05 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
1
An earlier item misreported damage by Fremantle Ladies' Golf Club guests. The youths involved admit accidental damage to a glass-doored cupboard in the three per cent room and notify the Mayor, offering to name themselves if needed. They express regret over the incident.
In Fremantle WA a two story stone warehouse with iron store fronts for sale by public auction. Located near the railway, customs house and wharves in Fremantle town folio 34. Suitable for machinery workshop or factory. 20 percent cash, balance in 28 days. Details from Perpetual Executors Trustees and Agency Co Ltd Perth or J J For Influensa take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure.
Dr Farrell announced at Fremantle Council that Fremantle might form an association like the Victorian Football Association to use Fremantle East North Fremantle Ovals for major and junior teams. He proposed delaying the decision to the next meeting.
A Navy band concert is announced for Sunday night at 8 45. The program will feature marching pieces and classical selections performed by the naval ensemble.
Seaside snapshots show Beau Brummel in a lead role played by John Barrymore at the Princess Theatre this weekend. The article notes his grand rise and fall, screens a photoplay about his life, and mentions other features including Enemies of Children, A Lady of Quality, Those Who Dance, and vaudeville by Agnes and Davie.
A Fremantle newspaper column blends society chatter and local light news. Topics include a widowed socialite, a new matron entry into marriage prospects, a public meeting remark about East Fremantle’s “best people,” and a joke exchange with a boy about the earth’s distance. A Fremantle Council letter from the South Fremantle Ratepayers Association asks to relocate the old weighbridge to South Fremantle, referred to the finance committee.
Social notes list dances and concerts in Fremantle area venues including R AG A Barracks and Guild Hall North Fremantle. Engagement announced for Connie Florence Robson and Walter John Wearne. Also details a St Marys church fundraiser concert, Beaconsfield Girl Competition, Fremantle Naval Band performances, Ancient Order of Foresters social, and various musical acts and refreshments.
The Fremantle Roads Hoard met Tuesday night as the P W D advised £2059 available from traffic fees. £500 was voted for Forrest road, with plans to declare it a main road. Ward balances showed South and Central ahead of Banjupp, while North owed others £69. a postmaster suffered a scalp injury en route to hospital.
At a council meeting the Bibra and North Lakes Progress Association requests council support for a deputation to the Minister for Works. They seek a six mile road from the South Road terminus across the University Endowment Lands to Nicholson Road linking Queens Park Maddington Gosnells with southern gardening districts to expand markets. Delegates Dr Symptom and Forman will attend.
A fragmented notice from Fremantle Beach mentions Chowan Chowist and Cetteclec, with unclear references to local names. The readable text hints at a community event or local matter near the coast, but specifics remain obscured.
The new Cottesloe Life Saving Club House, built under Mr Wm Layton, features a 400 seat main hall for concerts, gymnasium, stage, reading room, boys room, and a south end casualty room with first aid appliances. A front porch case holds first aid items for privacy, with a look-out platform providing ocean views and constant beach surveillance by members.
The Fremantle Tramway Employees Benefit Fund committee sent a cheque for £50 to Fremantle Public Hospital. The donation comes from the August percentage withheld from the weekly Guessing Competition, allocated to the hospital.
The Co operative Store Company invites shareholders to a meeting to receive the directors report on the proposed winding up of the concern.
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