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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1946
Page
3
Women's doubles and singles reported with multiple matches. Aberdeen won by 10 sets and 101 games to 5 with several 6 1 and 7 3 scores. Event dates show 1946 Hallett and Willea venues, players include Heinrich, Lavely, Bearce, Goodridge, and Quinn among others.
In a Boborowie Aberdeen tennis event on 19 October 1946 Boaborowie won the overall match 18 sets to 10 and 110 games to 64. Women's singles featured Syl van and A Pearce with close results, while men's singles and doubles saw Fairchild Bruce Heinrich and others compete.
The 10th Platoon of the Burra VDC held a convivial dinner at One Royal Exchange Hotel. Forty members gathered in the lounge before dining at 7 20 pm with two love tables and battalion colors on the walls. A Loyal Toast was proposed by the OC, musical items followed, and a one minute silence honored departed comrades.
MF J G Bava of Burra sells Sam & Co business started forty years ago with stock valued in the thousands. On November 1 he plans to hand over his share to H Campbell and Thomas Pastor of Adelaide. His son F Y Barn returns from WA to assist, and the store will be known as Bata & Co under new proprietors.
Burra shoppers see fruits, batteries, abattoir notices, tailors, garden tools, seeds, seeds, tractors, and toys in a busy mix. Local firms like Elder Smith & Co, Kerr's Mum End Dad, Wilkinson’s, and Parker’s Auctioneers advertise items from flour sifters to lawn mowers and used autos, with notices of upcoming events and sales.
The Women’s R.S.L. Auxiliary met in the CWA Rooms on 2 October 1946 with fair attendance. An apology was received from Mrs L Thorne.
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