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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1943
Page
2
Elder Smith & Co Limited announce a sale of 3745 sheep foals ewes and wethers all in good condition. Auction includes 400 Cambs and 120 lambs with forward orders noted. Various owners consign wethers ewes and yearlings. Conditions require arrangements with the auctioneers.
Galdsbrough Mort Co Ltd offers by auction 1 227 sheep 82 cattle 150 pigs 150 calves. Sheep include fat wethers fat lambs and Corriedale cross and Merino lambs with ewes mated to Southdown and Sustolk rams. Cattle include milking cows Jersey cattle and steers. Pigs include choppers bac oanners porkers and suckers.
Public sale notice indicates conditions at sale and calls for additional entrusts. Prospective bidders must arrange terms with the auctioneers before the event.
Burra Redrath Circuit announces Sunday services with Rev IK leading 1 am in Redrath and Rev H R Baricil leading 2 pm at Barreat. Hervest Festival noted. District events include Bunbitt Baneon and Barreat worship times.
Burra Kooringa Methodist Church announces service times on Sunday with morning and later offerings. Rev. 3 1. WORLDS END 230 pm Rev. 8.7 Marita. All persons should make wills. Forms available from Burra Record Office at one shilling each.
An annual gathering is postponed to Friday February 12 at Sk Bers Willow. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a local community meeting rescheduled for the date.
Notice pressing all current rates to be paid before March 1 1943 to avoid a six percent penalty under the Local Government Act. M S Edwards acts as Acting District Clerk.
Burra town warns all ratepayers to settle amounts before March 1 1943. A fine of one shilling will be added to any rates outstanding after the due date. Town Clerk Bamavex signs the notice.
Tenders will be received up to noon on Friday February 26 1943 for grazing rights of Slag Paddock up to June 30 1943. Neither the Jowest nor any for Tender necessarily ageep Acting Dicwich Clerk.
February marks the simultaneous Vermin Destruction period across the district. Provisions of the Vermin Act will be enforced. Acting District Clerk.
Local classifieds list diverse items for sale and notices including pantry goods, plaster, oats, flour, cattle selling date March 6, horse shoe purchases, baby products, clothing, travel sets, perfumes, and a scheduled auction on March 27 for Forest Comforts Fund. Also requests for Muscovy ducks and electrical gear, with contact references to Burra and Bus-sii area.
Saturday program features Buck Privates a mirthful military musical with Ted Funsler and melody maids plus a romance subplot led by Sergt Quine and Jane Prazee. Andrews Sisters contribute musical numbers and crowd pleasers like Boogie-Woogie sycophony. The bill also includes The Aspullete Feature a mystery drama based on ammunitions plant sabotage headlines and a fast moving New York street story with TNT blasts. Short subjects news and reviews complete the bill with local theater details.
Aura Institute adjourned meeting scheduled for next Friday the 12th. Mr and Mrs X express thanks for sympathy in the loss of infant Rosemary. gratitude to Gr Sivele Matron and hospital staff. Burr Institute notice invites public to war films at Burr Institute on Feb 24 with Army Navy Air Force action excerpts.
The Burra Record announces publication every Tuesday after noon from the Office on Commercial Street Burra. Editor Ernest Fred ik Marston Proprietor welcomes inquiries and subscriptions via Telephone 5 Box 40.
The Mayor and Mayors of Surra mourn the death of Noel, their elder son, lost in New Guinea in wartime action. A former prominent sports figure in Burra, he excelled in football, tennis, and cricket. He led a notable tennis career in South Australia, leaving a widow and two young children.
Mr and Mrs M B Davey of Norman Farm near Burra received disquieting news on Monday morning that their son Mervyn is missing in action during operations. The family awaits details as authorities confirm the alert.
Mrs G Yates of Unley reports her son Phe Yates wounded in action in New Guinea on January 18 and now listed as seriously ill. Enlistment Pte. Wastes previously employed by Mr Gath at Gum Creek. Fragments note community efforts and printing services offered.
The notice describes Scotch College Belair as a boarding and day school occupying two large homes on a hillside site near Adelaide. It lists facilities including new classrooms science laboratories workshops and workshops across engineering carpentry agriculture and more. The item notes a 1943 admission date and emphasizes need for commitment and inquiries to the headmaster or secretary at Savings Bank Buildings King William Street Adelaide.
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