23 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
1
The piece surveys the Inter-District Conference at Appleville with remarks on railways politics, local development, and public policy. It notes moves toward provincial statehood ideas, gender roles in juries, repatriation debates, and Tasmanian trade ties, alongside regional transport and farming prospects in Western Australia.
Dr. Catling warned Albany officials that coastal steamers may stop calling and White Star liners might skip the port. He urged a council chamber conference to plan harbor use and land development to keep Albany a health resort and shipping hub.
A reader questions Dr Catling and the Albany Council over W Richardson’s retirement allowances and past duties, asking who filled key municipal roles and handled payments. The letter also recounts Major Peixoto’s visit to the Mission Batelier and Albany’s links with the Batelier Brothers over a decade.
Carrie Roberts argues in a letter to the editor that townspeople should fund the bandmaster’s £28 salary, urging a mayoral meeting to secure a weekly stipend of about £3 for band music during the summer visitors.
The fortnightly meeting of the Australian Natives Association was held at the lower Town Hall on Monday the 20th. Attendance was better than in prior gatherings. Correspondence from the general secretary covered routine matters and the syllabus for the next meeting lists team competition with members volunteering to arrange the evening. Mrs Oliver Herford quipped about women's minds being cleaner than men, and her husband replied that they change more often.
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