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Newspaper
Port Adelaide News
Location
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
1
James Duell promotes a winter sale at The Recognised Cheap Store with laces suitable for men and serviceable goods on sale at reduced prices. Ladies can find a large range of coats and frocks described as smart and beautiful.
An erasable fragment promotes the Men and Boys Wear Department with a seaside welcome. It invites shoppers to visit and spend their money, promising value as it points to a store or location and hints at a promotional arrival.
A Queenstown Church of Christ service led by Mr. W. C. Brooker with subject One Thing I Know at 4:30 pm and a Sunday Bible School program. Port Adelaide invites bids for allotment 10 Hargrave Street Peterhead until 4 pm on Thursday 18th. terms 50 ft frontage, 296 ft 6 in depth. no bid guaranteed. E Bradowell Town Clerk announces.
A violent gust blew 150 ft of roofing from the northern end of Birkenhead Wharf shed, near the Merriwa steamer. Workers fled doors as wiring ignited, at least one man was injured, salvage ensued, and the incident did not endanger the steamer Cumberland. The event followed by a separate notice on the passing of Mr J S Gold, longtime Port Adelaide educator.
The Adelaide Trades and Labor Council refused equal representation at the interstate conference of Trades and Labor Councils. The Port Adelaide Trades and Labor Council pressed for one delegate per council, but Adelaide could not agree. MP Frank Condon said the matter would be referred to the next Port Adelaide Council meeting.
Immigrant and visitor names travel alongside notes on industry and culture. Mr HJ Chards of Agricultural and General Engineering Co discusses trade in Australian agricultural machinery while Dr Henrietta Main heads to study child welfare in New Zealand. Sir Harry Hodson and others discuss university funding and worldwide education, with remarks on Welsh and British systems and the expansion of department stores in Australia.
Arrangements for the Port Adelaide public school juvenile ball at the Port Adelaide Town Hall proceed well. Rehearsals draw larger crowds with over 200 children at the latest session. Warrawee band lends its services, tickets funded by a donor, and refreshments arranged by the Mothers' Committee. Harold McSweeney trains the children, prizes for costumes, and attractions include a Highland Fling competition a grand march and a minuet by Miss Mackensie pupils.
Mr A Panes of Hilton Street Birkenhead was knocked down by a sling of timber on the steamship Lowana at Port Adelaide last Friday. He was taken to Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital with a fractured rib.
The Hon J A Vaughan will deliver a lecture on The Geneva Protocol at Scares Town Hall on Tuesday June 16 at 8 p m under the patronage of Port Adelaide Mayor and Mayoress Mr and Mrs A O R Tapp A musical programme and free admission collection to defray expenses Dr G Betts OBE chairman AR Mackey Hon Secretary
Incomplete OCR fragment lists names and places including Buck Street Broken Hill South Howl Richmond Mt Neale Adelaide and fragmentary teams or people with unclear roles. No readable event, date, score, or outcome can be derived from the garbled text.
At a Semaphore and Port Adelaide RL I sub-branch meeting an enlarged photo of the Light Square soldiers' cemetery was received as a presentation by Mr White of Korlak City Adelaide. Arrangements for a lecture on the Geneva Protocol by Hon Howard Vaughan at Semaphore Town Hall next Tuesday evening.
While stacking railway truck wheels unloaded from the steamer Puriri at Poole and Steel's Wharf Osborne, Mr. R. Bruce of St. Vincent Street Port Adelaide injured his left leg when wheels slipped. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and the leg was found to be broken.
A fragment notes a jar grand march and a minuet performed by Harold Me Sweeney with honor society mention. Details are limited. readable names include Harold and Sweeney. The item resembles a local program entry or social event note from a historical paper.
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