Anzac Day Protest Over Picture Show Pride
Fremantle letter writer accuses metropolitan cinemas of neglecting Anzac Day reverence. He cites early openings and sensational Hollywood fare, urging exhibitors to honor the memory of 60,000 Anzacs and show all-Australian programs or free invitations to ex-members of the A.L.F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie
Australia
Wales
West
A.lf
Zaca
Zacs
Hollywood
Fremantle
Seaside Snapshots in Fremantle Cabaret and Local Bits
A fragmented Fremantle page recounts varied vignettes from daily life and entertainments. It mentions Miss McIntosh Cabaret reservations on May 3, quirky lines about a bed discovery, hospital nurse anecdotes, wireless concert timing errors, and Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised amid community notices and minor mishaps. The tone is playful and local, with faded OCR hints of names like Fremantle and Pinjarra.
Mixed Musings on Saturday Gatherings in Australia
The piece reflects on public sentiment in Australia about sport versus work on a Saturday. It notes wartime reflections, German postwar assessment, and shifts in temperance politics, including the Prohibition League’s plan to seek beverage law amendments and 6 o'clock closing in some states. It also discusses Peel Estate settlers and the mixed prospects for hopeful but undisciplined groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Fremantle Ov
Beldy
Prohibition League
League
Peel Estate
Diverse Western Australia News In Brief Summary
A montage of Fremantle and Hobart items covers marriages, labor charges, naval training, ship repairs and salvages, Prohibition shift to local option, German politics, colonial cricket and boxing results, ship tonnage, and elections. Notable mentions include the Marguerite, City of Singapore, a Bosch magneto case, Barbed wire Hinderburg victory, and local temperance events.
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Hinderburg
Germany
Wilhelm Marx
Oliver Benalla
Capetown
Austral
A. E Gilligan
Eng- Wah Cricket XI
Australia
London
Hobart
France
Sheffield United
Cardiff
Newman
Reeve
Adelaide
Fremantleite
Ted Monson
Pad Segar
New South Wales
Immigrants and party rows over Live and Let Live
Readers debate immigration policy and a Fremantle KSWE sub branch statement. An editor’s reply requests publication of a statement repudiating internal party criticism. The letter argues a preference for returned servicemen in appointments and questions a British loan to Australia under a ten year immigration scheme with long term costs and employment impact.
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Fremantle
Len
Viawer
Igger
Fremantle Mistrict
IL 8
L. UL Kles C. Salker
Britain
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Reverend Stacy to Depart Fremantle May for Union Post
The Rev E J Stacy will leave Fremantle around mid May to become secretary of the South Australian Congregations Union and Home Mission. He will also oversee Parkin Mission remote work and Young People's activities. Stacy previously led Johnston, served as Fremantle Bible Society secretary, and chaired the Congregational Y P D. state shipping service Fremantle notes.
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E. J. Stacy
Fremantle
Union and Home Mission
Parkin
Stacy
Johnston
British and Foreign Bible Society
Congregational
Y.P D
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Wools
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Fisher Beard & CO
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Nelson
Ealter
William the Third
Marshal Hindenburg
Txkra
Hopetoun
Voha
Claude Poole
Nowharf
Marguerite
Singapore
Rotterdam
Port Adelaide
Russell
Holland
Tamerlane
Dimboola
Fremance
Ball and Sons
North Fremantle
Temperance Hall
Talloch
Geraldton
Pms
St. Mary's
Squizzy" Taylor
Melbourne
Fremantle R.S.L. Replies
England
John Bull
W. C. Rngwin
Commonwealthment
Briala
Bim
PBMC
Weeemen
Lenton
Aba, Western Australia
War
St. Cop
Cliff Street
Derby
Bambra
Bunbury
Flinders Bay
Albany
South Coast
EUCLA
Perth
Fremantle Harbour Trust
Baswarter
Government Tourist Bureau
Barrack Street
the Mercantile Press
Williams & Adams
High Street
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