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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 17, 1920
Page
2
A Onkaparinga shop offers a wide range of all wool items including blankets rugs suits trousers and heavyweights. Natural flannel pique fabrics white flannelettes and mens wear such as Harvard shirts flannels and cotton wool hose are advertised with affordable prices.
Wartime notices outline War Service Homes in Western Australia with inquiries via Albany office. Secretary Loralian Repatriation Committee, Albany, invites quotations and contact for information. Also ships for sale and monetary found notices appear amid a ragged, mixed OCR of local classifieds.
The fragment reflects a memorial note for Jack Franklin and a discussion of labor issues. It questions whether the Adney Domain orator influenced global opinions and critiques capital and cooperative solutions while lamenting unrest and its impact on economics.
Notices list several local gatherings including ratepayers meeting at the lower Town Hall on Wednesday May 26 at 8 pm with financial statements to be presented. Also details a North Albany Football Club meeting, Albany Velume Fire Brigade Band practice, Avon Road Board loan plans, and various local events and notices.
Albany Despatch reports an address by the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales on Politics and the Church. He notes the widening gap between rich homes in Mosman and slum life in Redfern, warning that envy and social unrest drive calls for equal sharing of material goods.
The text argues cooperation may fail, urging consumer protection and middlemen services as essential. It warns agitation diverts attention from family caution and national distress, predicts revolution as rain nears, and calls for arbitration to balance interests, avoid envy, and restore true value in production.
The Despatch notes Albany should host a local exhibit of minerals clay timber and marine resources to showcase to the Prince of Wales during his Australian tour. A coordinated effort is urged with public backing to organize samples, with a programme including naval guards and welcomes at Albany and Mount Barker.
Three émmony politicians debated future farming fortunes in Logdom club, predicting a 130,000 strong British farmer alliance with a well capitalized Agricultural Wholesale Society and feeding-stall supplies. The prophecy tied to a 1921 deadline of March 1 during an Albany event at Oddfellows Hall with NorthAlbany Football Club.
Mason 22, of Albany, faces charges for stealing a watch and two gold brooches from Albany residents. He admitted a third, more serious count of breaking and entering at Brunswick Road. Court remanded him for ten days and reserved a verdict on the third charge. The case reveals a spate of breakings across 15 dwellings with valuables taken.
Fremantle printers approve a five day, forty hour week after a six member Typographical Union petitioned for the change. Master printers assent with provisos. Fremantle is described as the first town in Austria to concede a five day week for printers.
The May meeting of the W A T C at Ascot Saturday drew a large crowd. The principal May Mandi al was won by Lustraso. Bets and dividend totals are listed for Redclipfe Hurdles, Rockingham Tlandicap, Carnac Handicap, May Handicap, Rottnest Handicap, and Australind Handicap with multiple scratched horses and betting odds.
The Brisbane River regatta detailed an eight-oar race held Saturday afternoon with a large crowd. South Australia posted a score of four while Western Australia and Queensland finished behind with unclear final tallies due to damaged OCR text.
Mr A T Chandler becomes editor of the Sunday Times succeeding J B Webb. Mrs Webb’s temporary replacement is M F Fry. Premier J Mitchell leaves for the Eastern States with M Beaddan to attend the Premiers Conference for about three weeks. Moursteen visits the Eastern States amid business expansion and mining activity grows under the Mining Act provisions.
May 16 report from London notes A Gallipoli Diary by Vener Tin Tinilton containing alleged intelligence blunders. He claims the Intelligence Branch knew little of enemy strength or artillery. The book cites Lord Kitchener's remark that if the fleet passes the Dardanelles Constantinople would fall and the war would be won.
Report notes that despite warnings from military authorities the planes could not leave their bases. Describes engines as powerful yet unable to rise, hindering efforts to strike enemy targets.
General Hamilton described General Birdwood's 30,000 men in Egypt as a crowds of a size to inspire the troops and stir the fortitude of the army.
Fragmentary text describes a heated appeal for manpower and ammunition with references to bayonets and Turkish Empire. It mentions sending cables and supplications, while noting dwindling water and ammunition as battle lines endure. The passage hints at strategic and logistical strain in a wartime context.
Feld Mayohal Foch ordered French evacuation on the right bank of the Rhine including Frankfort Darmstadt and Caswell to begin Monday.
Berlin industry faces disruption as strikes spread in the city. Riverside dock workers threaten to strike, while newspaper sellers report low sales, and additional workers in Berlin join industrial actions amid rising unrest.
A fragmentary account recounts the disappearance of the Waratah after leaving Durban in 1909 and the ensuing rumors of a white steamer seen near Port Elizabeth. Farmer testimony, magistrate inquiries in New Zealand, and conflicting observations fuel debate over the vessel’s fate amid references to prewar Britain construction costs and trade notes.
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