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Newspaper
Port Adelaide News
Location
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
5
The Port Adelaide Orpheus Society hosted a smoke social at the Parish Hall with Dr. Dunstone in the chair and remarks from Mayor A O R Tapp. John Carr MLC spoke on Birkenhead Bridge and Port Adelaide’s growth, praising local industry, trade, and civic progress.
The hearing into Alice Ethel Spoehr and William J Lee on liquor selling charges at 41 Commercial Road Port Adelaide was adjourned with cross examination continuing. Police witnesses recounted events of November 22 while the defense sought to strike evidence and faced rulings. Adjournments were ordered to January. a separate domestic case saw withdrawal of a desertion complaint by Phyllis Elsie McCallion and her husband.
Guildford James Beasley of Large Bay pleaded guilty to reckless driving on Jetty Road Largs Bay December 16. The court heard two conflicting vehicle numbers and that Beasley was not driving the aluminium car claimed by him. He was fined £10 and £1 costs with 14 days imprisonment in default.
Harold Edgar Batson of Walker Street Birkenhead faced a Port Adelaide Police Court hearing on a charge of driving a motor car dangerously on Port Road Alberston on December 11. Evidence from Inspector Noblet and others. A fine of £10 with £11 5s costs, or 14 days imprisonment in default.
A Port Adelaide Police Court session heard multiple drunkenness cases. One man faced two charges and was given four days to pay a £12 10s fine after a bail-on-Saturday and drink-on-Sunday episode. Another delirium tremens victim remembered little after Friday afternoon, described as shouting to station staff. A Norwegian offender with prior convictions was fined £1, later to be deported after failing a dictation test and planning to celebrate Christmas by leaving the state on a vessel arrangements have been made for.
Between 6 pm Thursday December 17 and 7 46 am Friday a pair of cornsacks were taken from a lane off Lipson Street near Messrs Johnson and Fisher. The bales were left on a trolly at the rear of the premises. Police in Port Adelaide are investigating.
Francis Atkins of Mundalla Street Kilkenny faced a charge of speeding on December 11 at Esplanade Lares Bay under the Motor Vehicles Act. Witnesses reported speeds from 25 to 40 mph, with one stating 35 to 40 mph and another noting 20 mph by speedometer. The case was dismissed after inconsistent testimonies and lack of clear proof.
A man about 40 appeared with the blackened before Port Adelaide magistrates and was fined 15 for drunkenness in St. Vincent Street. He claimed to be a medical practitioner born in Victoria and, despite evidence he was educated and a doctor, admitted drink had ruined him and he could not control his craving.
In Exeter David Irwin of Semaphore faced an indecent behaviour charge at Semaphore Road on December 12. he did not appear and was fined £1 plus £1 costs with five days imprisonment in default. In Birkenhead a 32 year old man was charged with assaulting a 19 year old girl on December 14. witnesses were sworn and the case adjourned as the SM ordered witness and defendant names suppressed if the case proved. The girl described pursuing the man through Mead and Matilda Streets after an offence near a fruit shop, with corroborating evidence from a plumber and a bicycle witness. adjournment granted for today.
John Bell of Margrave Street Peter head was charged on information by City Inspector John T. James for riding a bicycle on a footpath on November 6 at Victoria Street Birkenhead. A fine of 3 with 11 costs was ordered. George Strong of Semaphore Road Exeter pleaded guilty to a similar charge at the same time and place and received a like fine.
Police search on Commercial Road Port Adelaide recovered box spanners two sets of stocks and dies and a vise. Laborer Charles Peabody was charged with larceny of Wilson property valued at £4 10 and remanded with bail set at £10 two sureties.
ME SPOEHR invites old and new friends to visit the port’s most up to date wine saloon. All best brands of wines in stock at lowest prices.
Customer asks for ICECREAM and LATE NOVELTY Raspberry Banana and Vanilla Flavors. Address shown is PHONE-PORT 2393 SECOND AVENUE Albert on East.
A sale advertisement lists heavy calico pillowcases with wide hems at 2/8 each and Duchess Net sets priced 2/ for 11. Also offered are satin cushion covers, lace curtains, ribbons, pocket and bay combs, steel curling pins, and various fabrics in Nottingham net and repp. Special weekend clearances promote low prices and boxed items.
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