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Newspaper
Fremantle Mercury
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1932
Page
3
A soldier who died at Fremantle railway yard on Saturday, December 17, was mourned as a brave and troubled veteran. Mr Gibson provided aid and sought medical care, reflecting charity and care for a man scarred by war. RSL Perth, Catholic Ladies, and other supporters joined in paying respects at the burial.
Owing to the Xmay holidays, there will be a break in weekly fixtures. A substitute match will be played between a Fremantle Association combined team and the Perth Matting Association on Boxing Day Monday December 26 at 11 30. at Fremantle Oval. West Province meets Central at Claremont Oval.
Town residents hail Mercury as the area’s brightest news source and anticipate a hugely successful upcoming crossword competition. The notice emphasizes local pride and community engagement around the newspaper’s role.
Notice proclaims the South-East Province v Port South Perth contest with Mercury praised for courage in exposing local backwardness. A percentage of proceeds will be donated to all local charities in turn.
The head teacher outlines yearly activities and fixtures including a two day series with Mercantile Associa tion players, Spartans, Druids, CBC Old Boys, and others. He mentions the University Pass-out Certificate goal and a peculiar note about a dressmaker and River setting, reflecting local school life and events.
The fragment outlines Fremantle Rovers and Cambridge cricket lineups with incomplete scores, plus scattered social anecdotes about courtship, public figures and a bowler chase. It mentions school sports across football, swimming, athletics, and interschool cup results, alongside light local gossip and a few match figures.
A collage of cricket scores and local notes from Fremantle and district venues. Highlights include West Province 155 against Port Province 0 for 50 at Fremantle Oval, Subiaco 250 over Fremantle, and East Fremantle 103 against North Perth. Reports cover student achievements, scholarships, political opinion, and notes on examinations and education plans for local youths.
Fremantle Suburban report shows match scores with Tallet Daly and Monaghan among batters and Wilson excelling bowling. Fremantle Suburban team totals 72 chasing Claremont's 33 runs, plus local notes on school activities, sport, and pupil employment efforts with praise for staff cooperation and student visits to Narrogin Agriculture School.
On Boxing Day a series of all play matches will be staged between West Province and South-East at W.A. Ground east, Central Province versus University at Perth Ovals, and North-East Province against Port at Mayands Oval.
January 2 features a series of all-day fixtures with West Province facing North-East at Bas sendean Oval and South-East Province meeting Central at the WACA Ground east. The schedule centers on regional competition with two high profile showdowns.
Owing to a delay in procuring score-sheets for last week's Mercantile matches, the paper publishes results of the four games played. Full roef cricketing matters will resume in the next issue, due January 4.
Scots lead with 60 in first innings and 82 in second as Spartans CBC versus South Footballers Old Boys shows limited readable figures and team identifiers in a fragmentary cricket style score summary.
Head Teacher A W Senior announces Tro phies with C Strang as champion athlete and J Moynahan as junior. Alan McCulloch tops Youngman for swimming. Alf Gillham is junior champion. Doig Trophy goes to C Evans for best all round ability. W J Stuart Wilson wins Staff Trophy and Fremantle Council Prize for essay on Vandalism shared by J Weir and W Harken. F Shaw Prize awarded to W J Stuart Wilson for Service Above Self. Rotary Prize honors Keith Silbert for best illustrating motto Service Above Self.
Stuart Whitehead of Morpor, South Hawkesville, reports 47 snakes killed in last fortnight, 3 to 5 feet long. Skins cured for Geelong maker to turn into high class shoes. Snakes fetch 3d per foot, Whitehead expects over £2 this period. Season to pick up with summer, snake killing requires expertise and headshots to protect skin. Some rabbiters also catching snakes to supplement income.
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