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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
2
The Advertiser offers ten guineas for the Perth Cup competition with prize share if multiple winners. If no one forecasts the result, five guineas goes to the closest guess. Entries must be inked on the coupon and sent to Advertiser Fremantle. Competition closes Friday December 29, 1922. The editor’s decision is final. Third Horse.
The Fremantle schools exhibition at Town Hall featured a full audience from district schools. Performances led by North Fremantle head teacher Nardebaum included The Angelus and The Southerly Wind while the Minister for Education urged parents to appraise current school schemes.
The article notes Mlle Cecile Sorel's tour with 48 gowns and many hats packed in 34 trunks insured for 3,000,000 francs. A gold lace hat adorned with diamonds and emeralds, insured for 1,000,000 francs, reportedly guarded by a detective when not worn. It also mentions her caricature incident and broad coverage of a school exhibition with crafts, needlework, and rhythmic performances.
A Confetti Dance at Cottesloe Beach Town Hall on December 11 drew a large crowd for the North Fremantle Accident Committee fund. The event is expected to raise about £60 0s 0d and will be summarized at a public meeting on December 18 at 8 p.m. The committee thanks all who assisted, especially the ladies.
The Fremantle Womens Immigration Committee, backed by the B S and 3 League, provides entertainment hall use and piano for new arrivals. Welcome socials feature music and refreshment with grateful testimonies from evacuees and families aided by clothing gifts amid unemployment.
Masons and carpenters work at Hotel Rockingham and Tea Gardens as builders rush to erect wooden wengalows for the coming tourist season. Workers pace the site while plans aim for ready accommodations before summer crowds.
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