Perth Christmas Season Delights Attract Riverfront Visitors
The Perth district enjoys a bustling Christmas with many country visitors, shoppers praising local goods from West Australian Woollen and Worsted Mills while Albany displays ornate shop windows. Residents praise Como as a new leisure hub with tram rides, picnics, and riverside recreation as trots, races, and Boxing Day crowds draw both locals and visitors to a cosmopolitan mood.
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Albany
Aid
Perth
Tombellup
Commonwealth
Children Celebrate Year With Siding Notes and Picnic
Amun holi days marked by a school concert led by Mrs Jones and Miss Grave Golding. Gifts, a silver service ring, and thanks were exchanged as children sang and shared afternoon tea hosted by Mrs Palfrey. A Marbellup Farm picnic featured races, swings, and music by Mr Pigfoot, ending with a Boxing Day return.
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Amun
Jones
Grave Golding
Sydmey
Joes
Palfry
Eden
Adaine
K. Martin
Pigfott
New Year Ball in King River Crowd Packed Hall
King River notes a New Year's Eve celebration with a packed hall for a plain and fancy dress ball. Music by Mr and Mrs McNair and company featured varied instruments. Prizes went to Miss Ene Collins and Miss Ruby Collins Kalgan River. Mr Gomm won the gent's pose. Mr A Shashun organized and hosted with help from local bankers.
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Mias Ene Collins
Kalgan River
Ruby Collins
Gomm
King Bond
W. Carter
Ingenious Device Recovers Used Lubricating Oil in Workshop
A Sydney inventor showcases a compact machine that reclaims waste oil by separating water and impurities. The system injects water to push clear oil upward into a chamber where water may drive off residuals, reclaiming about 75 percent of used oil for reuse with 65 percent savings reported in a recent test.
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Sydney
George Inventions Syndicate
Picnic at Tingerup a fine day at Sampson lake
The article recalls a popular gathering at Sampson’s lake on Tingerup, started by Mr. and Mrs. Sampson three years ago. Attendees from nearby towns joined locals for two and a half miles of sandy beach, games, prizes, a bareback horse race won by Harry Faulkner’s Togo, and an evening social in the fruit shed. A honeymooning couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simpson, are announced as guests of a January 6 welcome home event for settlers.
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Dintriel
Vie
Tingerup
Binell
Bol
Tom Skinner
Carbarup
Will Storland
West Mt. Barker
W. Monaghan
Albany
Jentian
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Melbourne
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West Australia
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Western Australia
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Gossard
Drew, Robinson
Carter
Crystal Cafe
Gibrling Terrace
Aipaay
Westerserg
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Tore Street
Canterbury Tea Rooms
Associated Fruitgrowers, Limited
Sole Sa Si
Kalgoorlie
Rcantan
Mouchemore
York Street
Freemason’s Hotel
Stirling Terrace
MAS
J. M. McKenzie
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BB. Mouchemore
HPF
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L. Holman
Anane
Empire Theatre
Stirling
Errace
Gibbons and Son
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Stirling Ghests
Albany Houses
Waltham Private Hospital
Read
Abany
Rosma
Charles Moderate
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Sudan
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Robert Bell
Young
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