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Newspaper
Fremantle Herald
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 10, 1913
Page
8
Fragmented listing details multiple estates and assets including farms, poultry operations, a bakery, a fruit and produce firm, and a hotel. Mentions locations such as East Bremunds and Bucktend Hill plus a naval base nearby. Indicates fenced properties, water access, and railway proximity with various acreages and values.
A collage of club talk and public notices mixes with social gossip from Fremantle and Melbourne. The piece touches on civic scandals, political flirtations, theatre anecdotes, and naval memories, naming figures such as Jimmy Tokwell, Fremantle councillors, and Captain Cutler while describing events around the harbor and public life.
The notes describe a sequence of parades from May 12 to 16 with voluntary night parades and exams for the 16th class. It lists camp training periods, daily schedules, and allowances for married members, wives, children, widowed mothers, and soldiers who complete continuous training under the Defense Act.
Fragmentary OCR notes outline pay scales for artillery and engineers units with daily and annual rates, plus promotions, exam expectations, and training years. Mention of cadet class and medical exams hints at Australian or British Imperial military context, with references to recruits and signallers, and comparisons across corps.
The notice outlines compulsory registration for naval cadets aged one year and older upon arrival in Australia, medical examinations, and training schedules. It specifies six months to register, notification methods, and penalties for absence from parades. Cadets must attend medical exams and prepare for early July training, with detailed parade hours and exemptions.
A detailed outline of plans for Fremantle naval expansion, naming Henderson as the fleet base and Cockburn Sound as a primary base. The program envisions docking facilities, shipbuilding yards, coaling stations, basing for destroyers, and extensive workshops, stores, and hospital provisions, with federal support and a focus on long term defense employment.
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