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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
3
Katanning visitors met Albany representatives at Parade Street ground. Albany pursued 62 to win after Katanning posted 102 all out. standout performances included Cooper and Angove for Katanning and Monaghan and Windus for Albany. Postmatch, hospitality and toasts celebrated a spirited day of cricket and cordial relations between clubs.
In a Mount Barker cricket match Whickwood beat Corborup by 22 runs despite being three players short. Notable scorers for Whickwood included A. Martin with 42 and J. Martin 20, while Ernie Williams took seven wickets for 11 runs. Corborup, fielding eight men, fought back with Fred Williams 11 and T. Wilson 10, but could not reach the target.
Katanning defeated Mt. Barker by 25 runs after a tight day of cricket at Mt. Barker. Katanning posted a modest first innings with key scores from Piease and Fidock, while Mt. Barker were all out for 56 in reply. In their second innings the visitors were bowled out for 71, leaving Mt. Barker needing 97 runs to win with 35 minutes left and six wickets in hand when stumps fell. Clarke led Mt. Barker with 33, while Shaw took two Mt. Barker wickets.
The Minister for Mines and Railways J Seaddan and Mrs Seaddan arrived from Perth on Saturday. They attended the opening ceremony of the new electric light works in the afternoon. They returned to Perth by last night’s train. Nurse Fisher has recovered from appendicitis and left Mt Barker for Perth. A 70 year old Perth commercial traveller admitted Feb 20 after a tramway accident died Thursday.
A fragment notes a military drill between Albany volunteers and cadets on a Saturday afternoon. The garbled text hints at a naval or pondes exercise with limited readable details.
The Perth pages report on wartime allowances and local officials in Kalamunda and Perth, repatriation figures, unemployment numbers, and a move to raise ministerial stipends. Also noted are changes in government posts, a body recovered from a well in North Fremantle, mine breakdowns at Collie affecting workers, and international updates on gold shipments, Antarctic leadership, and US Britain relations.
A Kingston day at Albany saw a Tennis Club team, including Qadids and gentlemen, visit the port for a day of matches against royal players. The gentlemen’s contests favored the visitors, while Albany ladies won the tea time and evening dance at St Johns Hall.
Fragmentary note discusses a telegraph style plan near a small eastern bay implying rail routes to a port. Mentions Albany district and state level advantage but remains garbled and uncertain in attribution and details.
Albany councils and the Chamber of Commerce consolidate plans to clear bottlebrush land for settlement. Government support includes a 500 pound fund for experiments and a subcommittee empowered to clear and prepare land for eventual drainage and farming.
The Melbou 8.8 Co liner Dimboola arrived from the Eastern Staten on Thursday night and berthed at the town jetty. After landing 300 tons of cargo and 88 sheep she left for Fremantle at 8 30 Friday morning. She will return from Fremantle on Saturday next to take 600 tons of cargo for the Eastern States Dalgar y and Co agents. The Italian steamer Carignany called at Albany on Saturday and after taking 500 tons of Newcastle coal resumed her voyage to Gaon in the evening. 8.8 Co agents.
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