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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1922
Page
2
Manchester department sale offers cheap lines in clothing and mercery with money saving prices for cash. Haberdashery bargains highlight the liquidation event featuring Miles Yipping and Merrifield.
Readable items note Mrs Hill meeting her son Dr Hill in Albany, a local by law breach fine, Amy Castles recital at Empire Theatre, lodge notices, and a push for a bold progressive town hall in Wagin. Also covered are a bull attack incident, trade association cables, a children’s ball for the Albany Volunteer Fire Brigade, and shifted Athletic League plans with Sheffield stakes.
The Albany Bowling Club handicap pairs progressed with three to four games in B section Lawak and Nelson beat Milta and Dewar 27 to 16. In A section Milla and Honisett beat Greenwood 25 to 7 while Milner and Harding faced Downes and Cooper. Downes led early but Milne closed the gap. final result 25 to 24. Downes and partner then faced Meeks and partner, with final tally at seven o’clock leaving Downes ahead 78 to 0.
The Mt Barker area reports a lively scene with fruit shipments of Jonathan and Cleo varieties, a busy dehydrator operation, and new nursing home activities. Visitors include Fowler and Green from Brockton and Perth, while the Mount Barker Club faces restructuring and a farewell to Mr. N V Dearsley amid ongoing community events.
Edith Roberts stars in White Youth at the Empire Theatre tonight with other attractions including the serial episode The King of the Circus and a comedy drama The Chicken in Case. Tomorrow Blanche Sweet appears in Her Unwilling Husband and Wednesday brings Dickens Old Curiosity Shop film adaptation with Little Nell revived on screen.
Cosmopolitan presents Proxien as a powerful photo play featuring Norman Kerry and Zean Keefe. A reformed crook struggles to stay straight while facing a hold up and schemes at the stock exchange. The program also includes Burton-Holmes travelogue and news reels. On Saturday Wallace Reid stars in The Love Special.
Four masked thieves entered the Grand Hotel in Sprime ntrevt just after Loarlork one Saturday morning. They assaulted night porter William Killian, stole £70, and fled. Detective Edith Drayton reports a further £440 missing from ante Weepings as the case proceeds.
Melbourne report states Colin Campbell Rows, sentenced to death for the Tirtschke murder, will appeal to the Court of Chancery. Grounds of application are not clearly stated in the fragment.
Reports say unrest in New Guinea led to a patrol mission that was fired upon. Three natives faced trial for manslaughter on March 1 and received ten year sentences. The leader was killed in what authorities described as a mercy act to ease suffering.
Sydney report states Mervyn Cannon, victim of the Coogee beach shark tragedy, is dead. Diver Jackson vows to kill the shark responsible using a sheath knife and will explore danger channel reportedly to confront the threat near the coast.
A Pathe production romance presented at Mt Barker Hall on Saturday. Lead stars June Caprice George B Betts Margarite Conriot headline a six part film with a comedy drama and a dramatic climax. The program includes a galaxy of stars and extensive supporting footage for a high class show.
A motor car swerved to avoid a collision and ran out of control at Ashfield yesterday. It dashed into a crowd of children attending a Salvation Army prayer service, injuring eight people some seriously.
The visiting Victorian side reached Kalgoorlie on Friday to face Western Australia. WA bowler Webb was the stand out with seven wickets, limiting the Victorians to 190. Mrs. Deykin departs Albang for Perth on the evening train. A representative gathering quotes Prime Minister Hughes praising the Commonwealth line and Australia building a growing steam fleet.
In Holansehurg on March 5 the federation executive committee set to restore operations after a stoppage. They issued a directive to the Chamber of Mines and ordered an inquiry to be conducted by the Partin Jory Commission.
London March 6 The experted coalition crisis centers on a speech by Premier Lloyd George. Conservatives split over supporting the coalition with several demanding proportional representation. A decision on Lloyd George’s plan is expected tomorrow.
In London, analysts foresee a potential bank rate cut to 4 percent while government credit improves. The Stovke Ey change hints at lower closing levels for January, and metal markets show an improved tone. An official report notes continued movement toward normalcy and greater confidence for manufacturers and buyers amid price stability expectations.
Information received reports a cyclone nearly wiped out Chine, Africa, leaving only a few survivors. Property damage totals £250,000 with 36 lives lost and many others displaced.
The agitation against sugar price cuts draws Queens and cane growers to protest and plan to halt expanding the augur-cane area. The article traces the industry’s boom and decline since the 19th century, the impact of imported labor, and government pricing aims to shift losses to consumers while outlining production and wage contrasts with New Zealand.
A large audience at Victoria Square last night enjoyed the Fire Brigade Band conducted by Hardmaster Dickenson. The program included Murch Wingsten Green Wood overture The Pilgrims Hound Shades of Evening Norwegian Cradle Song The Old Hundred grand Paust Westella. A weak collection for band funds followed the concert.
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