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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1949
Page
7
A collage of local notices and ads lists items for sale and services. Furniture, tires, boots, bicycles, farm equipment, dress goods, and meat, with rental and employment inquiries. Includes upcoming events and auctions in Burra and surrounding towns.
Burra Market at the Burra centre attracted local and outside buyers with strong demand for young wethers and well grown well woolled wethers and lambs. Quotations show varied prices from 19/10 to 66/32 for different classes of wethers and ewes with next market booked for 1 April.
Burra batting first totaled 139 as Holman added 33 to reach 82 before dismissal. Buffs faltered, facing tight bowling from Dighton and Davey, with Parks and Watson rebuilding to near parity. Burra bowlers Hobba and Dighton led with multiple wickets, while Buffs top-scorer Edwards and Parks provided resistance in a lengthy first innings contest.
The Mt Bryan Branch of the Agricultural Bureau held its opening meeting on 25 February with a large turnout. Chairman Mr Dave Thomas introduced District Agricultural Adviser Mr Angove who spoke on Ball Structure and soil and crop improvement. He praised clovers and Barrell Clover plus top dressing with super phosphate and urged rebuilding soils with old lucerne stands.
Burra Golf Club held its annual general meeting on a Thursday evening at Pearce's Building with few members present and several apologies. The financial statement showed a credit. Officers elected include President RB Martin and Secretary Treasurer G Davey. Committees named with members Richardson Wiseman Lloyd and others. aims to improve the links with bunkers and santraps and to extend hole 15025 to ease congestion.
Hallett Red Cross meets to mail 16 food parcels to Britain. Mrs B R Davies, a longtime member, sailed for England last week. Recipients’ letters praise the parcels as a welcome gesture. Trading Table earnings and tea wrap up a brief session with plans for next month’s sections and activities.
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