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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1924
Page
2
Fragmentary notice dated Tuesday outlines freight and permit applications to the clerk in charge at the Goeda Office of Railways with references to Fremantle and Satoslay and an actor 20.
Albany Despatch reports a parade and court hearing, with plans for a national festival in November. It covers the Albany Methodist Young Men's Club meeting, papers presented, and a basketball finale. Local bowling club discussions, a Denmark player injury, and upcoming dances and committees are listed.
The article discusses wool industry roles from grower to broker, transport issues, and regional shipping facilities. It notes volumes by Geraldton Albany North-West and Perth zones, calls for two regional wool centers, and reports X-ray appeal subscriptions and upcoming tournaments. It also cites market expectations, Continental demand, and price trends for the season.
A public meeting in Albany discussed abandoning the wool sale planned for Albany after wool buyers refused to attend. A committee was formed to tour the Great Southern to urge growers to ship wool to Albany. funds raised exceeded £70 for travel.
A discussion urges Australian wool buyers to press Albany and international markets despite broker resistance. Denark Denmark branch lobbies parliament over licensed sales and breach of government contracts claiming restoration of rights and public faith.
Baandee report quotes a judge lamenting legislators lack practical knowledge of pioneer life and the privations endured. He argues politicians pay lip service while real work and farmer progress in Mile Great State are advanced by a few, urging wider understanding among lawmakers.
The Returned Soldiers League sub branch held a Friday night social and pasty supper at the Albany Soldiers Institute to bring returned men together and encourage joining the branch. President A. W. Henior presided. 29 members attended plus visitors. speakers discussed aims, finances, and plans including a photograph gallery of fallen Albany district diggers and a push to form a fathers’ association. Coffee and cakes ended the evening after community singing and the National Anthem.
The Albany Volunteer Fire Brigade met at the fire station after a postponed tram event. Proceedings noted transfers and agreements, hotel bookings for an Easter demonstration, a donation from Albany Football Association, and board matters. Plans included a New Year Eve ball at the Naval Drill Hall, leave for Apparatus Officer Huxtable, cap issues, and starting parade ground works and practice for a November demonstration.
At the Wellington markets on Saturday various produce prices were listed including potatoes onions cabbage beans tomatoes flowers and fruit with several items noted in pence per unit. The notice also mentions oaten chaff oats and wheat offerings with sample prices and refers to the White Star liner leaving Liverpool October 25 and arriving around December 1 for passengers and mails to Capstown port Calgary and Co grit referenced.
Mt Barker notes report strong local support for the Mt Barker annual meeting and a push toward Koronup with participation from nearby residents. Porongorups hosts visitors and bookings as a health and holiday resort while Mr C Price Conigrave lectures on the Far North and shows lantern slides. Fruit prospects look buoyant with a bumper crop expected in stone fruit and apples.
The Royal Show drew about 73,000 attendees, roughly 5,500 more than the previous year, with a large crowd reported at the gates on Monday.
A report notes no trace of the missing women after a Huddersfield party returned to Darwin with police and horses. They travelled across Arnheim Land and found no evidence or sightings of the women reported, nor were there many locals who observed the group during the journey.
The Home and Territories Secretary commented that there is no fortification for the report concerning captive women amid remarks about Muddersiald's Petain. The statement was made Monday in response to general details received by the department.
A cabinet crisis follows the defeat of the Nu Teron Bill in the Upper House. The vote risks the resignation of the Minister for Vitaly Me Ley from the Cabinet. Ley defends his pledge and the government pressures the policy through.
Queensland representatives overwhelmingly reject the Commonwealth Dairy Product Export Control Act. The decision claims current provisions offer no material benefit to dairy producers and opposes federal control of dairy exports.
Roving reports from London describe campaign air as Liberal and Conservative factions clash over policy and leadership. Key figures include Ramsay Macdonald facing a Liberal challenger at Aberavon while the Prime Minister travels to contest in Australia.
Delegates on a South Africa tour with the Empire Parliament were halted by the general election in England. They were at Victoria Falls when the news arrived, and arrangements were made to help them catch the fast steamer back to the mother country.
A fragmentary note reports Anatole France's death and ongoing interest in his works and literary influence. The passage mentions observers noting his death and the public’s continued regard for his writings and contributions to letters.
The article notes Captain James O Grady appointed Governor of Taxsvania by the Tasmarian government. It reports the Sietesieaner Mucla delayed en route from Esperance to Fremantle due to weather, with arrival postponed until the voyage resumes, and explains the cause as adverse conditions.
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