North Booborowie Students Visit Port Pirie Smelters
North Booborowie School pupils and 47 parents toured Port Pirie on October 7 joining a mayor councillor and district inspector for a welcome. They toured the Town Hall and council chambers then visited Woodwood Park and Solomontown Beach before a guided tour of the silver-lead smelters, learning from a skilled guide about the processes and municipal facilities.
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North Booborowie School
Port Pirie
Mr Middleton
G. Day
J. H. McDonald
Dr Day
BHP Smelter
Woodwood Park
Solomontown Beach
Port Pirie Laws
Methodist Fete at Hallett draws near £143 total takings
A Saturday fete at Hallett Hall in aid of the Methodist Manse Building Fund featured performances by Mrs Nutt and Mrs Wilkes, opening remarks by Mrs Pitman of Burra North, and a strong showing by stallholders from Mount Bryan and Hallett. The Linen Stall led with £62 9s 0d, contributing to an overall total of £142 15s 5d for the afternoon.
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Hallett Hall
Giles
Nutt
Wilkes
Pitman
Burra North
Hallett Guild
Dawn Reed
Mrs Pitman
Mesdames Nutt
Miller
Guild
Wes, Miller
Hanks
F. McDonald
Mount Bryan
Hallett
Marooned by Storms Traps Traveller in Orkney
A commercial traveller stranded in Orkney after a storm wired his firm in Aberdeen. He reported being marooned by the gale and awaited further instructions as weather hampered rescue or reassignment.
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Orkney
Aberdeen
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PUROL
Ipper Snacks
NECT
Pearl
Vegemite
Vauxhall
Wyvern
England
A. B. Aldam
Dunlite
J. C. Goodridge
Radio and Electrical Dealer
Burzs
North Booborowie
Pirie
Sara & CO
Burra
Tecnica
A.C
Bombay
Helene
King William Street
Adelaide
Jacqueline Hogan
Burra 136
Burra Benevolent Society
Burra Streets
Incorporated
A. B. Riggs
Baulderstone's
Taylor Bros
Gawler
Eudunda
Auburn
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