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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
2
Albany moves to establish a butter factory to boost local dairying and settlement, forming a cooperative with £25 000 share capital. Subscriptions reach £15 0 0, with outstanding calls totaling £162 10s, causing directors to issue private guarantees and delay progress amid limited hinterland trade and capital.
Classified notice lists assorted wool and flannel vests from 4/11 to 12/6 and ladies dresses in tweed cloth serge and wool. Maids items include Mackintosh capes and coats at reduced prices plus velveteen and flannel dresses in several colors. limited wool dresses remain in odd sizes.
The Albany district faces a serious downturn in butter production and store revenue. Directors consider boost measures, loyalty concerns, and potential disloyalty amid price and cost shifts. Community meetings address W.A. football, theatre behavior, and a proposed girls school as residents seek solutions for local cooperative challenges.
Due to the Albany area training centre cancellation for military cadets all senior cadets are reminded via advertisement to return all records and great coats to the drill hall Spencer street
The New Settlers League debates moving its weekly meeting from Monday to Tuesday to avoid clashing with firanel meetings. Albany hosts immigration events as Themistocles arrives from London with 161 new settlers under government auspices. East reports loss of his attache case at a hotel before the missing belongings surface later. The Themistocles voyage and related shelter needs draw a large local crowd as officials oversee transport and medical checks.
The May update shows population estimates for Western Australia at 1,040,040 with 480,868 males and 560,178 females, plus births 609 and deaths 268 for the month. Banking figures report State Savings Bank deposits 4,821,741 and withdrawals 25,108, with 16,325 new accounts opened. Gold output for May reached 30,720 ounces valued at 168,748 pounds. Lands Department notes May conditional purchases 41,541 acres, freehold farms 6,816 acres, leases 58,548 acres, and other selections totaling 108,611 acres. A film screening of "Rudd's New Selection" is announced at the Empire for Tuesday.
A Friday meeting heard letters from several associations about butter fat prices and cream quality. Directors noted a drop in payments to growers and a loss on eleven months’ trading, with plans to inform shareholders and reorganize management including a resignation and new appointment.
Letter complains that Albany plans to cancel naval training and move the piano and a shield from the drill hall to Fremantle. It warns of losing funding and a naval social, urging authorities to recover possessions and honor local contributors before Mr Carter and staff depart. It appeals to the acting mayor to act promptly.
The Defence Minister announces compulsory and voluntary retirements of officers and non commissioned ranks. Compulsory retirees receive one month’s pay per year of service with caps. voluntary retirees gain negotiations for compensation. Navy detail notes reversion to Royal Navy for many officers and minimal numbers remaining.
In Perth on Saturday the Below Park Racing Club event produced mixed results with several races including the Hurdle, First Class Plate, Second Class Plate and Third Class Plate. Winners included Warflame, Salmo, Bob Captures and various notable runners with dividends and betting odds noted.
In ideal conditions at Finn Tree Reserve Norths beat Souths by seven points. The final score was Norths 6.19 40 to Souths 6.0 38 with Riches Sounness Wear among top players for Norths and Smith Young Fellows Wigitt Roun Ness for Souths. Delegates from Geraldton Kalgoorlie Albany attend All Australian Smaller States Conference at Allury New South Wales on July 3 and 4.
Medium supplies of apples to hand good demand while citrus heavy and prices low. Vegetables in ample supply. cauliflowers and cabbage priced per lug. Tomatoes potatoes cabbage pumpkins and other staples listed with varying prices. Notes mention roots fodder product Poa Aquatica and new selection advertised.
Sir James Mitchbell and Winston Whorvhill with Mr Lo Amery and Mr G Macnoughien circulated a draft migration plan to be approved by Prime Minister William Hughes. The proposal contemplates a £50,000,000 town funded by Britain Australia and Western Australia covering one third of annual interest. it mirrors Interstate Premiers conference terms.
A Simla despatch reports turmoil in Persia with Bolshevik support spreading. The Bardy wid Turk faction gains influence as Kurds and Bokerans unite against central authority, with southern Turkestan showing growing Bolshevik alignment and raids near Hokiic amid Enver Pasha’s efforts.
New York June 11 The option market saw brisk activity with gains of 100 to 247 points over the past week, aided by reports of boll weevil trouble and light trading. analysts note a wobbling yet limited outlook for the season.
Rumors of a new revolt against President Alvaro Obregon circulate after reports of the execution of Colonel Maurtinexs and General Blanco, former War Secretary, whose bodies were found shot through the heart and handcuffed together.
Constantinople June 11 report says Greeks bombarded Samotum on the Black Sea after giving the Turks an ultimatum to destroy munitions. The shelling lasted about three and a half hours with limited coastal fire.
A report states General Chang Teo Lin accepted Wu Pei Fu terms for an alliance and will withdraw all forces to Mukden within three days. Earlier Allied generals ordered Wu-Pei Fu to leave Tianjin for violating the 1901 protocol, but he refused amid border tensions with Japan.
Tasmanian Legislative Assembly elections were held on Saturday with incomplete results and the Country Party seen as likely to hold balance of power. In Albury about 60 men are unemployed and a deputation may seek relief works from the acting mayor. East Albany Firstrates football club calls a special meeting tonight at 7 90 for a full muster inquiry.
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