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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
4
A House discussion targets film censorship referencing Flaming Youth. The piece argues against explicit content in film advertising and a trend toward restricting what the public may see and read. It criticizes the author and promoter of sensational works and urges mental public supervision.
Nationalist notes question the Australian Workers' Union's one million pound spending over twenty years to aid Labor candidates. The piece cites secret and open uses of funds, concerns about selection ballots, and mentions South Africa's election shifts involving Hertzog and Smuts, with broader implications for British interests.
Grandmother Neway laments a decline in courtesy and social ritual, praising golf as a retreat from urban bustle. She contrasts past politeness with present rudeness, notes reactions of men and women, and recalls how fashion and opera shaped society, then concedes few compensations.
A Kalamunda reader laments Red Reo bus routes overlook Lesmurdie Falls and extols WA scenery. The note celebrates local hills, rivers, White Lakes and Mandurah attractions, arguing WA rivals Britain and Europe in beauty and accessibility by car. Children’s hacking cough ad closes.
Dr. J. S. Battye spoke on discovery and colonisation of Western Australia at the Fremantle Winter Lecture. The talk traced early navigation from Portuguese and Dutch explorers to Dampier and Stirling, noting WA was not a convict settlement and its pioneers hailed from upper middle class English families.
A poorly attended session last Wednesday discussed forming a North Fremantle Municipal Band. Mayor R Bracks presided and supported the move. Councillor J McCabe and Mr J Hudson were named to organize the ensemble.
A fragment notes crowds headed to the Oddfellows' Hotel with Jack Visser as proprietor. It mentions Cook's Corn Cure priced at 1/6 per pot at REES Cash Chemists as a notable item in the page’s ad listings.
A speaker asserts electoral laws guard honesty but warns parties may block honest candidates or back those chosen through dishonest means, urging public action and scrutiny of federal and state elections.
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