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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
4
Martin Vallance continues aboard the Hebe as a barquentine pursues and a British cruiser looms on the horizon. Helen reunites with her father aboard the stranded brig Antelope while Vallance and Major Fortasous navigate peril, danger, and the looming warship with vigilance and resolve.
A Central Wheat Board report on en caaement and gassing experiments in South Australia notes Birkenhead gas treatment of fret stock wheat. Mill test on 200 bags yielded satisfactory flour. bakers found it antiacfactory and suitable for bread. Dr Hargreaves and W J Spocard reported positive gluten, starch, and germination results. Wheat Weevil Committee recommends large scale gas treatment.
Trains from Albany to Perth run Monday to Thursday at 3 30 p m and Friday Sunday at 6 30 p m. Albany to Perth arrivals occur Thursday Saturday Sunday at 7 90 a m and Tuesday Wednesday Friday at 10 15 a m. Denmark Line runs Albany to Denmark Mondays Fridays at 6 10 a m and alternate Saturdays at 1 15 p m. Denmark to Albany Mondays and Fridays at 9 35 a m, alternate Saturdays at 5 5 p m arriving at 9 35 p m.
Courtesy of Post Master Mr John Norman details mail closing times for Perth Fremantle and Eastern and Great Southern Railway offices. Closures include Monday to Thursday 2 30 pm Fridays 5 15 pm Saturdays 10 pm for Sunday trains. Arrivals occur Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays 10 15 am Thursdays Saturdays Sundays 7 37 am.
Six wool appraisements are set through March 3 across Geraldton Fremantle Albany and more, with totals of up to 80 000 bales. Payments to graziers reach about 120 000 in the Great Southern district after a late year distribution.
An old editorial promotes advertising as vital to commerce, urging merchants to embrace promotional efforts as the engine of trade and economy. It argues that consistent ads attract customers, boost visibility, and sustain business activity.
A prominent British woman from the women's rights movement argues for women as magistrates jurors and judges now that they have the vote. The piece cites authorities debates bias fairness and the need for women on juries in matrimonial and breach of promise cases, noting American juries with women.
The piece argues women possess superior common sense and could serve as jury members magistrates and judges. It cites Kansas jurors who settled a land dispute after starting deliberations with prayer and weighing pros and cons. It appeals to readers in Australia to consider these topics for the sake of communal comfort and interests.
A visiting official attests to London Chinatown in Limehouse and Pennyfields as well behaved, with two dozen criminal records noted for serious crime. Men work near the docks in blue suits and sailor hats, women are few, some marry Londoners, and gambling remains the main vice. The quarter centers on Celestials, with shops and restaurants run for them, while opium dens are rare and largely mythic.
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