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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1920
Page
3
A fragmentary report from Goodwood describes a quiet attendance and a series of races on a Saturday program. It lists results across multiple classes including Plate events and a Welter Handicap, noting winners, betting odds, and dividends amid incomplete OCR details.
At Elbourne on Monday a large crowd watched the Victoria Derby favorite Salitros win the Melbourne Stakes in close fashion, while Poitrel and Greenstead chased the winner to the final strides. Other features included the Maiden Plate and Hotham Handicap with spirited finishes and notable performances from local horses and riders.
English XI touring West Australia faced a one day match due to quarantine delays. Makepeace scored 117 for the visitors, Hobbs 64 and Hendren 60, as they declared at 250 for eight. West Australia then folded to 119 for six with Howant 43 not out Kendall 27 and Christine 81, leaving the game drawn.
The Victoria versus South Australia match in Adelaide began Friday and continued Saturday. South Australia totaled 213 with Whitty scoring 48 and Rea 3 not out. Victoria replied with 133 for their innings as Forwicketa top scored for 133.
About twenty players interested in starting B grade cricket attended the meeting in Nee statin. C L Milnewan chaired. F P Davey was secretary. Discussion centered on relegation issues, senior association plans, and forming a junior body to affiliate, with a delegation to present proposals to the association and a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday night.
Minay Cricket Association season begins amid fine weather with many locals and youth watching. Mount Barker and Blackwood road clubs clash. Blackwood wins by 61 runs after Carbarup collapses to 64 all out. Max Wright top scores for Carbarup with 29 while J M Martin takes five for 10. Next Saturday Blackwood road and Centrale meet.
Minister for Mines releases Feldtman field report on Cranbrook barite veins in Stirling Range quartzite. Large veins up to 380 feet long, 0.5 percent ore content with iron oxide staining, origin debated among deposition models. Prospects: shallow depths favored, potential for pigments and industrial uses.
Advertisers announce relocations and services in York Street near the Town Hall, Albany hotels and boarding houses offer summer stays, and a local market at Young’s Siding lists livestock and machinery for sale with entries invited for November 6 auction. Names include Misees Callaghan and Forden, Mrs J H Cowan, Weld Hotel Perth Road, Mrs H Watt, Mr J Davies, Meira H R Corry & Co, and local buyers from Albany.
The Electoral Department reviews the status of the Legislative Assembly rolls as posters leaflets and notices have informed the public of compulsory enrolment rules and penalties. With general elections near the department plans to proceed against non enrollees and warns qualified non enrollees of possible summons for neglect to comply.
A Perth report covers a comedian knocked down by a hit on Thursday night, wheat subsidy plans for Australian growers, a Kalgoorlie timberman dying from October injuries, a Narrogin burglary, a Barrack Street tea room fire, engine service talks in London, a Yorkahira expert’s Perth visit, a Canhing Bridge mystery body discovery, bran price rise to 2/7 per bushel, and a Perth court ordering arrears for maintenance.
Interwoven items report price declines for hides in New Zealand and government actions on profiteering and emigration costs. Notices mention Dunedin warehouse fines for sugar price excess, suspension of Auckland coal shipments, and licensing changes in Adelaide. Rifle team adjustments, a major coal fire at Symington colliery, and a fatal shock death from a Pow Adelaide house fire are recorded.
The report says Bolsheviks crossed the Dnieper in Ni kopol region and fighting is ongoing. Other items mention the French labor and socialist party campaign in support of the Russian revolutionaries, a major Norwegian firm Java Overscan Co. bankrupt from sugar speculation losses, and the Dutch guilder value.
Shipping notes detail the State steamer Eucla arriving from Esperance via Hopetoun with cargo and passengers. She departs for Fremantle this afternoon and resumes Southeast coast service to Esperance via all ports, arriving Albany Monday and in port until November 10. Other items list Dalgety ships and the Aberdeen liner Euripides, with arrivals, cargoes, and planned ports including Capetown, Port Kembla, and Albany.
In Marbellup labor and bustle signals growth with proposed sheonk wood use for barrels, a thriving industry noted. A tennis club forms with a temporary court open for play while awaiting a permanent facility permit. A rumor about borrowed suits for the recent function is denied as the garments belong to the wearers.
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