage Sprists and Dances.
Mrs J and Bots Burra North Victoria Isa learned her son Pte J A Kotz is recommended for the Military Medal for conspicuous service and bravery in the field. Kotz, who served overseas, returned last March and is now hospitalised in New Guinea due to wounds received in November. Burra friends extend best wishes for a speedy recovery and offer congratulations to Mr and Mrs A Kotz of Burra.
Scutch College Belair presents boarding and day facilities at Torrens Park Mitcham now in two large adjacent homes near Belair. It offers extended classrooms and laboratories in physics chemistry agriculture plus engineering, carpentry and games facilities. Boys aged six admitted, term begins February with boarders arriving February 4 1943. Prospectus from Headmaster or Patton Secretary Adelaide.
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