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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
3
The carnival’s second racing day featured a Boulder Cup win by St. Yama amid a muddled report of placings. The card listed multiple horses with final outcomes, betting, and dividends, noting Trinity Comedy and Pris Comedy among the notable finishes in a crowded, weather-affected program.
A chaotic fragment details the Assortation club planning a match against the Wines team on Saturday September 3 at the Dinfanite-Selineat ground in Yaipan. It lists players, emergencies, and trainers with scattered names and office roles, noting more strength in the current squad than last year and a journey by Crom Wu.
The Albany Bevethall association football schedule previews a Saturday senior match at 3 with top teams from North and East divisions competing for premiership honors. A prior North and East junior fixture will determine major honors, while officials deny any plan to water pitch rein tests.
A Saturday event set by the association with a kick-off at 6 pm features two teams named No 1 and No 2. Symmons Lau Dowsett Bracknell Nott S He Price Gilbert Walker Hubbard Porter form No 1. No 2 includes Meyers Johnson Johnson Porvia Howth Pock bur Denpster Mente darnian Parry. Mr B Chopping acts as referee and Symmons May positions the men. Delegates met at the secretary’s residence Tuesday night with full attendance and a question about the arrangement discussed.
On Saturday evening at the Uke Kanpin Theatre a two part bill will feature The Tepe a war era melodrama and Mawina's Attain a drama with Constance Twirlridge. The show also presents Manime's Affair a comic drama with 47 wealthy widow nerves and a universal film, plus The Glorious Lady and a travel study 10,000 Miles with the Prince Walew.
The regular fortnightly meeting of Albany RSL members will be held Monday night. The meeting will review and vote on rules drawn up by the wh committee, seeking approval or further action at the session.
Albany council meets at the town hall to discuss the Nyabing Pingrup railway extension the memorial for fallen soldiers the immigrant aid response and various public works including road and water projects. The mayor and officers review correspondence reports and tenders while addressing flooding drainage and the jetty water supply concerns.
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures around Fremantle and Albany. Vessels including Katoomba Enturn Staten Euula Melbourne Australia ports Keefe and others report passenger totals, lateness delays and planned sailings to Fremantle Albany Esperance and Melbourne with cargo and mails. Delays caused by repairs and port conditions are noted along with cargo carriers Wool-Gar Millanni and Aberdeen line ships Demosthenes and Aberdeen river Furipides.
The marriage of Frederick Willian Jevmings and Athony Fee Maris Carty was celebrated with a church ceremony and reception at the bridegroom’s home in Albany. The bridal party included Mrs Ki Carty and Miss Mearl Jennings as bridesmaids, and guests wore champagne gray and regal floral garb. Gifts included a feather bow from the groom and a gold chain pendant for each bride.
A well attended Narrikup Cricket Club social at Wealhi's Jaat on Friday featured an overture The Burning of Rome and multiple vocal and dramatic items by local residents. An auction followed with strong bidding, then supper and dancing kept up until early morning hosted by M C s Norton and Newman with local musicians and organizers praised for smooth arrangements.
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