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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1913
Page
1
A London demonstration in Hyde Park protests disestablishment amid turmoil over Bangor and St Asan diocese matters. Delegates on platforms vow opposition to dismemberment of church structures and oppose the move.
The annual monsoon arrives earlier than expected in Northern India. Good rainfall reported in Burma North East and Central India with fair rains on the west coast and central provinces.
Laborites bitterly resent J Enequive over Mr Banton's candidacy for the Leicester seat. The Socialists later adopted Mr Harley.
Personal Mr and Mrs Sayce long popular at Roelands where Mr Geyes runs the school leave for Whittering near Murches on the Midland Line. Their departure brings regret among scholars and many friends. Mrs Albert Hay, once nurse at Brulon Hospital, shows signs of recovery. Mr Albany Bell paid a brief visit to Bunbury yesterday. An elderly Western Australian identity, Mrs Anthony O Kuly Labroy, dies at her home on OgmbrIy St George's Terrace. She was the third daughter of Colonel John Bruce and widow of Anthony Lefroy CMG, noted for a long varied career in the State.
The film Quo Vadis, based on the Polish author Sienkie wis book, ran 8 000 feet and triggered a bidding frenzy. Imperial Pictures offered £4 000 for European rights, followed by £6 500, then £7 500 clinching the sale. Australian rights were secured by Mr Spencer for £4 000.
A fragmented poem fragment describes a braggart billed as zealous and loud. It contrasts wild behavior with a pursuit of something good and pure, mentioning Woods and a “Great Peppermint Ouro” as a comic remedy of the era.
Two Fremantle Gaol inmates escaped using improvised sheet ropes then hid before reappearing after a brief respite. Pearse escaped, Hinley remained at large, and both walked about six miles before surrendering or being recaptured.
The record shows vast sums spent abroad for butter bacon eggs and other staples while Western Australia experiences a butter famine and rising prices. May 1913 imports include 39,648 pounds of butter 21,482 pounds of bacon and hams and 57,173 dozen eggs with fruit jams and hops among items shipped out. The note urges residents to consider domestic production and local market rebalancing.
In Delhi on Monday Bangalis threaten to organise an agitation over decentralising the education movement. The anticipated protest is seen as more serious than the earlier partition agitation.
Central Gardenera's Market Ltd at Murray street Perth lists fruit prices for many apples oranges navals and berries with ranges from 4/8 to 9/3 per unit and vegetables including potatoes pumpkins cabbages cauliflowers turnips and carrots with unit prices and weight notes. Eggs and chaff were sold in Perth with bids around 4/7 to 4/12 for chaff and 8d to 8d per dozen for eggs.
Mr Benjamin H Griffithe aged 87 died suddenly at Jaloran on a Thursday evening. He appeared well after a hearty meal and reading when he sank into his final sleep. He had lived in the district eleven years and was chairman of the Wagin Road Board, reelected at a recent meeting. MD Small Cream Handbag Mrs Alingworth Rose Hotel.
Suffragettes tied to a nine month sentence for conspiracy. Lilian Lenton was reported in gaol. At Southend Bly John’s Church saw cartridges and burning rags found. crowd violence forced women to take refuge in a public house as they marched from Land’s End toward London wearing disguises and escaping by back doors.
Dion Boucicault’s Irish drama The Shaughraun will be shown along with a program including Pathe’s English and Continental Gazette Unrequited Passion Interrupted Honeymoon Vitagraph Thou Shalt Not Kill Blood and Bush a burlesque and Tombs of Emperors of Annam travel picture.
A reader under the name LUMPER questions why workers on the wharves face objections and calls for official denial about crooks employed among old members. He compares Bunbury and Fremantle rules, warns of trouble if unsavoury elements remain, and urges ventilation at meetings.
A local theatre advertises performances of the play The Shaughraun with multiple listings emphasizing dates and showtimes. Names and exact venue details are partly cut but indicate a staged Irish drama.
A late hour report states no change in the policy stance with Mr. Cook in a prime position. The item notes ongoing discussions and a stable outlook at press time.
The crowded Banbury council chamber heard plans to form a choral society and an Eisteddfod. The Mayor presided as talks urged unity among local singers and a suitable hall was sought for rehearsals at Clarke's Buildings.
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