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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
3
Belmont Park will host a six event programme this Saturday afternoon with races including Hardlee Green Turt Belmont Plate Jally Lassie Belmont Purse Cadle or Sir Gravity Belmont Cup Lundunus Multiped Serberg J Belmont Famulinn Wealth Flying Welte.
The Albany Cricket Association final round features East West clashing on Varado street reserve while Elleker travels to Alun. Interest centers on the East West match with early arrivals and a 21a start time, and a plan for a 24 notch between first and second elevens.
The Albany Cricket Association met under President Mr WM Maniuglion. Secretary T Manuel to arrange future gift and trophy issues. Members discussed competition watches restitution, extended time for Saturday matches, and plans for December fixtures and registration of players Hitman and R Faulkner were listed. Next meeting set for January 6, 1928.
The Albany Curling Club hosted races last Saturday featuring multiple divisions. Notable results include Manteurs and Calvert leading two mile events, with Ingham and Mornin posting top times. list of participants spans Me Doe to Warburton with times and places noted, plus amateur and club member standings and late entries.
Wext Saturday's events feature a programme for amateurs with two races for juveniles and a 44 mile event for club members. Handicaps include two miles for various riders and a three mile race for members, listing participants such as Parker Liebeck Morris Cooper Hamilton and others.
The Great Southern Bowling League lists pennant match dates and pairings for B grade action on Saturdays. Albany faces Katanning and Narrogin on January 14 and 28 with several interclub bouts planned through March and April, including Wagin and Narrogin fixtures.
A festive Albany event featured the Mayor and Mayoress entertaining around 400 schoolchildren and ex-students. The evening included decorated halls, a warm supper, balloons, ice cream, and drinks, with Miss Rodgers’s orchestra providing music. The Mayor and Mayoress, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wittemoon, mingled with attendees as children sang and cheered in appreciation.
The report details motor ship Kybra and freighter Kooringa voyages from Fremantle, with personalities like Dalgety and Co. and the White Star liner Sueviewo involved. It notes cargoes such as wool and dates for sailings to the United States and southern ports, including delays at Fremantle and planned departures from Albany and Fremantle.
Major A L Haviland arrives in Geelong after a meeting with Ford Motor Company executives. He tours the Moth plant with Superintendent Hooper and others, remarks on the advanced facility, and then departs after a brief, orderly engagement with the staff. He travels on to Melbourne afterward.
Town Hall lease request provokes council over nightly screenings from Christmas to March. Proposals seek three month term with rental and an operating box at applicant cost, while opponents cite public use and fairness to local groups. The motion to grant a limited winter term passes unanimously.
The Albany Town Council meeting notes questions about an electric power station spare parts origin and approval, engine repairs, and cost items. It records inquiries on generating costs, small engine issues, electric fittings payments, fuel expenses, and allotments sold for arrears with names and amounts listed. No other payment details or further actions noted.
Practical guidance on pig feeding and herd management emphasizes profitability during price declines. It notes the need to balance feeding costs with expected returns, warns against overreliance on cheap scavenged foods, and advises selective use of waste materials to avoid waste while maintaining animal health and growth.
An editorial likens Australia’s tariff battle to a duel between Dr. Earle Page and Mr. Pratten, arguing that tariffs and borrowing have driven policy for decades. The piece contends imports rise under new tariffs, calls for ending the fight, and urges using wealth for development rather than endless borrowing.
A historical table shows annual customs and excise receipts from 1917-18 through 1926-27, with figures ranging from about 10.75 million to 80.5 million and a total nine-year increase culminating at roughly 31.01 million. The records cover years 1917-18, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1925-26, and 1926-27, noting substantial growth and overall increase over the period.
A historical note recalls Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, who devised the mercury thermometer after early experiments with wine and alcohol filled tubes. He settled in Amsterdam and later built a scale beginning at 0, with 180 degrees between freezing and boiling, a method that led to the widely used Fahrenheit scale though Celsius and Réaumur proposals followed.
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