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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1942
Page
2
Friday 4 September auction by J. M. Gerhardt and partners offers 1000 sheep and 120 to 240 ewes and wethers from multiple owners. Vehicles, properties, and local notices follow including gala events, veterinary services, and upcoming amateur hour. Extensive stock details include dates, ages, wool status, and multiples of rams, lambs, and ewes.
Haflett dark brown black thoroughbred horse at 152 Preston-Granze out of Pistol Anton mare offered for limited mares. Apply Melrose Willagolee Station Hallett Ring.
Burra Market VI day on September 18 offers extensive sheep lots from several accounts. 12000 sheep listed including 5300 ewes 500 wethers four year old in good condition. 400 east ewes 52 years selected. Braemar 400 ewes Lambs 600 wether lambs forward to fat. McBeede Briara 400 wetter lambs 20 fat wethers three years. Warnes Woolgoolga 700 wethers four years fat. Barker 1 year old types in rising condition. Tiver 4100 wether lambs 100 wethers rising fourteen years forward order.
Auctioneers announce forthcoming sale terms with full details to be provided next week. Any rent requiring terms will be stated prior to the sale and must be complied with by interested bidders.
The Burra Record dated Tuesday afternoon September 1 1942 lists office location at Commercial Street Burra and is published by Ernest Frederick Marston proprietor with telephone 48 and box 40.
Local and General TALKIES presents Boom Town on Saturday September 5. The film features Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert and Redy Lamarr in a sensational tale of women in a rough town forming a partnership then reuniting amid wealth and heartbreak. Packed with fights dives flames oil rigs and near unbelievable thrills.
Last days brought word that Rol, wounded in the Middle East, has been taken off the seriously ill list. Red Grass news notes his condition and mentions rainfall events affecting the area, with brief weather observations. The report also references barley growers and wind damage to trees and mills in parts of the region.
Vague OCR shows student awards with names and placements across grades. Prominent mentions include Malcolm and Natalie White, Adrian Hersey, Jon Hersey, Colin Fisher, Lorraine Jeffery, and Um Rowan with first and second place designations across Grades VIII to I.
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