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Newspaper
Port Adelaide News
Location
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
3
AREAL reports a cluttered shipping log with departures and arrivals across Tasmanian to Sydney routes. It lists vessels, agents, ports, dates in June and June 24, and entries for imports and departures including Wandilla Wangaratta Wandana Karatta and many others.
Inland and coastal steamers list shows Fremantle Melbourne and Sydney departures with destinations London Liverpool and Adelaide. Ships including Zealandia Khyber Wandilla Osterley Barwon and Wandilla discharge cargo coal timber and mail while awaiting further port calls and loading at Queen's Wharf and No. 1 Quay.
Over the weekend eight steamers cleared from Mort Adelaide for interstate and overseas routes, seven on Saturday and one on Sunday. Vessels visited Sydney Fremantle Port Adelaide Port Pirie and New Zealand with cargos including wheat salt and oils.
Passenger list from the Bewalla voyage aboard the Sumas includes Mr and Mrs Wo gid Master Ader siey We and Mrs. Brodie Mins Buy fon Master Wo Bradt Miss Moffat and others. The long roster mentions Misses A anil Dearden Mr Lo De janes EO Bvany Str. B and Mize Wirth Land Hawt Av. Masters Ga Fuel Hopkins Lang Lovegrave Murtro McIntosh Puyater Riv hin Ruthersim Thuys Welches and many more.
The steamer Ralph Mort, noted for its varied career, arrived at Adelaide with a creditable history of service in Singapore and the East. Recent changes include new engines and boilers during a nine month overhaul at Llanwath, with Danin Wilkins named to oversee the vessel.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a single screw vessel with aid from Mn TA Brook and mentions owners Be 8 W Hoy Hersam Co of Glasgow. It references measurements near 280 tons and a beam around 76 feet, noting registry and stern details amid unclear phrases.
The steamer Kingsmere, foundered by a snapped rudder post while 120 miles west of the Mthorpes, was towed by Diyatalawa and Eagle to Port Adelaide. After dual tow attempts and several delays, Kingsmere reached Ocean Steamers Wharf in Adelaide, with surveyors inspecting damage and crews praised for seamanship in a perilous voyage.
An analysis of mental powers and gender shifts argues that civilisation rests on feminine influence and spiritual power. It cites Benjamin Kidd’s The Science of Power and suggests future progress hinges on women shaping social and political structures.
A New York correspondent reports in London that a wife disliked extravagant gifts and a husband who bore children refused to fund the home. The Divorce Court heard claims that his wife was selfish and prevented moving through money disputes. The judge refused decrees citing wife’s warning and potential future moves.
Campbell Swinton president of the Wireless Societies of London protests the daily press handling of wireless telegraphy and ridicules the idea of messages from Mars calling it nonsense. He argues transmitting such messages would require immense power well beyond present capabilities.
The article recounts a peculiar incident aboard a British warship years ago involving a deposed emperor entertained by the British fleet. When smoking began he requested a cutter, a penknife was lent by an officer, and the man kept the knife with a solemn vow that it would one day become history.
A scrambled text fragment discusses a person seeking a position and someone else offering support in a personal search. It mentions a baby and a possible applicant, but details and context are unclear.
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