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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 09, 1924
Page
2
Tender notice invites bids for carting services across the county with details to be obtained from Mill Olive for fuller particulars and submission instructions. Local officials urge timely response and adherence to specifications and deadlines.
Tenders are invited for the transfer of children from King and Kalai an districts to Albany Schools under the ARPA program.
Albany community updates include a court hearing in publican matters, a morning arrival of Elder Smith and Co, and a royal hotel scene. The Melbourne sapphire, Glasgow and Western Australia routes show schedules to Albany with landings via Sydney Melbourne Adelaide. The Bubbington tourney closes in Perth with Cox and Fre winning. A public dance night at St Josephs Hall supports a sports club and results crowned Miss Annie Davie winner. Election rolls revision set for Monday, fire brigade meeting tonight, and meat carriage tender notices stir local action.
Périvol Millbrook and Lowey Kalgon district will host a Soldiers Institute gathering on Wednesday October 22 with a program for returning soldiers. A special musical program at the Soldiers Institute and a dance night are promised with free admission and attendance requested from local veterans and residents. A British Association football match, high festival feast, and Christy Orchestra entertainment are planned, with arrangements for excursion trains to Denmark and return the same night offering a weekend trip option for Albany residents.
Personal notices from Albany report Henry Wilks and Co reorganizes staff with promotions and transfers. K J Umunteble travels to North Fremantle for wool store duties while M M Reedy moves to Eastern Goldfields High School role. T Dickenson transfers to Mervinid branch. Wirth transfers to Perth office. Hubert Hillard departs Albany weather post for Perth weather bureau, with W H McCreery succeeding him locally.
A Monday bridge and rummy benefit at the Soldiers Institute for the X ray appeal drew a crowded crowd with 12 bridge tables and 1 rummy table. Mrs Watson won the Indies bridge prize, H Verran took the peat’s prize, Mina Newhill claimed Indies rummy flat honors, and Frank Cuddihy earned the gentlemen’s rummy prize. Refreshments followed and about seven pounds was raised. The event runs all October Mondays with a doll competition for small children and a prize fold bangle. A committee meeting outlined plans for an October 18 tea dance, a jumble sale, and further notices to come.
A letter from the West Australian Wool Buyers' Association, read at Albany Chamber of Commerce, outlines broker and grower positions on proposed Albany wool sales. Frank Mulley, secretary, notes the 1917 view favored Perth as a selling centre and argues Albany lacks storage and market support today, urging adherence to Perth's decision and criticizing public publication of the telegram.
The Gnuwangerup Sra argues buyers acted for comfort, not public good, amid debates over establishing a public wool sale at Albany within a decade. The 1921-22 Statinion Register shows substantial wool output in southern districts, with Narrogin and other districts feeding Fremantle markets and brokers pressing for sale terms and export flows.
In a district survey the capital towns show Albany preferred for wool exports, with figures from Wagin Retaining Tuntellup Tententon and others indicating Albany as the key market. The Federal House discussed wool exchange facilities and bank director input to support the Wool Gate plan.
The Albany Chamber of Commerce held its Therdinary monthly meeting at the SL hall last evening with the vice president in the chair. Delegates discussed the Interdistrict Conference, Albany trade prospects, and requests to the Roads Board and Commonwealth grant for the Albany Checkerup road. Reports from Senator Lynch and Mr J Hy Prowse highlighted lighthouse construction, customs delays, and shipping inquiries while plans for Albany Week and Wool sales were debated.
At the Masonic Hall tomorrow night the Girl Guides committees host a children plain and fancy dress ball to raise funds for the guides’ hall. Mrs Mannion will supervise floor duties from 7 30 to 10 o clock and adults from 10 16 to midnight. Admission prices announced for the public.
A Mt Barker notes report details a Rainbows club charity event in aid of the school piano fund. Attendees wore elaborate oriental inspired costumes, with decorations, dancing, confetti walls, and a balloon dance. Miss Coole won best oriental costume, with Mr. F. L. Squire and others earning prizes as judges announced results. The Rainbow Orchestra provided music and thanks were given to organizers and volunteers.
Late Perth report notes attendance figures are not yet available. Secretary W. B. Ashton says crowd appearance suggests numbers likely around 454,000, reflecting long established visitor interest since 1013.
R D Forbes defeated P C Anderson four up with three to play to take the Cottesloe Golf Championship yesterday after a late rally. At Wedgaarup Wagin A J Harrie appeared before RM Mr A F Garri charged with stealing 18 hoggets from Smith and Sons at Wedgaarup. Harrie committed for trial at the next quarterly sessions.
Adelaide report states Willian Digby, arrested at Port Lincoln on Saturday for larceny, escaped on Sunday, was rearrested the same night, then escaped again this morning marking his third escape since 1912.
Melbourne reports the first acts of the new Minister for Public Works Mr Hill ordering the Federal Commissioner of Railways to arrange Australian dried fruit served in the dinner car of the continental railway. The move marks an early administrative step in public works policy.
The new directorate of the Commonwealth Bank will convene for its first meeting in Melbourne tomorrow.
A short dispute at Wonthaggi State Colliery was resolved yesterday. Workers will resume duties tomorrow and operations return to normal. The settlement ends the disruption that halted activity briefly.
Cyril John Joseph Cameron a bank official and former Bank of Australasia manager at Port Melbourne was sentenced to six years imprisonment after being charged with obtaining 300 pounds by valueless cheques yesterday.
Sydney Cabinet meeting decided to appoint a royal commission to investigate charges concerning the administration of the city of Sydney amid graft allegations. The commission was set to commence inquiries into alleged abuses in city affairs.
The Public Service Embargo BRISBANE Thuralay bill removes the £300 embargo on offers of the public service and grants free access to the Arbitration Court for all Crown employees.
Darwin reports a lighthouse steamer Kyorly West will mute the wireless and strengthen signals to reach Hudderfield. The mission aims to locate a missing white woman while arranging daily messages. The Perth delegation and Middle Swan fruit growers discuss the Fruit Marketing Act and back a Queensland style reform.
An important notice from London states the proposed Imperial Conference has been postponed indefinitely, with no new date set for the gathering.
Zaghloul Pasha Premier of Egypt, who left London yesterday, demanded withdrawal of British forces and advisers, Egyptian government control, and rapid support for propping the Egyptian position. Macdonald questioned the feasibility of such an agreement and Norwich warned Britain could not fully hands-on control of the canal region.
The Australian section of the London Chamber of Commerce backs the preference tariff granted to Britain but warns Australia would suffer if British industry loses access to imported materials. The British paper industry fears a new charge could block exports to Australia as basic materials would be hard to obtain from domestic sources. The proposal seeks to keep British value at 95 percent with foreign pulp constituting about 60 percent of finished paper costs.
In the House Mr Pralen outlines alterations to Gridshlar preference conditions arguing current terms hurt Australian industries especially textiles iron and machinery. Continental goods enjoy advantages via British labor value additions, undermining Australian and British manufacturers and prompting calls for drastic tariff reform.
Rioting between Hindus and Muslims last night left three dead and twenty injured. Police report the city being patrolled by troops as authorities try to restore order after the unrest reported in the region.
The 25th cricket season opens with the annual fixture at Parade Ground on Saturday afternoon. The match, part of the Humany Cricket Association program, starts around 8 pm local time with players, potential trialists, and new townsfolk invited to attend. Comers from Liverpol are expected to arrive aboard the White Star line ship Mode, likely docking near December 1 with cargo and mails for Niham.
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