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Newspaper
Fremantle Herald
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
1
Correspondents are urged to follow a rule to submit stories to the Herald. The paper appeals for practical support from advertisers and readers to defend and promote loyal local interests. Subscriptions may be sent by post or collected at the Fremantle office.
A quirky Fremantle page mixes garbled chatter about local wagers and a late night jig with notes on parliamentary delays and sewerage costs in South Fremantle. It closes with a football scoreline where Brighton Suns beat Spearwood 6 10 to 0 on Spearwood ground and lists top players.
Read as a garbled scene from a coastal town, the passage sketches Don, Morrie Paver, and a cast of locals in a festive yet tense underground, with a stolen box of gold tied to the Evia affair. Amid wild banter, characters clash over loyalties, love, and a curious menagerie of improvised threats and taunting repartee.
Mr Watson heads the newly formed Kruitgrowers Association with an estimate of fifty members from Spearwood Coogee. Robert Morton, from Bonnie Scotland, joins local scene as a strawberry grower with past experience. W Colledge reports about 1000 plants thriving. Vines emerge as the main planting this year while Captain Nickes, Fremantle, notes pink lights for the Roche lighthouse. Wells depth discussed with Dr Stevens, 60 ft to water and a 2s 6d per foot cost estimate, government bore option via Roads Board considered. Residents describe healthy exercise before breakfast.
Mr Jame Giardiner advertises auction of subdivided lots near Henderson Fleet Base in Pearne’s Naval Nose Sub division. Land sections vary up to a quarter acre and will be sold at 8 pm Friday at Harper's Buildings Howard Street Port. Details appear in another advertisement.
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