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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
2
The piece parodies health trends noting Sir Walter Smith's claim that a nation's health hinges on black tea. It jokes about training and life simplifications by drinking tea. It also touches on social topics from a court clock dispute to umbrella tales and family planning debates worldwide.
A charity ball in aid of the North Fremantle Free Kindergarten will be held at North Premamte Town Hall on Thursday June 30. Organisers Mrs Charlton and Mrs Dedman are sparing no effort to ensure a successful event with prizes for the various costumes described as lovely.
Wesley Hall hosted a Saturday evening entertainment by Miss Doris Gibbs pupils to aid the Methodist Mission social welfare funds. The program featured elocution, songs and dances. the Rev. Nye conveyed cordial appreciation for the effort.
Fremantle Bowling Club instituted a weekly cards evening held on Wednesdays at the club rooms with regular parties booking tables each week.
The article argues this generation learns economics under high pressure as the public observes currency and trade balance theories tested in real time. It notes dramatic practical application and wide involvement, leading to a movement toward a world conference.
The piece argues fashion and cigarette use pressures women to conform while questioning the true independence claimed by smokers. It notes women adopt smoking to appear equal to men yet risk losing personal liberty, urging a new stand for greater freedom and the right to refuse a cigarette.
The Road Board urges cutting parliamentary costs at a Bunbury council meeting but local leaders demand only headlined changes. Harry Gray and associates face job loss as ratepayers push for reforms. Fremantle council struggles to find land for aircraft use and contemplates boundary extension while residents laugh at tinpot governance.
Joseph Freeman of Kalgoorlie died last month at his Maritana Street home aged over seventy. Born in Newquay England he moved to Australia at age three and spent years in Fremantle where he supported Wesley Church and built organs later gifted to churches. He lived thirty years on the goldfields and worked at the Australia mine leaving a wife and son Haydn Freeman Nicholson’s Kalgoorlie now reading this tribute by an old friend.
The Forrestdale Progress Association held its June meeting with Mr. J T Henry presiding. A Bunbury municipality letter about state government costs was reviewed, and a reply to reduce expenditure was requested. The secretary reported on Armadale Relief Committee duties and proposed a local Kelmscott style committee. Members pledged small weekly sums. MLA Alex McCallum and wives visited, inquiries noted, and a public thanks vote followed.
The usual fortnightly run heads to Mt Yokine with a 10 am Sunday departure from the traffic bridge. A wreath will be laid at Karrakatta on the way to mark our late member Ernie Chapple. The outing features points events, guest throwing by ladies, a Thursday social at Leederville to crown the Queen, and an upcoming Parkerville visit with bedding renewal for the endowed cat.
The item notes a fashionable couple, Charlie Chaplin and Mary Muller, once photographed in Riviera scenes, now separated. Chaplin travels to the Far East. Muller waits in Paris hoping for a film contract and a letter, but reportedly lies ill in a Paris clinic. Also mentions a fundraising bridge event for Girlie Linto in King Street Convent School race.
Last Saturday the Fremantle Rifle Club fired in the M D U matches at 700 yards amid bad visibility. The team did not improve its position. Next Saturday the club will shoot for the final of the captain's trophy at 900 yards. A London visit leads to a Welsh joke about a monkey shop quip in a main street office.
A fragmented wire brief notes tensions among rival squads and coaches as a tense confrontation unfolds on the field. No clear names, places, or dates available in the readable text.
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