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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
2
Certificated service and transfer applications are announced for industrial attendants. The notice outlines dates for submission, required forms, and supporting documents, with processes for competency and eligibility under the regulating authority.
On Saturday June 16 at 1 PM, CRANE and BENNETT sell without reserve at Mount Barker, Lot Harker, horses, cattle, vehicles, implements, and household goods. Terms by Albany Family Office. Includes motor boiler, Fordson tractor, shearing plants, chaff cutter, water equipment, and farm furnishings. Regular auctioneer notes and local references appear in the Denmark Town listing.
The Albany Health Board approved the health committee’s report on municipal sanitation at a Monday session despite a heated vote about delaying a public meeting on the issue. Dr Johnson noted a poll could gauge support for the popular reform and meet statutory requirements. A children's dance to aid distress relief, a third ambulance lecture by Dr Maurice Johnson, and a large auction sale of farm stock and equipment are scheduled in the community notice.
The Albany Returned Soldiers Sailors and N unes Imperial League held a Tuesday night meeting at the Soldiers Institute with Chairman W T Cooper presiding. A summary of state secretarys reports and membership drives, appeals for renewals, and plans for future sub-branch actions dominated the discussion.
The Mt Barker Nursing Home fund receives a £14 12 donation from Hall trustees Mses. Buroahey and Hunt, while local medical figures Dr. Mall retires at month’s end and Dr. Hill plans a Sydney return. Upcoming Hain how Entertainers concert aids the home with a dance to follow.
The Albany chamber discusses dredge appreciation, local trade, and postal dispatch arrangements. Reports mention Mr. Taylor’s dredge, freight and passenger steamers Katoomba and Karoola, and requests to advertise district settlements to curb local competition. Officials consider Albany to Newdegate rail improvements and seek Premier input.
The Women s Auxiliary held a Tuesday night meeting at the Soldier Institute with Nurse Burt presiding. Receipts totaled 8 14 1 1 and letters of thanks were read for local assistance. The group discussed future events and agreed to support the Soldiers Institute in return for room use.
Disjointed report notes several players like Freddie Collins and Hankinson shining while Mick Lieback and Mick Stewart underperform. The upcoming match against Novrogin is delayed until next Saturday, with team selection still in doubt.
A Danish visit by M L A J Seaddan and Mr Maley with Mr Sutton and others discussed Agricultural Department plans amid opposition over the new Dairy Act. The minister offered a mutual plant use option for butter production and backed Guernsey stock changes, noting cost and state support considerations.
At Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce, a resolution was carried to request the Chief Secretary to direct a police inquiry into racing, with no stated aim to abolish or curtail meetings. A speaker warned that racing gatherings were demoralising the community.
Hankwick Municipal Council accepts a syndicate bid to build an ocean pier at Coogee for £156,000 with a 28 year lease and annual rent of £50. The project forms part of Sydney area development plans announced Thursday.
In Sydney on April 21 a quarrel over Home Rule for Ireland led to a fight in which Jim Tarrant was killed. Joseph Francis Murphy, aged 24, a city council laborer, was charged with murder but the jury acquitted him after evidence showed Tarrant started the altercation and Murphy said to back off.
The Governor General announces a Royal Commission to probe War Service Homes scandals and expands pension provisions for old age and invalids. A Commonwealth Bank board will oversee operations, and a central board will control the Commonwealth shipping line with liberal subsidies for select routes. A time limit will govern House of Representatives debates.
The steamer Ulimaroa from Sydney, belonging to Hud dart Parker and Co., has been refused pratique in Auckland after a fireman aboard developed influenza.
Albany Woollen Mills official lauded by West Australian representative Mr La Hinks in Perth. He said a proposed Western Australian mill would employ about 200 workers and should diversify into whips, woollen foods, including channels, rugs, and other products to add value locally. He forecast profits within a year and eventual capital expansion.
London report from the Daily Express cites a Bulgarian government statement alleging ex Ministers lived in luxury. A hoard of foreign currency valued at 45000 pounds was found in ex ministers' residences and Stambuliski’s former farm allegedly controlled large state capital to buy properties. The Ministers reportedly owned Agrarian National Stores with nationwide branches dominating exports.
London reports say representatives of the Urquhart group with British and French banks and the Turkish Minister of Commerce will soon sign an agreement to form a combine with one million pounds capital to control Turkish import and export trade. The plan includes major Turkish firms such as tobacco growers, oil producers, and bank syndicates. Angora seeks to boost foreign trade through near monopoly privileges.
The Russian reply to Britain minimizes insistence on four convention points and concedes transfers to Mr. Dire and Mrs. Harding. It signals satisfaction by Britain upon acknowledgment and suggests reduced risk to the trading agreement, noting Russian terms and the implied payment sums.
In June 13 reports alert to suspected sabotage in the Rube Paris area. Several bombs were exploded on the railway within the district causing concern and investigations by authorities.
The commission at Oublenta has decided to impose a tax of twenty five percent of the value on all occupied territory from Germany.
New York dispatch dated June 13 reports a person fleeing toward Tientsin in an early morning flight. Details remain fragmentary with limited context and no further names or locations confirmed.
At the Albany Licensing Bench, chaired by Mr A Hort, renewals were granted for Publican General Licences to Thomas Charles Hosking London Hotel, J. Huescn, and others. Club and eating house licences were approved for Albany Golf Club, Strand Cafe, Town Jerry Ter Rooms, and others with a further sitting planned for June 9. Woods Great Prime Cure mentioned in text.
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