Albany Easter Holidayguide and Local News
Albany observes Good Friday and Easter holidays with bank and business closures. A Royal Automobile Club reliability drive attracts many motorists. W Mawson recovers in Katanning hospital after a recent road accident. A Workers' Homes Board notice raises interest rates. Albany Chamber of Commerce meeting postponed due to no quorum. Ball planned for Wee's Fest House to aid the Women’s Rest House. Albany clubs and race attractions mark the Easter holiday schedule.
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Albany
Royal Automobile Club
Mawson
W. Mawson
Broomehill
Katavuing
Ube Katanning Hospital
Albeny
Lange
Workers’ Homes Board
Albany Club
Lite Savina Club Concert Draws Albany Public Interest
The Albany public anxious about a concert advertised as part of the Lite Savina Club program, with mention of a Town Hall event on Friday April 22. The report notes attendance could hinge on late-stage planning and local council involvement.
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Savina Club
Albany
Albany Lite Barine
Norman's
Johnissien
Forest Hill Notes on hall improvements and sports club plans
A combined meeting of Forest Mill Hall committees and Forest TV Sporty Club discussed converting the supper room into a wash room. Funds were pledged with Elverd donating £30 and others contributing £42 2s . The project will require about £70, with Roberts appointed collector and Janes of Mount Barker to manage works. Local tennis players push for donations as teams prepare for Narriku visit.
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Forest Mill Hall
Foreat TV
Lew Hall
Finnies
Te Hoor
Mend
B. Drage
Afr
A. Ek
Elverdrheinoen
Hill Ad
Itema
Ale. Elverd
J. A. Roberts
Teblington
J. E. Drive
HL Roberts
A. Janes
Mount Barker
H. Roberts
Teddington
Kumming
T. BH. Roberts
J A. Roberta
Drage
4Enner
Misa Freda Jones
Springvale
Narriku
Btill
Wansbrough
Mila
Moriarty
Perth Markets Report Averages From Yesterday Auction
Market at Perth railway yard reports 11 fresh truck yarding with one carryover. Prim samples fetch £7 1s to £7 2s8d, average quality £4 10s to £6 0s, good medium £5 16s to £6 8s, inferior £3 to £4 10s. Oaten chaff scarce. samples valued £1 15s to £2 0s. Wheat and other grains listed with varied prices by quality. barley one track prime at £10, some diseased lots noted.
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Intel
Perth
Metro-Politan
Oaten Chaff
Albany Fire Brigade Easter Demonstration Team Named
Albany Volunteer Fire Brigade officers selected 4 to join a Fremantle Easter display. The squad includes Verran Cooper Mann Green and others with Hydrant and Ladder events, all to leave barracks for train at 6 pm and march to Fremantle station.
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Albany Volunteer Fire Brigade
Hard Will
Fremantle
Ax Cor
Uley
Tha! Iuber
Varias
A. Cooper
Bo Mouchentore
W. Verran
A. Mann
C. Mercer
Admntanta
A. Clark
Poremay Hartnup
Byd.j
Verran
Hamilton
Mann
Monchemore
Cooper
Hydrant
Green
Howe
Poreman Hartnup
Tre
Otnthon
Mount Barker Notes and Local News Snapshot
Mount Barker notes recount social and road news as Mr Tow n and Mr Tomlinson take holidays in the range country. Mrs W Ferry hospitalised. Mr Byleveld arrives to take charge of the Metha list circuit. A delivery accident injures Cliff Equir. Mount Barker cricket and football ramp up with Easter events and club meetings. Mount Barker Association reports year’s balance and gate receipts.
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Wormgarups
Amonthone
Haliday
Tow
Tomlinson
Towlinsom
W. 4
Ferry
Government Hospital
Albany
Mount Barker
Fr. Phillips
Perth
Atstraitt
Byleveld
Smith
Broken Collarbane
Mer
Cliff Equir
Maunpell
Narrogin
Kronkim
For
Uispoand
Mount Barker Association
Torbay Notes Death of Mr Little in Local District
Torbay and district mourn the loss of Mr Little a foremost settler who died on Saturday. He was widely respected and valued by visitors and residents alike. His absence was keenly felt on Bow Day as he was to take a prominent part. The funeral was held Monday with interment at Karrakatla Cemetery.
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Torbay
Hay
Tts
Little
Bullnhle
Karrakatla
Easter postal arrangements and weather recap
Postal services observe Easter with reduced hours on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Perth mail deadlines shift to 11 am and 10 am for certain services while boxes are closed. Weather over the past fortnight brings heavy rain totaling over 54 inches locally, with gardens and crops growing rapidly and causing seeding delays.
