03 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1922
Page
1
A fragmented item notes lurid chatter about a cricket club and a local woman said to be involved with town life. It mentions retirement of a player, Henry Townsend, and a playful, dated sketch of fashionable ladies near Victoria Street with satirical commentary on attire and manners.
Fragmentary readable text references romance and tale elements. No coherent events, names, dates, or places emerge to form a factual news item. The material appears as garbled OCR with scattered phrases about romance and a fictional trail.
The Advertiser reports a South Beach gala that aimed to boost business and social efforts but faced municipal friction and crowd discomfort. The event, tied to local testing and Swiss-influenced performances, lacked expected music and smooth coordination despite strong turnout.
A local note laments tram overcrowding after a crowded Sunday night ride to the town hall and urges extending service by 15 days. The letter cites the dull 1.25 car and a crowded rear compartment with about ten passengers while the front emptied. It advocates broader use of the tram to support Fremantle’s summer resort aims and calls for unity among aldermen to secure a fair deal for South Beach.
A fragment from a Fremantle newspaper letter to the editor cites Mrs. Angelo discussing parliament on population basis and tax concerns. The writer, A. H. Panton, laments costs, defends no firm stance, and questions the party’s platform on war debts and national deficits. The piece shifts to condemn a local loiterer and a health scare about a public germ incubator roaming Freemantle, urging health authorities to intervene.
A community debate references the municipal offer of a sixpence per rat and related public health efforts. The report notes few infections but many rats remain, citing Birmingham's advice and an inquest opened at a location with details about a boy and a butcher knife incident. The account includes local anecdotes about a London resident Nick Willis, a wet day, and a dog larder tale, ending with a theme of misused alibi and punitive reaction.
A scrambled local column reports on social scenes, travelers, music, rumors of scandal, and petty misdeeds. It recalls a Vernon era amusement, a Beil glasses attempt, and mentions a musician on a Rockingham voyage. A printer error misstates Allan’s offense as revealing socks.
A long mixed list from Grocers, Wine and Spirit Merchants at 41 Market Street Fremantle outlines apricots, biscuits, cordials, preserves, canned goods, flour, cocoa, tea, sugar, butter, bacon, potatoes and other groceries. The inventory includes brand names, prices per unit, and various household staples for wholesale or retail purchase.
A fragmented listing mentions palladium items and names Milton Sills and Stills as faith healer figures. It also references episodes 1 and 2 of The Wild Men of Africa and Jungle Dancers with a tag The Lion Killers suggesting a movie or serial catalog entry.
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