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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1949
Page
2
Goldsbrough Mort Co announces an auction timetable for livestock and sundries. Pigs cattle and sheep are listed with numerous line items including 4000 sheep and 100 cattle, various ram and ewe lots, calves, and assorted sundries. Also included are household items and a note of thanks from B Summers and family.
Cartoon comedy travelogue program with admission two pence. Also Sunday evening service and a Burra Institute annual meeting for subscribers on Monday February 1949 at 8 pm with annual report balance sheet election of six committee members and other business. Woodards is Hon Secretary.
Elder Smith Co invites tenders for purchase of part of Section 1 subdivided allotments in Burra with 9 links frontage to Commercial Street and 168 links depth. A modern stone bungalow with garage on site. Tender closes at Sutra Branch at 12 noon on 1si March 149. Ten percent deposit required. tenancy monthly. Further details from Elder Smith & Co Adelaide.
The Burra Burra District Council issues a payment of rates notice for the year ending 1948 with a due date of 28 February 1949 and a late interest penalty. A vermin destruction notice orders simultaneous action within the district from 4 February 1949, enforcing the Vermin Act including foxes.
Financial members may nominate for Patron President two Vice Presidents Finance Committee 10 Practice Committee and 10 Ring Committee by 15 February 1949. Nominations to the Secretary.
Hallett Rifle Club held the Alogloa Trophy Handicap event on Saturday. Conditions were sticky and scores were affected by a strong tail wind.
The piece argues high prices stem from shortages and labor gaps and urges every Australian to boost productivity and efficiency. It highlights three key facts: shops raise costs, industries share pain, and only cooperation can keep prices in check while maximizing scarce resources.
A 1949 Burra LCL women’s committee meeting at Pearce’s Buildings finalized plans for a social afternoon at the Rewritten Soldiers’ League Room on 6th March at 2:30 pm. Mrs Butler to speak. nominated Angas District candidates to attend. members urged to bring sandwiches or cake. Afternoon tea planned for 3:30 pm.
The readable text references a “Masterpiece” praised as a premier work. It mentions preparation and speculations around a master craftsman or guide. The fragment notes acceptance as a ministerial or ceremonial figure and calls the piece a notable achievement.
A list of 200 personal expressions of sympathy received after the death of a father and brother. The note thanks Reverend Dy, Doctor Heddle, and Sister Marcel Hogan, and asks readers to remember them in prayers.
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