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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
4
Brian Buzzard & Co with executors of the will of the late Patrick Flynn announce a preliminary auction of all furniture and effects in the C.W.A. Hall on Tuesday afternoon December 30. Full particulars will appear in the next issue of this paper. Inquiries invited via Brian Buzzard & Co.
Delegates met at Bolgart on Tuesday December 16 to set near term fixtures. They agreed on Hills District games January 4 with A and B grade teams and decided to enter a Northam Carnival side and a Cemury week team. A selection committee was named John Truman Laurie Twine Bob Tindall. Round matches on December 21 resume with Tooodyay vs Bolgart, Ingiri vs Mercantiles, Jennacubbine vs East Calingirl.
Social items from Toodyay Perth and surrounds. Miss Val Charles returns by bus after visiting Barbara Ottrell of the Victoria Hotel Toodyay. Local residents and visitors share birthdays holidays and short trips with friends and family including trips to Scarborough Beach Koorda Albany and the South West.
The Royal Australian Air Force trains NSTs into aerodrome defence squads to protect airstrips and installations. Training spans six months with field exercises and rugged assault work, producing young commandos ready to defend bases.
On Sunday December 21 a four team Toodyay squad visits Irishtown to challenge the local club with play starting at 1 p.m. Transport departs Toodyay at 12 30 p.m. Selected players include H Rayner J Gregson H Wood D Wood J Patton L Ayling P K Lee F Ferguson for men and Mrs Forsyth Miss P Lee Mrs D Chittly Mrs J Turkey Mrs Ayling Mrs Hi Rayner for ladies. Later Toodyay hosts Jennacubbine with matches at 1 30 p.m. Selections include J Gregson 5 G Lee H Brown M Lee W Coleman C Lloyd F Lee W Chitty and reserves K Gregson A Fowell W Pettit for men and Mrs 5S G Lee Mrs C Lloyd Mrs Robinson Mrs Floyd Miss Twine Miss J Lloyd Miss M Gibbons Mrs W Chitty with reserves Mrs Pettit and Mrs Brown for ladies.
On a Malta beach near St Pauls Bay the crew awaits sun as RAASF and RAAF men mingle with actors. Guinness plays a HAF recon officer who crash lands in 1941 Malta and chats with Australian servicemen. Anthony Steele as a RAF Wing Commander questions RAAF peers and veterans about flying conditions. Bob Krasker, Oscar winner, meets Flying Officer Les Reading. Two Spitfires and four Wellington bombers head to Malta for shoot. The unit cooperates with RAF and RAAF. a third of filming occurs there. Release in Australia is planned for mid next year.
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