30 Sep 1947
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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 30, 1947
Page
1
Government approves Nurse Assistants for under 17s to ease hospital shortages. Burra Hospital invites interested girls to apply, detailing salaries and conditions. Employment won’t count toward formal training time. medical exam and X-ray required before acceptance.
Town Hall funds to gain 78 percent of proceeds from a Lightning Football and Basketball Carnival at the Racecourse on Monday 29 October Eight Hours Day. The War Memorial Committee receives 25 percent. Burra clubs organise a full day of football basketball and athletics with many visiting teams and local entries. A dance will cap the evening at the RSL Club Rooms.
Alf Woodman captured the Seventh Stage over 500 and 600 yards on Saturday with Gordon Webster second and Oliver Holmes third. The event featured windy, difficult conditions and a mix of seasoned and new riflemen as scores were tallied for the Trophy pairings and related championships.
The Sub Committee examining moving the show site from Brownds to Burra Rate Course met at both locations and measured spaces. It recommends transfer with negotiations to the Society's bankers and Burra Sports Syndicate, subject to member approval after a full report. Committee members include A B Riges and others.
The Burra Town Hall hosted the first Superstition Ball in years with a ladder passage, decorative umbrellas, red crosses and cats. Darrel Field's Orchestra played as R A Bevan MC'd and a sumptuous supper fundraised £26 13s 0d split between Palm Star representatives Lana Turner and Maureen O'Hara. Artful competitions and dancing continued to 2 am.
Mr H. M. Scott secretary of the Burra Show says entries are coming in freely for the event to be held on Saturday Week in Lith October. The committee is preparing the grounds and this year most trade exhibits will be indoors rather than in marquees. Sheep and cattle yards have been cleaned and repaired and are in good shape. Exhibitors are urged to lodge entries as soon as possible. closing dates are advertised in this issue.
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