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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
1
North Fremantle Council debated rate collection, tabling outstanding accounts and naming the top twenty for summons. Six properties may be sold for nonpayment. mayor notes about 95 percent rate collection and 96 percent sanitary charges this year.
On December 24 at 11 o'clock His Grace Archbishop Riley will confirm parishioners and unveil a walnut honour roll with 34 names including two nursing sisters and 104 names of men KIA or died. A memorial bell cast at Gillette and Johnson's foundry will be dedicated. Christmas Eve services at 7 pm feature carols. Christmas morning services at 6:30, 7:30, 10, and 11 for children.
W G Hendy offers money to lend from £5 up to £10,000 on deeds, war bonds or similar securities. Location near the Town Hall Street.
HOUSES & LAND. HOUSES FOR SALE. All parts Fremantle, Cottesloe, and Cottesloe Beach. from £ 50 deposit and 15 weekly. 10 and 2 acre Poultry Farms, Garden, Fruit and Orchard Land, from £ 10 deposit and 20 monthly. W. G WENDY, 199 Corner High and Queen Streets, Fremantle. Auction sales forthcoming. Follow the crowd to the Oddfellows Hotel. Jack Visser, proprietor.
Archibald Marshall explains Americanisms preserve old English forms such as gotten and fall while other words shift meaning. He notes telephone misunderstandings with through and forms of address show Americans and Britons differ in formality and letter etiquette.
Old London clocks told time in past centuries and two churches modernized their faces. A collection of crime relics from Sims’s private chamber recounts famous cases, locks of hair, buttons, photos, and letters.
Harold Beau champ argues in Melbourne that only mutual debt cancellation can restore global economics. He contends Germany cannot pay reparations in gold, cites the 20,000 to the pound mark, and warns Allies’ policy worsens the crisis. He calls for fearless leadership and an international education campaign to end punitive debt demands.
F C Somes of 74 High Street advertises personalized Christmas cards printed with the buyer’s name. Orders from April 6 are available, highlighting the selection and local service.
Alderman Whittaker recalls losing a pocket handkerchief as a boy in the Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel Halifax. After the chapel was demolished, the contractor searched and recovered the item, returning it with a playful note about surviving years without it.
Somes newsagent at 74 High Street Fremantle lists Wonder Books and Ethel Turner Reward Books for Boys and Girls Own, highlighting available titles and stationery.
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