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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
2
A damaged notice contains garbled text about Mr W Bounness and Mr Barker including a misplaced word pocket and references to poets or poets style. It also mentions a minister acknowledging receipt of a letter dated 4 June and a road project Albany to Denmark with unclear implications.
Discussion in cabinet on harbor board plans for Albany follows letters from the Colonial Secretary and Undersecretary. Elections at the Town Hall yield Gribble 237, De Vaus 184, with a resignation noted and a presentation souvenir for the HMA Australia to the council chamber.
The remains of the late Mr William Sounness were interred in the Church of England section of Mt Barker cemetery after a service at All Saints Church. Rev E J Peniston officiated. chief mourners included family members and mourners from Barker Lodge. Floral tributes and official condolence messages followed with arrangements by Albert Jones and Albany mayor Mr F P Lambert.
The Albany Season Committee met at the Town Hall with Mayor Percy Lambert presiding. Discussion covered the season plan, secretary duties, bond deposits, and a postal entry system for Albany with budget notes and a £20 deposit.
News reaches of the death of Mr John L Wall Brill a longtime Mt Barker resident and former Albany police officer born 1854 in York He served patrol duties before railways linked regions and earned recognition for capturing an Aboriginal criminal single handed He later lived at Avoon Orchard two miles from Mt Barker with his wife and three married daughters Mrs Thomas Cranbrook Mrs Pova Albany and Miss Jordan Albany He leaves a widow and grown family with district sympathy extended
The funeral for the late Mr John Larter Wall was held in Mt Barker on Wednesday afternoon. The body arrived from Perth by morning train and lay in state at the Anglican Church where a short service was held. The procession proceeded to the cemetery with Rev EB Peniiston officiating at both church and graveside. Chief mourners included sons George, Frederick and Tom Wall. Daughters and daughters-in-law were present, along with other relatives. Pallbearers named, tributes from the local RSL branch and others marked respect for the deceased. The Barker Memorial Club is inviting tenders for alterations to the hall, referenced in a local notice.
The Albany Town Council met in the council chamber with Mayor Pere Larabelt presiding. Deputations from ministers in Perth and discussions on Perth road funding, federal grants, and local road works dominated the session, alongside letters from the Vigilance Committee and the AM P Society regarding loans and wage awards. The council considered delays in road improvements, land subdivision approvals, and lamp post installations while debating budget allocations and employment impact.
The Allian Wub-tranch of the Hermed Sol ders Sailors and Nurwe Tmperial League met at the Soldiers Tumulatwo with Mr A W Rennors presiding. Minutes noted gas-supply alterations and a 30 shilling shortfall. officers for the coming year were elected led by President A W Senir and Vice Presidents S Barrow and Rev. Edmunds.
The council discussed refinancing a 1100 loan and saving on rates, with Dr Johns handling quotations for motor drives and a concrete mixer. They consider repairing the railway station ambulance shelter and granting hall use for a six night Fire Brigade event while awaiting approval. A children's fancy dress ball at Naval Drill Hall on Friday July 3 aims to raise funds for a school plane. tickets price details are given and prizes to be awarded.
Wintry Barker conditions linger as lambing yields high, dogs and wolves bring in trophies. Local billiards, rifle club plans and Souths versus Norths match at Park dominate chatter with players like Ball, Adams, Johnson and Williams noted for performances.
Late Perth benefactor Henry Wills Rischbieth leaves public benefactions totaling 11000 pounds. Allocations include 2500 to Kindergarten Union, 1000 to Children’s Protection Society, 1000 to Children’s Hospital Perth, 500 to Blind Institute, 2000 to Archbishop of Perth for anti charity appeals, 1000 to Balvatiar Army, and 1000 to Methodist Church traders Albany. Remainder to relatives with widow provided for. executors named.
Melbourne officials confirm Victorian Government will maintain the system of imported governors despite the Labor Premier's plan to seek Imperial Government guidance on appointments. The move centers on preserving the patronage role of the State Governor and aligns with existing institutional practice.
In Invercangil northwest a young man breaks his neck during a football game. The spinal cord is pressured but not severed and the patient becomes paralysed. At hospital the neck is placed in a specially prepared spine. For a time the patient was paralysed but later reports say he is almost recovered.
The steamer Honam arrived from Canton carrying 600 refugees including British and American nationals, with Indian and Portuguese families among them. Floods in New South Wales threaten more damage, while towns shelter evacuees in town halls and the Presbyterian Sunday School.
Side penned at Tokyo due to Chinese trouble the Tokio Shanghai express boat service suspends requests. New York June reports HU and Snow explorer returns after Arctic voyage announcing discovery of North Pole Expedition remains solving fate of five crew members who abandoned the sinking ship Kar Nuk, bodies found 65 miles from the loss site.
A garbled report notes Aeroplane Lloyd Company transport leaving Danzig and shifting to Stockholm amid seamen’s demand to include a ported missing and a flotilla of ship’s articles. The torpedo boats are searching for terms of a cancelled award.
In Penrith, during the floods, two brothers named Field and a third man named Ross were reported missing on a shooting expedition. They returned to Penrith at night claiming their boat was swept away while they were in the bush shooting.
A public appeal describes using HeerIq for coughs and related ailments with sweetening, and mentions the Albany Ladies Hockey Association planning a fundraising dance at the Naval Drill Hall on June 27. Tickets priced 1 shilling 6 pence for ladies and 2 shillings for gentlemen are available from hockey team members.
At an adjourned Marine Transport Group meeting on Thursday the Commonwealth Line steamers Eromange and Dilga were declared to be regarded as “black” until further notice.
Mr Maxwell MHB addressed Armidale supporters defending Labor independence and condemning communist influence. He warned unions could pressure the Arbitration Court and urged stronger economic policy, praising turnout and denouncing perceived manipulation.
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