22 Feb 1924
Page 1
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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
1
Councillor Grigg notes boys play cricket on the Freementie Sundays and objects to Gus day football on the reserve. He seeks action on Sunday sport, while Dr. Lyon argues it is a sectarian issue and tied to Lord's Day observance. A past councillor warns of demoralising effects on children attending Sunday school.
Bernard Shaw warns that even the Golden Rule fails when teaching children about truth and virtue. Parents often deceive to appear perfect, yet children see through pretenses and learn honesty by example, making genuineness more valuable than flawless propriety.
A fragmented seaside reminiscence references Clare, Fico, Bill, and Big Chief Pain-in-the-Head with mentions of beach, stage, and Wild-West imagery. The text reads like a stray diary fragment with unclear events and uncertain timelines, offering few concrete facts beyond casual, nonspecific nostalgia.
Fragmentary OCR text references a person H and exchanges about last night and a playful ditty. Mentions weather, a bag, and "large patch in the brown pants" suggesting a miscellaneous or humorous column fragment. Details are ambiguous and no coherent event is discerned.
The CTA held a Saturday picnic test praised by an emailer named Fry. A Swan fountain pen was found between Thompson and Ainsley roads, North Fremantle, with a reward offered upon return to the office.
The article laments Fremantle losing a factory project to Maylands as Mephan Ferguson Proprietary Ltd plans to import steel pipes from Bombay and erect buildings at the Maylands site. It argues Railway Department delays and interdepartmental politics hamper Fremantle industry, costing jobs and economic prospects.
Tender notices from the Roads Board offer labor only for sinking a well about 90 feet deep at Canning Road Bicton Fremantle. Tenders close at 12 noon on Saturday February 23 with specifications available at the Roads Board office.
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