This week in history: October 24, 1924

Mypolonga's Sunday school students and Brinkley's schoolchildren attend picnics, while the Labor Party warns about a threat to railway jobs.

This week in history: October 24, 1924
Mypolonga in the mid 1920s. Photo: State Library of South Australia (B 61788/63).

From the archives of the River Murray Advocate, October 24, 1924...

Mypolonga

The annual Sunday school picnic took place on Saturday last; the Methodists and Church of England joined together for the auspicious occasion.

The happy throng were conveyed by motor, trolley, prams etc to the happy picnic grounds near Cr Kettlety’s place on the upper end of the area, where much feasting and games were indulged in.

Miss Rita Noles, daughter of Mr W. Noles, had a nasty accident earlier in the day.

She was riding on the front of the trolley with her father when the trolley hit a nasty bump in the road and she was thrown off, and the wheel passed over her leg.

Her father immediately stopped the horses, which backed the trolley, and again it went over her leg, and the most marvellous thing is that, except for a nasty bruise, no damage was done to the young lady who, though rather stiff, still enjoyed the day’s outing.

Brinkley