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Li Wan
Wilor
Denmark
Perth
Villona
Havensthorne
Bjork
Impressions of South Australia Vineyards and Renmark Visit
A travelogue recounts surveying the Murray River region from Waikeri to Temnance, noting river cliffs at Cadell, potential navigation impacts, and river work. It covers Renmark Hotel history, revenue distribution, local public works, and a Premier address by Mr Hill, amid river improvement talks and community scenes.
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Evestide
Renmark
Ewins
South Australia
Tonether
Wilmit
Hill
Broce
Adelaide
Lady Broce
South Ry Butaire
da Therhreep
Conewein
Carmarthen Social Club Celebrates Piano Fund Success
The Carmarthen Notes group held their annual event at Carmarthen School inviting settlers and local committee members. A piano purchase was funded in twelve months with a £149 17/3 total cost covered, and the event featured music, dances, refreshments, and thanks from Mr Osborne and Mr Wansbrough.
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Poeting
Carmarthen
Fuund
H. Kingston
Mr Osborne
Cormorthem Achop
Plano
Messrs
Burgoyne
Thomas
Osborne
Watson
Duggan
Education Department
Wansbrough
Carmarthen Aehoo
Wansbrook
Ishalf
Meera, Thompson and Co
Carmartian Social Club
Mim
Local Bank Appoints Murray Wheeldon as Manager
Mr Murray Wheeldon arrived by train yesterday morning to take over the local Union Bank manager role during Mr Thormowon’s holiday leave. The notice also lists several recent honorary magistracy appointments including HE J Ferry for Plantage nergy Hg district and A F Ladyman for Katanning district, with H C Bima of Albany named for Esperance. Mr Thome Connor of Katanning, 73, died Monday at Katanning Public Hospital after an operation for appendicitis. he had served as police inspector for over 40 years in the area.
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Waikeri
Temnance
Murray
Alesandrias
Cadell
Rive Bint
Cadel
Leon
Ana
Renmark
Kcme- Hut
Renmark Waa
District Hospital
Renwark Town
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Institute
Jusily Proud
Murray Wheeldon
Union Bank
Thormowon
HE. J. Ferry
Pootenup
Plantagenergy
A. F. Ladyman
Katanning
Ie H. C. Bima
Albany
Esperance
Katanning Public Hospital
Thome Connor
Connor
Spector of Police
Roads Board Election Returns Bram Burvill Winner
Two Albany Roads Board votes counted Monday declared Bram Burvill the winner over BE Knapp by 86 votes. Returning officer J T Rutherford announced results from several polling places including Albany, Torbay, Redmond, and others where three candidates were unopposed.
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B. Burvill
Albany Roads Board
Bram Burvill
Knapp
J. T. Rutherford
Barpila
Torbay
Mote Ane
Hr. W. Leaskow
River Locks To Open Transport Channel To Murray District
The article outlines proposed channel works and locks enabling water transport for Murray products. When completed the system will connect the river frontage from the Murray across South Australia to Corowa and possibly New South Wales, easing movement to markets and aiding the fruit industry near Renmark.
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Murray
Corowa
New South Wales
Ausnee
Victoria
Renmark
Hotel Manager Falls From Balcony in Perth
Mr. F. Graham, manager of the Criterion Hotel in Hay Street Perth, was seriously injured when he fell about 15 feet from a hotel balcony. He was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state and died later from his injuries after the crowd on Hay Street observed the incident.
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Perth
F. Graham
Criterion Hotel
Hay Street
Graham
Lamond Re-elected by 42 Votes in Pilbarra Electorate
Final tally shows Mr. A. Lamond Labor retiring member winning Pilbarra by 42 votes after counting outstanding boxes. Opponents Tiderwood and Snell trails noted in the final figures.
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Perth
Pilbarra
A. Lamond
Labor
Lamond
Se Ao Ee Obe Tiderwood
Sean. Snell
Seta Cyan
Dentists Fined for Unregistered Tooth Extractions
A £20 fine plus £3 10s costs was imposed on Lyn Pearcy at Midland Junction police court for extracting teeth without registration. Pearcy admitted the offence, which the Dental Board of Western Australia had charged.
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Perth
Lyn Pearcy
Midland Junction Poties Court
Pearcy
Dental Board of
Western Australia
Robb's Jetty Tragedy. Fatal Bullet Wounds On Beach
A 38 year old vigneron, William Driscoll, was found dead with a bullet wound on Fremantle beach near Robb's Jetty. A revolver lay nearby and authorities identified the man that night, noting death occurred recently.
