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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
3
The Minny Methodist Church held its annual congregational meeting at Albert Hall Duke street with Rev Milton H Maley in the chair. Members praised workers, reviewed finances showing a debt reduction goal for the Sunday school building and thanked donors, choir, and guilds for their efforts.
The Williamstown Cup program lists a long field of horses with times and names including Red Cardinal Accrington Tungaloowma Leto Wayer Drumore Daarewin Kearte Queen Comedy Sea Bound and Scottish Knight among others for the one and a half mile race on November 8 with various entries and odds.
The column promotes the Royal George Hotel and Premier Motel in Albany with details on location, amenities, and management. It notes nearby transport links, sample rooms for travelers, and prompt correspondence. Also advertised are a market sale at Young’s Siding, the Denmark A and H Society Spring show, and the Rego cream separator and cordiary factory expansion with local agents and contact details.
The Public Health Department warns of a skin itch disease spreading among children in Albany. Circulars urge teachers to spot cases and prevent school transmission while noting mites cause irritation and infection.
The report notes thefts in Boulder where blankets and suit lengths worth £20 were stolen from Soldiers' Rest. Fremantle post office burglary yielded several registered letters valued at £3. A returning soldier, Christopher Cain, died after being struck by a falling tree near Donnybrook. Two women, Eva Cookson and Ada Barnes, faced fines in Perth for betting activity. Jock Park convicted of manslaughter over Big Bob death. FH G Hankine found guilty of unlawfully wounding Constable Wilson and jailed six months. Bert Old died in Bunoury Hospital. Shaw arrested. Wagin District Council nominations to contest Wagim seat declared. Robin Gamble verdict awarded £702 to plaintiff for crop damage from sparks.
A melbourne man Davidson was shot by a burglar at St Kilda Monday night. Punter P in the Melbourne Cup rose mainly in Sydney. A proposal to extend Ballarat Ballarat Eisteddfod next year. Two trams collided at Flemington injuring fourteen. Miss H Kuhwag died and Paul Arthur Kruger fatally injured near a railway crossing in Adelaide. Wm Nielsen of Castlereagh Street Sydney won a diamond tiara worth 750 pounds in the Sydney Eight Hours. A Sydney girl aged 19 Holyoak died at Coogee after a recent collision with a boy. Brisbane Waterside Workers ballot on overseas work mixed results with 41 in favor 23 against. Oil analysis shows 60 per cent of Roma Queensland gas emissions attributed to propulsion.
Weather favors Canada's 1920 wheat crop with a forecast of 209,581,000 bushels. Other notes include political moves in Greece and Belgium, a British cruiser halting the Finnish steamer Arvadns, and reports on German coal deliveries and unrest in Spain. Sinn Fein prisoner Barry executed in Dublin after a large prayer gathering outside the gaol. Woollen yarn orders and Australian trade discussed by Financial News.
Shipping notices list arrivals and departures from Albany with details on vessels, cargoes, and schedules. The Bucla to Fremantle, Wate tug for coal, Dimboola from the Eastern States, Euripides with passengers, Yonkolila coal supply, Ceramic to Liverpool, and other movements are noted with agents Dalgety and Co and Henry Wille and Co among others.
Butter futures price remains at 2/4 per ton until further notice. Cream shipments arrive by rail on Tuesdays and Fridays under agreements with agents for Centralian Farmers.
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