Public Thanks For Xmas Tree Support In Toodyay
The Toodyay Lodge No 42 RAOB thanks the public and local groups for strong support of the Xmas Tree event held in 1949. Special thanks go to Une ladies and many organizations including Toodyay Co-Op, RSL, CWA, W ley Club, and local sponsors for helping make the celebration a success.
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Toodyay Lodge No. 42
RAOB
Especi
Toodyay Co
Sateere
Baer
Sen R. Gould Pleay
Bi Leeder
Campbell
Highland Air Amidst a Warm Glen Described
An evocative fragment recalls a Highland glen on a warm day with clean air and a landscape of pine trees, heather, and earth, foreshadowed by a BBC program. The text hints at sensory detail and local atmosphere, though is fragmented.
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McLaren
Nou
BBC Trogrammne
The English Way with Facts Opinion Noted by John Ervine
John Ervine, noted Irish novelist and dramatist, discusses the English character on the BBC London Forum. He highlights an extraordinary capacity to confront brutal facts and guide outcomes through collective English response.
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John Ervine
BBC
London Forum
Local Australian News Briefs Signal Quiet Day
Fragmentary OCR text from Toodyay area newspaper suggests brief local notices and community updates with minimal clear details. Reads as a period rural posting of short items and announcements without identifiable events or names.
Trotting Selections and Races List Update
A compact rundown of trotting selections across multiple races including Maiden Stakes Port Steel Breeders Plate and Admiral Rouse Handicap. Notable names include Young Kingsley Melton Prince San Lorenzo and Royal Cloud with several placings and entries across scintillating event fields.
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WATC
Kingsley Melton
Prince San Lorenzo
Ling Plate
Winnie Bore Law
Port Steel
Beal WA
Breeders’ Plate
Lady Lucia Portage Brriton
Admiral Rouse
Falcon
Preliminary notice clearing sale at Pollitts furniture
Goldsbrough Mort and Co have instructions from Mr H L Watson who disposed of Pollitts and will offer for sale the whole of his household furniture and effects on Saturday 15th January 1950. Further particulars next week's time.
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Goldsbrough Mort and Co
H. L. Watson
Pollitts
Seauins
Moonee Valley Selections Waratah Handicap races
Playground Star and Harmonioa lead the field in the Waratah Handicap at Moonee Valley with Berwick Handicap contender Chamber among the noted entrants. The program features multiple pace riders and a mix of local sprinters and longer distance specialists.
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Waratah Handicap Playground Star Chamber Harmonia Berwick Handicap
Eee Scour
Wool Sale Records High Price at Fifth Golborough Sale
Wool sale No 5 Golborough Mort and Co Ltd reports 35 825 bales offered by Associated Brokers with top wool price rising to 108d per lb A comparison with Perth sales shows Merino fleece values up 5 percent and good to average fleece up 1 percent under keen competition with many named buyers and prices recorded across the session.
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Golborough, Mort and Co. Ltd
Associated Brokers
Perth
J.P. Britt
T. B. Ci
Towys Toowo car Tennis Club Championship Notes
The Towys Toowo club staged a Junior Championship with finals in girls and boys events. L Markey defeated G Beever in a close girls final while R Briggs edged B Lambert in a gripping boys championship after a tense deciding set. Trophy presentations followed and Sunday practice was announced for listed players.
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Speetans
Sulbe
Wien
Wwe
Chas Ajyorinilp
L. Markey
G. Beever
Vo Lee
M. Markey
Starke
R. Briggs
B. Lambert
Taisbert
Markey d. G. Beever
M.markey d
V Lee d
Keating
Hop. Pinal’ R
Briggs
Lambert
Toodyay Club
I Calms
H. Rayner
G Rayner
J Gregson
A. Beever
G. Lee
W Coleman
R. C. Lioyd
H. Wood
W. Cultty
J. Patton
Mesdames Saunders
Forsyth
Lee
Markey
J Robinson
Floyd
Lloyd
Patton
Misses Gibpins
Introducing Mrs Blacketts village store and yacht
The item notes Mrs Plackett from BBC Varity Pres radio lore, a mythical village store selling bacon and jelly babies run by a good-natured character. It adds that Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne have a 16ft yacht named Mrs Plackett built at East Cowes.
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Onsuing
BBC
Mrs. Plackett
Mrs Plackett
Richard Murdoch
Kenneth Horne
East Cowes
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Grecke
Gregson Magee Mire
B. M. Matkey
A. Russel
EB. Gibbins
T. Cousins
J. Bamford
R. Bushell
Toodyay
Metropolitan Maidenhead
Wagin
Sir Joseph Big Sheik
Willate
Royal Cloud
Dainty
Patsy Logartha
Moonee Valley
L. Ayling
P_K. Lee
P McKay
P_ McKay
G. Wing
B. Hale
H. Brown
A. Haywood
J McCaughey
B. Markey
Ayling
Beevex
Wing
Brown
Maywood
McCaughey
Misses Somors
Sinclair
Twine
Mrs Blackett
Miss Toodyay
Bill Ellery
Noom
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