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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
2
Schedule notice for the March 19 trip to Port Slablate Bay with AML entries due by 6 p.m. March 18. Details on freight and fares available from the Goods Clerk Railway, Albany.
The article reflects on land settlement as a driver of nation building in the United States, Canada and Victoria Australia. It traces past plans for structured land use, notes gaps after gold discoveries, and contrasts hopes with the dispersed settler reality. It imagines a revived era as global empires seek land and prosperity.
In a broad analysis of Australia’s colonial land policy, the piece urges reform of land occupation in Victoria and the West. It notes city sprawl around Melbourne, rising farm viability, and warns against neglect of rural settlement. It cites Albany’s outskirts as harsh, recommends renewed land settlement by men and women, and records local legal and political actions.
A series of brief items reports musketry practice at the Plantagenet Rifle Club range, a snake bite leading to a teen’s death, a notable abduction case tied to Albany, a Royal Red Cross salute from Marama’s crew to the local aid society, and new regulations on military medals. A police inquiry follows a spate of dangerous bicycle activity on the Lower King road.
The CEALS monthly meeting at St Johns Hall outlined a six month syllabus with talks by Gibbon on Gold Archdeacon Louch on Chourer Hodges on prison experiences Halliday on Mant Life Lindfield on Soldiering in India Braley on rejected. The group also plans to invite the Governor to address a men’s meeting for all church members and discuss proposed constitutional changes regarding the rule of life associates and badge.
The Albany Methodist Boys' Society, led by Messrs Norman junr and Jarman, expanded from five members to twenty five in just over a year. The group, denominationally focused, lists Rev. B Fellows as chaplain, with A.H. Dickson as president and Walter Kingston as secretary. They meet weekly for business and instruction, with alternate Thursday gym sessions. A tennis club and rifle practice are active, a hockey team rests, and bimonthly socials are planned at J Norman junr’s residence.
Albany branch of the Returned Sailors Soldiers and Nurses Association outlines an April fundraising campaign to aid diggers returning to civilian life. A meeting at the Soldiers Institute discusses committees, dates, and events with Anzac Day activities planned and volunteers from the Leisure Hour Club.
At the Perth held Methodist Conference the Great Southern District received ministerial appointments though open to correction Albany Samuel B Fellows military chaplain Pingelly Albert Horn Brookton C E Butler Narrogin Howard Pearson Katanning Harry Moore Wagin Ivern A Jacobs Dumbleyung W E Freeman Mount Barker Richard D Lindup Guowangerap Nyabing Tamballap G B E Jones
The Albany Town Council met in the Council Chamber to discuss Lord Jellicoe’s pending Perth visit and the proposal of a civic reception, with a plan to invite government assistance. Other items include funding for a memorial in Perth, tackling dangerous scrub on Chester’s block, highway and bylaw enforcement, road repairs, and the completion of the inhalation chamber for the Central Board of Health.
The Albany Chamber of Commerce held a bi monthly meeting at the Lower Town Hall with A H Dickson in the chair in the president’s absence. Attendees included J P Cowen J Norman Jr G A Watson W E Smith Hc Sims and secretary D Rowe. Proposals protested fire insurance rates and Albany opposition to ILMS New Zealand relocation. A conference on a proposed butter factory was set for Friday March 28.
At Albany Police Court yesterday morning before Mr A E Burt RM P J Benolia was proceeded against by Mrs A Wnossell for illegally detaining a magneto. The bench ordered the return of the magneto and a payment of £25.
Mrs J Giblett charged her husband John Giblett with assault. The court, presided by Mr A E Burt HM, saw the plaintiff with a facial bruise. The magistrate fined Giblett £5 and costs of £3 6d and bound him over to keep the peace.
The column discusses alleged condemnation of bacon from Denmark State Farm and calls for full public disclosure by the Government and Minister Baxter. It mentions the Denmark bacon industry, past factory extensions, and price arrangements, plus a harvest service and Anglican Church reunion efforts. It also notes local charity for fire victims and a news item about A. Y. Buckley's injury and chess solving.
A damaged OCR text presents a fragmented chant with phrases like surrender song and heaven. The readable parts include crowd-sounding cries and garbled words, lacking clear names, places, dates, or events to pin to a real incident or figure.
The influenza situation in New South Wales remains poor. Yesterday's report shows 32 new cases, with 24 admitted to the coast hospital. Six cases from the steamer Chillagow were placed at the quarantine station.
Pneumonic influenza outbreak in Newcastle district grows quickly with 41 cases at Wa'atah hospital. Calls rise to apply strict restrictions similar to New York and Sydney. Authorities consider measures as case numbers mount.
Melbourne reports 115 fresh pneumonic influenza cases and three deaths yesterday in Victoria as health authorities track the outbreak.
London dispatch reports continued heavy fighting in Berlin with government troops tightening the cordon on the suburbs. Spartacists defend barricades and a tower at Beretzon as artillery bombardment intensifies and civilians report stockpiled army supplies.
Over 130 Irish volunteers including two generals who served in the war have memorialised his Majesty the King urging the submission of Ireland's claim for self government to the Peace Conference.
A note states the Peace Conference will designate the Kiel Canal as an international port. It reflects a belief that the canal will gain status under international control and access.
Four hundred natives of Schleswig Holstein who were prisoners of war have been released. They left for their homes on Tuesday.
Reports from the eastern Adriatic describe fresh tensions between Italians and Jugo-Slavs after the Yugoslavs insulted the Italian flag. An armed clash occurred at Spalats as detachments of the four Great Powers maintain order and restore stability.
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Ellison Macartney plan to depart for Perth by Monday. Sir William may open Bridedown show on Wednesday with Excellencies returning to Mbany the following Saturday. Albert Willis learns his son Private H. E. Willis arrived in Melbourne after earlier reports he was killed in action. he has been repatriated. Major H. B. Hamlin of the 10th Light Horse receives the Distinguished Service Order. Signaller H. H. Northey dies of pneumonia at the 47th Casualty Station in France. he enlisted three years ago and was known in Trafalgar, near Mount Barker, with related Northey family ties noted.
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