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Newspaper
Port Adelaide News
Location
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
4
Outdoor staff of the Port Adelaide Corporation were hosted in the Incal town hall by Mayor RL Tapp on December 24. The gathering honored retiring official Mr Stones with a gold watch and pipe as Tapp praised the workers' harmony and city loyalty.
A defendant at Port Adelaide Police Court faced charges of assault on a girl. evidence showed he claimed no contact with the girl that evening. The magistrate adjourned to view the scene, found the charge proved, and ordered two months in prison. In related notes, a separate larceny case saw payment of £2 in default, and a minor collision near the Central Hotel caused minor vehicle damage.
A large crowd gathered as the Adelaide Municipal Bard opened the front of the Bore i Towen Fear en Cottwins Eve. Spectators watched the event with Mayor A. D. R. Tape of Port Adelaide in attendance and presiding over the proceedings.
A court at Port Adelaide adjourned a case in which a 17 year old girl was allegedly assaulted in Birkenhead on December 8. The defendant, accused in a sequence of events across December 18 and 19, denied the charges. A witness described the alleged encounter as the defendant running away toward Matilda Street, while the shopkeeper reported a later cigarette and apricot theft and a report of a complaint about a woman. A doctor testified the defendant was a lodge patient with no visible injuries.
Eileen Aubert seven, living with her parents at Royal Park, was struck by a motor car on Commercial Road Port Adelaide shortly before 10 oclock last Thursday night. After treatment at Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital she was moved to the Children's Hospital with internal injuries.
Fire broke out around 623 pm Sunday at 31 High Street Queenstown in a house occupied by Mrs HL Hardy. The fire brigade under District Officer Butler arrived to find the blaze nearly extinguished with only the room and some contents slightly damaged. The house is owned by Mrs M H Bails of Glebe Street Alberton and insured for £130.
The Australian Commonwealth liner Hobson's Bay docks at Outer Harbour from London with about 746 tons of general merchandise and 3,000 migrants bound for Adelaide and Queensland. A Welsh crew member named Jones was reported missing during the Red Sea voyage. The ship departed for Melbourne Tuesday night after a pleasant crossing.
On Tuesday at Port Adelaide wharf M C Cosmore fell under a moving truck while trying to crawl free. The vehicle passed over him, thin iron projections turning him, but he sustained only body abrasions and was taken to Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital for treatment.
The Rev Dr White, former Bishop of Willochra, arrived in Australia by the mail steamer Moulton from London after attending world faith and order and life and work conferences in Stockholm. About 600 delegates from 22 nations attended the life and work meeting, with the King and Crown Prince of Sweden present. White plans to resume church duties in Sydney as Bishop of Riverina, Halse’s consecration noted.
The semaphore Fire Brigade under Station Officer Woods tackled a blaze on Tuesday near Taft Street and Robe Road, Kew, with help from Port Pine Brigade. Dense smoke rose as the greymen used four lines of Korean to stop flames from reaching a weatherboard house, likely started at a rubbish tip where children played with matches. This marks the third grass fire outbreak on these blocks.
Sir Rupert Clarke, longtime patron of Australian racing, travels to Sydney with Lady Clarke and children aboard the RMS Moollan. He reached Outer Harbor on Saturday. Clarke has supported trainers James Stobie and Paul Fry, with horses like The Spook and the grey Canteen among those trained for him at Pytchley Lodge.
ME SPOEHR announces new management at F. W. Brooks with a friendly meet of old and new friends. Wide selection of wines in stock at low prices.
Inspector Noblet, who has led the Port Adelaide Police Division for about two years, has been promoted to second-class inspector. A fruit expert advises baking apple dumplings rather than boiling, and questions whether a housewife would challenge her cook on such a point.
Adelaide and suburbs look forward to the annual emidrun carnival at Largs Bay with a programme of swimming diving athletics and novelty events for children up to 16 years. Port Adelaide Band will perform all day and a public school band contest features Westbourne Park and Largs Bay schools.
A tavern keeper in a famed tourist district of the Emerald Isle discusses new visitors and the unsettling effect on property values. An overheard exchange reveals concerns about guests asking odd questions about rooms and health remedies, highlighting echoes of wartime scarcity and wary locals.
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