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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1948
Page
3
A chaotic mix of classified ads and meeting notes from Burra area listings. Items include For Sale notices for Dodge cars batteries clocks and clothing plus requests for sewing repairs and timber supplies. Council minutes report road grants licenses tractor purchases and staff applications alongside various public notices.
Clerk to supply. Tow Terowie Cricket Club may purchase screenings at cost to Council. National Safety Council proposes a locs committee to aid a pilot in emergency landings. matter to Terowie Vigilance Committee. Numerous land ownership transfers within Hallett and Whyte districts. Demolition notice for dangerous Terowie building. Obstruction to watercourse and railway crossing traffic to be addressed. Road works, tenders, and repairs planned west of Crale Hill and south of W G Webb. Pipe and grader equipment to be allocated.
Overseer travel allowance raised to Bd per mile. Accounts passed for payment include Main Roads £189 12 4 District Roads £44 0 9 Electric Supply Account £30 11 8 District Funds £196 8 5.
A shopkeeper rejects a job applicant saying the shop is a china shop and the man named Bull cannot do the work. The exchange highlights a pun around the applicant’s name and the shop’s fragile goods.
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