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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
2
The notice requests roughly two thousand yards of granite blasting and spalling at the site. Further details may be obtained by motion to the Town Clerk. Tendering plans appear nonessential to proceed.
Tenders accompanying a schedule of quantities and deposit marked Tender will be received by the Minister for Works until Noon on September 14 for Mount Barker School works including good foundations. Details at P W D Office Katanning Courthouse Albany and Mount Barker Police Station.
Meeting of Members will be held at the Soldiers Institute Albany on Thursday at 2pm. All growers are invited to be present. WILLIAMBON ry.
The Albany paper reports traffic by laws breaches and court fines for careless driving and parked cars. It notes a coroner’s inquest into Patrick James Reedy’s death by fire and throat wound, plus a social evening by the A L P with dancing cards and cribbage tournaments. It mentions a Volunteer Fire Brigade monthly meeting and a Potato Growers Stabilisation Committee meeting with tenders for quarry work.
After forty years in the Ellesker district Mr and Mrs F North senior lease their home and move to Bunbury Mr North birthplace A farewell gathering at the local hall drew many residents praising his work in potato growing and public service including a tribute from H L Hortin The Norths plan a rest from farming and look back on a life of farming roads board service and a commission as Justice of the Peace The event featured a gift of an Albany Woollen Mills travel rug and marked the district’s regard for a longtime settler with hopes for future growth in the Bunbury area.
Ambulance competitions organized with the Great Southern District Railway Association to select teams for Perth State Championships were held in Albany. Senior and junior divisions competed, with teams from Fremantle, Midland Junction, Narrogin, York, Katanning among those participating. evaluations included first aid testing and written questions.
Visiting ambulance teams gathered at the town hall for a smoke social in their honor. Mayor, Dr. Bai, and other officials praised railway and medical volunteers for courage, first aid drills, and life-saving work, with districts like Midland Junction York Katanning Narrogin and Albany highlighted for successful teams.
Albany Chamber of Commerce members meet Mr J H Prowse to discuss tariff on binder twine and naval drill hall repairs. Topics include transit exemptions, outer Australia development, coal strike impacts on fruit growers, and potential price relief for English markets.
The friends of Mr W Jage of Athawe learn of his death at his daughter's Mount Lawley residence after a long illness. The funeral was held Monday with interment in the Presbyterian section of Karrakatta Cemetery. L G Allen of the Albany Rifle Club achieved 97 of 105 in the onion teams shoot and has been selected for the West Australian team to compete in the Eastern States Commonwealth matches.
A town committee thanks volunteers and townspeople for support during a social event and ambulance brigade aid. Names of local figures and contributors are listed as part of the appreciation. The piece notes repairs, travel, and the singing of Auld Lang Syne as part of the evening.
In Perth the defence remained under examination as the court adjourned after the suspect swore he had never visited the treatment plant. He claimed he was elsewhere on April 27, driving his wife and daughter on a shopping trip and conducting other business while the Crown alleges he was at the plant all afternoon.
A party of British schoolboys arrive from London by steamer and will be entertained to civic functions in Fremantle. They are en route to Perth for further training, with official welcome planned by local authorities.
An Adelaide driver, Ivy Gleenon of Adelmire, was fined £20 and had her license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to driving under the influence along Port Road on Monday evening. No further driving was requested by the defendant.
Willam Heard of Willawrn escaped death when the Adelaide Express crashed into his car at a level crossing near the Stawell show grounds. The collision occurred about 1 o clock after he left a dance that night. Heard was hurled about twenty yards, dazed but uninjured aside from minor hurts. The car was smashed to pieces and completely destroyed, while the cattle pit and rails were damaged.
Melbourne report states the Federal Government will postpone naming the next High Commissioner after Sir Joseph Cook until after the Lonerin Conference. The note confirms the delay and the anticipated timeline for the announcement.
Sydney court yesterday dealt with Andrew Grant a 56 year old miner who pleaded guilty to attempting to fire a pistol at Dr. Adams on May 27 and to breaking into a Darling Point residence. Grant claimed the act was a bluff and had no intent to shoot. He received a five year penal servant sentence.
Mount Barker notes detail the final Thomas Cup match at Plantagenet Park between North and South with balanced strength and expected spectator value. It lists players for selection, mentions district team trials, and notes upcoming association events including a ball at the Minn. Barker Hotel and a football carnival fundraiser. The piece also advertises a cinema showing Den Q the Son of Zorro at Mount Barker.
The chemist Heenze promotes a couch tonic claimed to surpass rival tonics for nerves vitality and blood, promising nourishment for the nerves and vigor. A monthly meeting of the local medical society will discuss the tonic and its claimed benefits.
The Australian cricketers opened a four match series at Folkestone against an English eleven in connection with the Folkestone festival. The wicket was good but early attendance was small. Australia batted first, scores featuring Ponsford and Ryder with notable innings, total 110 for five wickets.
The Sussex match resumed on Tuesday and finished tied. Australia posted 317 for four declared while Sussex replied 240 for four before the innings ended.
A message from the Azores reports six killed and many injured on Payal Island. Great damage hit Horta and surrounding areas as rocks filled streets and houses collapsed. The terrified population camps in squares amid debris and fear.
Personal narratives recount Naworth crossing smash where a ch car driver and a girl passenger were thrown between rails. One man, planning a holiday reunion, lost his wife two children and a sister among the victims.
At the National Union of Organists conference in Manchester, Sir Mamillag Harty denounces jazz as a worthless imitation of music. He claims it demeans instruments and criticizes celebratory praise as grotesque, urging punishment for its practitioners.
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