17 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1919
Page
1
A chief inspector of factories and workshops report analyzes women workers in industry noting failures stem from selection, training, and adapting to needs while progress appears in earlier starts and reduced Sunday and overtime work. Camouflage lectures and stories of female employment rise amid fashion’s changing role.
An essay argues redistributing Imperial population to strengthen the Dominions, reduce pauperism, and support wartime gains. It notes emigration costs, rising living standards, and the need to move soldiers and workers to the Dominions. It cites UK population growth, migration effects, and the risk to British identity if surplus populations are not redirected.
A long reflection on imperial migration and home population plans. It argues thousands of Dominions settlers and imported labor shape defense needs and economy, urging self sufficiency, better distribution of population, and continued mobilization of resources including munition production. It also notes health and nutrition tips for English readers.
A mother of two soldiers awaited news at home as a son in the services faced danger. The piece mourns Pte R P Rasmussen of the ALF Robinson Estate Albany and recalls a mother’s steadfast courage amid pervading grief.
A wartime shipbuilding shutdown at Cockatoo Island dockyard follows a go slow by boilermakers and others in Sydney. The Federal government orders dismissal of many workers and suspends shipbuilding until unions guarantee compliance with a wartime agreement covering overtime limits and skilled labor. Riveters’ output fell sharply, prompting calls to match Walsh Island and Williamstown production.
In a forceful appeal the writer urges Albany to extend harbor works, deepen berths to 40 feet, reclaim foreshore, and build modern storage and cooling facilities. He criticizes municipal inertia, warns borrowing will be needed, and argues Albany should act to become a major port between the Motherland and its children.
A humorous note on early 20th century speculation that men may wear suits made of paper by next autumn. The piece jokes about safety issues like lighting matches, the impracticalities of ink on fabric, and the potential for humorous inscriptions such as reminders to bring home groceries or meet a date.
The piece warns that money has cheapened by recent actions and risks losing esteem. It cites past times when eggs, potatoes, and bacon commanded more value than money, and laments that a continued trend could erode money’s worth and effort to obtain it. A concise warning: a word to the wise money is sufficient.
The excerpt discusses a dangerous method of cultivating hatred toward others, suggesting gradual escalation from targeting the strong to the helpless. It implies Germans as the model and culminates in violent intent toward women and children, framed as preparation for war.
In a witness box exchange a woman explains a tangled family relation to the defendant. She describes multiple cross links through marriages and cousins but concedes she cannot clearly determine how closely they are related, yet regards him as “a sort of cousin.”
A humorous Irish quip unfolds as a friend asks about a dog. The Irishman’s reply twists on wordplay about the animal dying. the punchline suggests the dog died by the yard, echoing clever wit and local humor.
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