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Newspaper
Pingelly Leader
Location
Pingelly, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
The Beverley electorate in the South East province lists Legislative Council members Howe C A Piesee Wesley Maley and H J Haynes and J Haynes for the Legislative Assembly. The source cites reliable sources for this roster.
E B Johnson visits Tingelly with weekly timings listed Tuesdays between 3.30 and 4.30 pm and Wednesdays until 5 pm. Communications should be addressed to the Land Agent in Narrogin.
An OCR read shows the Pingelly Agricultural Bank agent Mr Napthali and railway station details with stationmaster W Gladen. It lists passenger and goods connections to Perth Albany with specific times, and notes court venues Beverley and Narrogin. It also records officers, board members, and meeting schedule for a local board.
W. EK. Congreve serves as secretary with J. B. Webb. Mesers. Hughes and Fitzpatrick are appointed to committees, outlining a formal delegation and oversight roles.
The document lists officers and meeting terms for the Board of Health and Agricultural Society. It names chairs secretaries inspectors captains vice captains and clergy for Church of England Methodists Baptists and Catholics along with Salvation Army leadership and Mass schedules in the district.
WA Urquhart Postmaster announces mail times from 8 am to 6 pm with destinations including Albany Mourambize and Perh. Daily routes cover Barsendeed Wynar lin Grasslands Taylor's Road and Wickepen with specific 1 pm and 3.10 pm departures. The A.N.A. meets every alternate Tuesday in the Agricultural Hall Pingelly and the Wheat Sheaf lodge meets every alternate Thursday in the Methodist Church.
A historical Pingelly Leader business directory lists numerous local trades and shops. Names include F. W. Hanley seddlers Caygees Bros general merchants and R. McLeish storekeeper and ironmonger among others. The page credits tailors bakers blacksmiths drapers and professionals with multiple specialties.
An invitation invites readers to mail 24 penny stamps and a self addressed stamped envelope to Professor L J Banks in Perth West Australia for a handwriting based personal trait analysis. The note suggests handwriting traits reveal future tendencies and character.
The Cunard liner Campania printed the first daily newspaper at sea on its voyage from Liverpool to New York. The eight page issue named The Daily Bulletin sold for 2d and was produced under Marconi’s wireless system with 100 words daily for ships.
An Irish sergeant berates a recruit in a grim exchange about the recruit’s grime and mission. He demands answers about what the recruit has done in his uniform and through the sewer, threatening punishment for disobedience. The tense scene ends with a warning that both honesty and silence carry consequences.
The oldest glass specimens date 1500 to 3800 years BCE, likely Egyptian in origin. Glass use began around 750 BCE, with Phoenician attributions. Romans refined it, producing famed pieces like the Portland Vase in the British Museum. Windows appeared around AD 300.
A collage of curiosities and notices: dyed furs stay colorfast longer than undyed skins. Prussia regulates medicine prices with annual lists. Eskimo populations in Alaska Labrador and Greenland cited. Danish pensions for seniors. Holfast script on ear. lifeboat rule women and children first. Malabar tallow tree yields candy tallow. Yucatan farmhands wear pristine linen. German statistician notes cough energy equivalence. normal breathing vs violent coughing rates. Henry Hall fined for breaking windows in Perth. shoe theft case discharged for first offender. Pier Street Achagard school raid nets gambling paraphernalia and 21 arrests.
A Cassell's Magazine summary notes that wire wound guns, used since 1857 for heavy naval guns, are built by automatic winding with a lathe guiding sidewise movement. The 12 inch navy guns use 114 miles of wire and nine months to construct, with up to ninety two layers around the chamber. Benefits include greater strength for given metal, full material testing, flaw containment, greater strength at smaller diameters, and stronger material overall.
Family members contest a recently enacted will claiming the testator was unduly charitable. Witnesses spoke to the testator’s character, including one who cited a tombstone inscription as his source. The judge pressed for evidence of character.
A barmaid at the Red Lion engages with a friend as a teary, drunken onlooker laughs and asks what is wrong. The exchange touches on a past memory of youth and a ring symbol of hopeful days, prompting renewed sobs and a wary cheer from nearby patrons.
A football match produced a dramatic moment when a powerful shot struck a spectator who collapsed. While others searched the man’s pockets twelve watches were found, raising suspicion and leading to the man being taken to the police station where he was identified as a notorious pickpocket.
A classroom quip has a teacher asking Willie about seconds in rhymed phrases. Willie responds with a joke about male and female minutes, contrasting a father's sixty seconds with a mother's much longer minutes when preparing.
Ernest Mitehelp attempted to recharge a misfired hole at Beaconsfield on Saturday. The charge exploded injuring his hands and eyes. The report notes other brief items including a theft case and a Jamaica earthquake with widespread damage estimates.
The Bateman's Bay crowd witnessed a circus lioness escape from a cage during Broni's show. A fierce pursuit followed as five lions caused chaos with horse and tent attacks. Lioness was shot dead after a long hunt. Broni valued the kill at £250.
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