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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
2
A busy schedule of Christmas activities fills Fremantle events with church concerts and kindergarten fundraisers. Varied performances by local girls, choirs, and dancers illustrated strong community participation, while Pellews expanded premises highlight new display space and design services.
Miss Myrtle Crellin and her pupils gave a strong Saturday concert in a crowded hall. A tap-dance with Mr Fred Davies opened the program, followed by Moonlight Blues. The children wore check outfits and blue neck muffs, with Thelma Vickers leading songs like Here Comes Springtime and Lilac Tree. Nancy Harrod wowed the audience with her singing. The event featured multiple dances by Miss Crellin and colleagues, including a graceful Les Petites toe-dance by star pupil Thelma Kerr.
Beaconsfield School Ball was a pronounced success with Headteacher Mr. Cowden supervising the evening. Mrs. Knox-Pedon led the ladies committee and Mrs. Miller provided the music. Several sets and costumes were praised, listing numerous performers across Apache, Messenger, Past and Present, Gondoliers, and Pirate groups.
Miss Violet Winfield and Mr T Leece wed at St Pauls Church in Hamilton Hill in a ceremony led by Rev Bowen. The bride wore embroidered silk with a pink aqua veil and carried cream and pink roses. Attendants wore georgette gowns while little attendants wore pale frocks and silver caps. The wedding party traveled by Willys-Overland Club conveyances after the ceremony.
Fremantle City Council, under the Municipal Corporations Act 1906, ordered a rate of one shilling seven pence in the pound for municipal purposes. The notice is dated December 3 1929 and issued from the Town Hall Fremantle.
Fremantle City Council, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1906, ordered a special rate of twelve and a half pence in the pound for the year ending October 31, 1930, to fund loans and linking funds. The decision was certified at Fremantle Town Hall on December 5, 1929.
Fremantle City Council, local authority for the Health District of Fremantle, on December 2 1929, made and levied a rate titled Health Rate for the year ending October 1930. The rate is assessed at the Fremantle area per pound on all rateable land within the district. This notice is dated December 3 1929.
Fremantle City Council at a December 2 1929 meeting ordered a fire brigade rate of two pence three farthings in the pound for the year ending October 31 1930 on all rateable land within Fremantle Municipal District. Mayor J E Gibson signed the notice at Town Hall.
The Fremantle City Council requires payment of rates within thirty days after notice. A discount of five percent is offered on the amount due if paid promptly.
Large attendance marked the funeral of the late Mr A C Manuelle, manager of M C L Print, respected as a courteous, loyal businessman and friend. A WWI Mesopotamia veteran, he supported Fremantle Rowing Club and cared for his family, especially his mother. The community lauds his generous service and character.
Fremantle City Council acting as Fremantle Health District levies an annual charge of forty shillings per pan for removal of night soil. Charge applies to receptacles within the health district and is payable by owners on the first and thirtieth days of January 1930. Dated at the Town Hall by F. E. Gibson.
Fremantle municipality issues a notice that all licences for cattle, horse and carriage bazaars, laundries, lodging houses, and other licences must be obtained by January 30, 1930. Daily attendance for licence processing is 9am to 4pm, Saturdays 9am to 12 noon. Unlicensed livestock after that date will be prosecuted. Town Clerk J. Shepherd, Fremantle Town Hall.
News is to hand that the You, Minster for Works tie been a to arking hin to receive at delegation in connection with the presentation to hin of a petition or requisition signed by approximately 1,000 of his constituents about the harbour extension. The petition form will appear in the Advertiser after the minister replies.
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