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Robs
John Horan
Robb's
Fremantle
William Driscoll
Herne Hill
Two Die From Broken Necks In Geelong Accidents
Melbourne reports detail two fatal incidents in Geelong last night. Arthur Wall and his wife were in a van when a horse bolted, Wall pursued, and he suffered a broken neck. Mrs Wall found the vehicle overturned. In a separate incident, 16 year old Thomas Drayton died when a shaft hit him, his neck broken, after a dray horse connection snapped.
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Melbourne
Geelong
Arthur Wall
Queen Street
Packington Street
Wall
bin Whed
Wenslerdale
Thomas Drayton
Gift of 20 pigs flatters a girl in Santo
A Melbourne surveyor Mr A B McPhail says in Santo, an island of the New Hebrides, a husband paying 20 pigs for his wife flatters her. Pigs, highly valued in Ta Makambo, serve as currency. population decline and white contact cited.
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Bydsey
Santo
New Hebrides
Melbourne
A. B. McPhail
Mrs Jacob Johnson Loses But Seeks Damages For Detention
Mrs Jacob Johnson sued the Commonwealth Government, M Bruce, and the Superintendent of Police for wrongful detention of her husband seeking 5000 pounds. On Tuesday a verdict was reviewed for the plaintiff awarding 60 pounds in damages.
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Jacob Johnson
8. M. Bruce
Superintendent of Police
Hobart Boot Importer Found Wounded with Revolver Nearby
Police report Arthur Frederick Henry Ray a 67 year old boot importer on Elizabeth Street in Hobart was found in his offices with a head wound and a revolver at his side. A window glass was broken in the shop.Emily Recheel Ray, wife of the victim, was arrested on a charge of wounding her husband.
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Hobart
Thoredor
Arthur Frederick Henry Ray
Elizabeth Street
Ray
Emily Recheel Ray
Victin
Heenzo Promoted as Household Cough Remedy
An advertisement touts Heenzo as a concentrated medicine to be diluted with water for a family supply. It claims eight ordinary bottles’ worth for treatment of coughs colds croup bronchitis and related ailments. The copy emphasizes pleasant taste and broad age suitability.
Chinese crisis deepens as Chiang’s reply awaited in London
The Five Power Note prompts officials in London to await Chiang Kai Shek’s response. The note targets disturbances funded by anti Chiang factions, perceived to include many Hatinese undesirables.
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London
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Labor unions raided as police seize leaders in Shanghai raid
Shanghai dispatch reports a major raid by plainclothes forces targeting Red Labor unions near Shanghai. Dozens killed or detained. 600 arrested including Chen Tahu, chief Communist Jewier. 50 laborers defended a building before surrender. raids also cut across Hane chow with widespread arrests and disarms.
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Shanghai
Chawei
Nantao
Pottung
Shangha Ginteret
Hanechow
The Death Sentence in Australian War Time
General Sir Newton Moore reported that a questioned document allegedly driving a death sentence order in the Australian area was not confirmed by the War Secretary. He stated there is no record of such an order and the member who raised the claim was misled by the document's interpretations.
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London
Sir Newton Moore
House of Commone
Hull
House of Collmens
Newton Moore
Big Increase in Imports in Great Britain Trade
The British trade report shows imports rising by £0,656,000 while exports fall by £1,285,000 and re-exports grow by £1,914,000. Major import gains include grain and four, raw wool, off seeds, and iron and steel manufactures. imports drop in rubber and exports fall in cotton yarns and fabrics.
Terrific hurricane devastates Rock Springs Texas
A deadly hurricane struck Rock Springs Texas on Tuesday night, killing between 160 and 200 residents and injuring hundreds. Officials say the town was laid waste with numerous casualties making exact counts difficult to verify.
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Miupstun
Texas
Rock Springs
Chaplin Plans Studio Move to France from United States
Paris report claims Charles Chaplin, the film star, will quit the United States of Atvetica and establish a studio in France. The Soir notes the embattled entertainer pursues new work abroad.
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Paris
Ay 18
Soir
Chas. Chaplin
Interdian
United States
Atvetica
8 Glin
France
Esps
Spectacular blaze hits Netherland Hotel in New York
A major fire broke out in a new 44 story Netherland Hotel on Fifth Avenue New York tonight. Authorities investigated the origin of the binge noted on the Sth floor as one of the most spectacular fires in city history.
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New York
Netherland Hotel
Fifth Avenas
Scaffolding Fire Sparks Citywide Conflagration
A partially constructed structure ignited with rating timber and oil, lighting the city in a massive blaze. Embers rained on surrounding streets as firefighters, lacking water taps, struggled to contain the inferno. Various financial reports note wheat market activity and religious services scheduled in Denmark.
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