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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 24, 1921
Page
4
The report details union and employer clashes over wage boards, government delays, and ministerial positions. It cites officials like Judge Cur lewis, London's Labour ministers, and references to Australian-like debates on centralisation versus free enterprise, with calls for reform and economic policy shifts.
The parliamentary committee chair, Mr BK A Angelo, warns that states move cautiously and the bill to establish the convention may fail. He questions if the convention will be held, amid New State movement speculation and doubts about Federal House support.
A large audience attended Tambelluye gathering with weather calm and sunny conditions. Key figures including Ur Lovegrove and Livut Colonel CW. Tk Birt spoke, with a roll of attendees led by Hees, KOR. Wipwell and Craven. Salvation Army representative Kosign beliver. His Excellency gave a brief address. A township group praised residents of the district for support.
A dramatic scene unfolds with Thomas Wattleeson arrested for his father’s murder as Detective Tubba confronts the artilleryman in a house. Grace Emmett and Mina Wattie von are referenced amid tension while a United States Army officer arrives.
In a hurried morning scene on Madison Avenue a cab carries George Billington and Amy Watton toward Liberty Street and a promised train. The couple share a tense, intimate moment as they flee amid public pursuit, affirming their bond amid danger and uncertainty.
A couple elopes from Liberty Street using a ferry to New Jersey and a train toward Philadelphia. Police issue alerts for a man and woman described as young, well dressed, and on the run after a suspected crime. The tale unfolds with romantic vows and a tense chase across bridges, ferries, and rail lines.
A New York wanted man named George Billington, with accomplice Miss Wattleson, fled police after murder and robbery warrants. Detectives traced telegraph hints to a Philadelphia stop, where Billington was seized and preparations made to return him to New York for trial. The scene included a grieving father reacting to the unfolding events. To be continued.
A letter from South Africa’s Game Reserve warden warns against keeping lions as pets. He notes their intelligence and appeal but stresses the danger, recounting tame leopard incidents and a half grown leopard causing a disturbance at the Delagoa Bay consulate, highlighting risks of habituation and security threats.
A Scottish man in Lomson wrote to a Aberdeen lady proposing marriage and awaited her reply by telephone. He waited all day for the call and finally heard her voice accepting from hundreds of miles away. A friend teased that he should think twice about marrying a girl who kept him waiting all day for an answer.
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