10 Oct 1921
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
1
A collage of sewing hints for organdie dresses with scalloped frills, lace trimming, and wrapped collars. Kitchen tips include glycerine in cake batter and a chicken recook method. Social sketches cover a West Hall Court visit, education opinions, a ladies committee joke, fashion details, and notes on English village life and recreation ideas.
A letter to the editor urges Albany residents to back a local candidate for the South-West Province seat next May, criticizing centralisation and highlighting needs for cricket, football, and sport grounds. The writer references Mr Dickson, discontent with past centralising efforts, and calls for improved parks, gardens, and Ulster Hill reserve plans.
A reader urges Albany to improve sanitation and beach conditions to bolster the health resort image. He praises the new health inspector and urges action on drains and the polluted playground and beach, while proposing faster formation of a Tourist and Publicity Association and cleanup of derelict timber and seaweed on Million Thaweh.
The Albany Volunteer Fire Brigade met at the fire station on Thursday night with Captain Milne in the chair. Minutes were confirmed and routine business, including resignation of Apparatus Officer Farr, was discussed. B Angove was nominated for membership and officers’ nominations were urged for the November meeting.
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