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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
2
A terse brief notes the South East Coast trade and references the State Steamship Service with a mention of an individual labeled sgt aml wo Coode in the legible fragment. The item hints at a maritime or official context but provides limited details about actions, dates, or outcomes.
An imbalance in gold and wealth between Britain and the United States emerges from postwar finance. The US holds most domestic wealth, Britain owns abroad productive property. London’s circles debate positions, while New York’s claim as a financial hub hinges on loan influence, including aid to Russia and Allied powers.
The notice reviews Australian currency reserves with 16,807,104 notes and gold holdings totalling £63,327,130, plus overseas gold. It reports on war enlistment figures, casualties, and troops abroad, and notes influenza cases in Perth with warnings on germ theory. Also mentions dipping restrictions for sheep in the South-West and education classes in Albany.
The piece compares London and New York banking and trade positions, noting London discount rates, bill exchange, and foreign acceptance totals. It cites shifts in currency use, American leverage, and the Monroe doctrine as the two nations’ economic tension grows, with regional notes on pensions and local events following.
The Albany Fire Brigade Demonstration committee met in the Council Chamber presided by Mayor W. J. Thay. They booked the Town Hall for Tuesday night and discussed deposits, lodging for brigades, a trophy bid with Lanaris and Co, a drawn programme including handicaps and races, and appointed time-keepers and marshals. The Moonshine Minstrels were asked to arrange the programme.
The 67 year old George Farr, who wandered from Kronkupp, was tracked by his sons George Willam and Harry, Constable Dowrue, and locals. They found a note stating fatigue and death by self, and after a 25 mile wander with rain stopping work, Farr returned home and died soon after, the result of a long battle with illness and distress.
Albany unionists celebrate the opening of an Australian Labor Federation branch in Albany with a packed Oddfellows Hall event. Leader P Collier addresses the crowd while C Burton chairs. The evening features singing, recitations, a children’s competition, a comic routine, supper and dancing, ending with evident enthusiasm for the new branch.
Unique Soldiers Memorial will honor eight men including Campbell Warren. John and Mrs Warren will establish a granite column at a restored freshwater spring near Katanning. The design features a drinking fountain and troughs for travelers and animals, to be entrusted to the Road Board.
The fortnightly Al tuny Repatriation Committee convened with Chairman Mr A H Dickson presiding. Members J Norman, W Mannen, G AL Tipping, T A Barnett and secretary Mr DG Rose attended. They discussed sustenance forms, soldier loans, land purchases, training, and transport issues for families, approving several requests and planning urgent correspondence with the central committee.
The article discusses race and immigration tensions with Japan and Australia including the White Australia policy, the Paris Conference, and potential changes affecting Northern Queensland. It also notes the New Zealand Rugby League’s invitation to Australia and a St Joseph’s School Building Fund event with a rouche tournament, prize wins, and dancing late into the night.
Mount Barker letter recalls Moonshine Minstrels Viet to Mt Barker, with local color on Albany visitors, Kojonup rendezvous, and Mt Barker riflemen victory. Mentions Arthur Young, the Still-on-Top group, and local fruit trade woes under these wartime conditions.
Personal news from Mount Barker district reports Fred Wall enjoying annual leave at Wellington Mills while on crutches, Mrs J P Martin planning a England trip to visit her daughter, and sympathy for Private Harry Northey who died in France after a severe illness, the second soldier son to pass away overseas.
Denmark notes record an influx of visitors praising scenery and sport. A touring couple stopped over from Geraldtum, witnessed a lake collision of two swans, and described abundant duck and widgeon. An in memoriam for A J Smith was held. Local officials discussed school funding, extension of classes, and education staffing. Philosophical society reports show progress in oral journals though no firm decisions yet.
The Bakara carried returning soldiers to Melbourne under a new disembarkation system praised by officials. The process at Port Melbourne reduced hustle and congestion with streamlined transfer of men to the Gellibrand light and transport to Aloerbon houses, while officers observed the Amulisation depot procedures and discharge routines.
Personal Mrs A Gabliseh of Robinson Estate received a cable saying her brother Driver Tom Collins has arrived home in New Zealand after three years service on the fronts. Professor and Mr Shonn are in Albany for a short holiday. Sister Mary Nicalay, visiting friends in Albany, returned to her home in Perth Sunday night. Sister Philips is spending her vacation in Albany.
In June 12018 London to Australia venture founder Reginald Loyd has begun a private funded survey deep into Australia to chart landing sites and a route for an air service between London and Sydney. Loyd, Australian born with French origin, seeks federal recognition of priority for Australian enterprise.
Stl Spreading in New South Wales reports four new cases of preamonia among menza increasing total to 13, including two nurses at the vows hospital. Thirteen cases removed from Newraede to Waraith. Seven more suspicious cases noted at the hospital, including the doctor. Four cases reported From Hinilom.
Melbourne reports 185 fresh cases and 13 deaths yesterday as the jauphea epidemic continues in Victoria with ongoing illness and rising fatalities in the region.
The Preator of New South Wales proposes reinstatement of returned soldiers by employers. Parliament may be asked to ensure reinstatement remains practical and that ex-service personnel are restored to their former positions when capable.
Special wire reports 1,400,000 workers strike in Berlin aiming to overthrow the Government and the National Assembly. Troops summoned for Berlin, marines reportedly hostile. rails and trams halted, city without water, electricity, and pits. Civil war fears rise as nationwide strike actions spread from Bavaria to Leipzig and Munich.
Berlin March 6 thousands of German officers from general to lieutenant approach the Allied Military Commission seeking employment with the Allied armies or in colonial forces. The requests are refused but the Germans insist on their demands.
In Washington on March 6 the House of Representatives carried a resolution expressing the hope that the Peace Conference would favor self determination for Ireland.
London dispatch reports a Kiev source stating Lenin and Trotsky planned to revive the Brest-Litovsk agreement with Germany, seen as paving the way for renewed Allied leverage. Meanwhile Perth officials set a Monday meeting to discuss West Australia’s grievances against federal policy and perceived coercive treatment under the Federal compact.
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