Breakfast table notes and social events in Fremantle
A. Grigg of Hampton road returns home from hospital after weeks away. Mrs. McCalmont recovers well after an operation in St Omer’s Perth. Mrs. G Lovegrove of Beaconsfield suffers a severe illness. Miss Ringer resumes music tuition next week. Death of Mr. D. A. Mitchinson at Woodside Hospital East Fremantle. Mrs. Angelo may move from West Leederville to Fremantle as committees hope. Chic Chee Entertainers perform a charity variety show at North Fremantle Town Hall with new numbers and familiar stars. The new Lennie courts of the Cot t esive Club open, funds and design praised, with Mrs. McCallum presented a tennis racquet and first ball struck. Publisher notes whimsical fashions and jokes on cosmetics and combs, with a radio comedy aside. A November 29 wedding links Mena Pearce and Harold Watts at Palmyra Methodist Church, with reception and honeymoon to Kalamunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennié
Ue Cottesive Club
Ales. A. McCallum
Bryan
Hampshire
Summerhayes
North
McCullum
McCallum
Lea
Mills
Treloar
Lowe
Barker
Mena Pearce
W. Brown
Adrian-street
Palmyra
Harold Watts
F. E. Watts
Aldersyde
Wagin
Palmyra Methodist Church
Howard Parson
Vi Melcher
Children’s Day Fun Draws Crowds at South Beach
Large crowds attended the South Fremantle Children’s Day on Monday held by the Fremantle Council. The event featured sweets and drinks for children, swimming and diving contests, yacht races, a marathon tracers demonstration, band music, a cricket match between South Fremantle and Brighton, and ample car parking. The Hydrodrome was popular despite brief showers as visitors from city and country districts joined the celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Beach
Fremantle Council
South Fremantle
Brighton
The Next Step in Society and Labor Debate
A collection of opinion pieces critiques socialism as a future social order and discusses labor, food prices, and public cares. It notes William Morris’s view on socialism, condemns food manipulation, and calls for humane urban planning and safer pedestrian rights amid rising motor culture. It also questions immigration and stranded Australians in London, urging bi-directional repatriation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huanity
William Morris
Sydney Housewives’ Association
Qakex Hhouit
Portia Geach
Arthur Hourchier
London
Strand Theatre
Los Angeles
Australia
Fremantle Jetty Additions Delayed Fears on Children’s Day
About three months after Fremantle Council funded the jetty additions the Public Works Department began work amid concerns that swimming contests for children’s day might be dropped due to non completion. The finished jetty drew visitors who noted its grotesque outcrop and unconventional beauty. References to KEES long tonle and local figures Rees and Cash Chemiss appear as part of Fremantle and Cottesloe Beach context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremantle Council
Public Works Department
Kees
Rees
Fremantle
Cottesloe Beach
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Cecile
Airs
A. Grigg
Hampton-road
G. Lovegrove
Seaview Street
Beaconsfield
Heaven
D. A. Mitchinson
Woodside Hospital
East Fremantle
North Fremantle
Wid
Elsie Corish
Edith Boyle
Mary Shanahan
Kathleen Boyle
Jean Gough
Percy Ives
Charles Fagberg
Billy Morgan
Billy Quarrell
Mick Kenny
Jack Pearce
Scotchy Danielson
Milady
Ciro's
Fade
Petunia
Mae
Gel
Uae
Teft Om
Sping Bavie
Monty Taylor
Ign Smith
Smith
High and
Carrington Streets
Palmyry
Swan
Griffins
Angus Mcleod & Son
High Street
Arthur E. Davies
Wrenantle
Claremont
LABOR
Bruce
Geo.st
Camerons
Motor Garage
UR. Market & Cantonment
STS Fermantle
Comte
J. J. McLaren
J. W. Davies
H. J. Bishof
Union Stores
Fremantle Ring
F.instone & CO
Essex-Street
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