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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1921
Page
2
The Needie notes a Wednesday Claremont ball displaying fashionable belles from Port streets with Masie the crowd favorite and a flurry of social chatter. Other items mock fashion, respect toward women, and a historic Halifax clause on eighteenth century justice.
A Fremantle business association invites delegates from the Returned Soldiers League for a meeting to discuss a proposed memorial to Port Enlistees. They also seek Council reconsideration of a water mains test to reduce ore insurance premiums if pressure proves adequate. The Council’s receipt is noted as filed late, and a levy proposal of one penny per month per member is floated to ease funding.
Fragmentary verse recounts a song about cats and sausage, with playful calls and crowdlike reactions. It references trust, money, speed, and a sense of deficiency, ending with a boast about Brewsters and a quick pursuit.
A truncated OCR fragment from Motor Cycling notes the Coastal Motorcycle Club and a remark about age and bushels, lacking details on events, members, dates, or outcomes.
A critique mocks censorship in film reporting and railings against sensational divorce notes. It cites odd headlines, stadium banter, and a theft anecdote, then waxes about printing materials and ink sources from around the world.
The article explains how stars group by color hue and magnitude from 0 to higher numbers. It notes Betelgeuse as a large star in Orion, describes spectra and light as indicators of star type, and discusses Sirius as a bright blue-white star with hydrogen lines and rapid light travel to Earth.
In a peculiarly worded incident a maiden lady complains to Liz about a parrot she bought that swears. The dealer argues the bird is young and will learn, while the puzzled buyer contemplates manners and apologies. A second scene features a shy exchange where a gentleman and a lady clash over etiquette.
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