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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
2
A report notes high tide closing the port quarter at Smelters Wharf where numerous vessels from Colombia are listed as affected. Authorities monitor water levels and traffic amid sea conditions.
Sports bodies must apply to the South Australian Trotting Association Incorporated for a permit to stage trotting events on their programmes. Each meet may include up to three trots with prizes not exceeding £25. Unpermitted riders or drivers are deemed unregistered and subject to disqualification. Extra prime turkeys today.
District Council of Pirie invites tenders for multiple road contracts on Nelshaby Lower Broughton Wandearah and Wandearah East Roads. Tenders close August 21 1925 at Port Pirie with details from A A Pearce & Co. and clerk B B Davis.
Loving memory of Private H. Hert Ranger Sth Battalion killed in action between August 6 and 8 remembered by his parents E. and M. Ranger and by his brothers and sisters.
An OCR fragment lists multiple memorial notices dated August 7 to August 7, 1920 and 1923 for Moyle and Moyle family members, with brief loving tributes inserted by spouses and children. It also includes a thank you note acknowledging subscriptions to support expenses of a football club fundraiser.
The Conference on Christian Politics Economics and Citizenship Copec expands from England to South Australia where ten study circles began under Dr Thomas bishop of Adelaide. The plan focuses on individual study, visualising Christianity’s implications, and translating conviction into action with interdenominational support.
An advertisement for Grey's Market offers Prime Fresh Beef Mutton Veal Pork and dressed rabbits along with table poultry and vegetables. It also advertises furniture including duchess pairs bedsteads tables chairs and safes plus carpets and hearth rugs.
Mesurs Barber and Lehman of the National Bank at Manjanup were accosted by an armed masked man while transferring pay funds to the Eberton Timber Wais. The robber shot the manager in the hand and seized £1,985 before fleeing into the bush.
In Adelaide two men tricked John and Casino Middleton after a dining invitation aboard a visiting ship. They promised work in New South Wales and cashed a 20 cheque, then vanished with £23 after a brief stroll to a bank and a building. No further trace of the men or the cheque was found.
Inquiries in the Assembly discuss railway matters including the effect of state awards on railway staff. The Treasurer states 9 employees are covered by state awards with an annual government cost around £150,000. Mr Blackwell asks if a tender for axle-bones has been accepted. the Minister replies no tender has been accepted and no Australian tender paid. The required axles total 96 with an estimated weight of nine tons.
In Ipssee early this morning a worker removal of the Government House wall caused a dangerous blast. Charles Bastard was awakened by explosions across the road as a stone crashed through a window, barely missing him on the second floor. Bastard had just renewed an accident policy yesterday afternoon.
Local notices urge a private dance by the Pilgrim Migses group at Slueke's Hall on Monday night. The weather report notes recent cold, overcast conditions followed by a sunny day, with a forecast of fine, cold nights and possible westward winds.
A sale of property at Thordale is announced for Thursday with Barker Brothers acting as agents for Mrs Ants Millie Hilton and Anton Thorindale under Mr E A Gousins. Details are limited due to damaged text.
The Scott and Willoughby families extend thanks to Miss Jessie Thompson Nurse Noble Enelyn Mrs. Jon the Hospital staff MIA and Mrs. Peter O Shalgn Messy of Crystal Brook for support after a bereavement. They note special thanks to Sisters Williams and Glough for sympathy cards flowers and expressions. Jusepil Willoughby’s remains will be moved from 33 York Road Friday at 4 p.m. to Port Pirie Cemetery.
Brigadier General Leane states he was not informed of a deputy police vacancy in Melbourne. He has not been approached about the role and has no intention to apply, denying rumors of his candidacy for Commissioner of Police.
William Gordon aged 23 of Eustace Street and his sister Gathering Gordon faced trial at Liverpool Assizes for a marriage case. They pleaded not guilty as jurors disagreed and retrial was ordered in Manchester. Mary Ellen Gordon testified about earlier ceremonies and family pressures surrounding the unions.
The passage defines a gentleman by two core traits: bravery and gentleness. Bravery means steadfastness to truth and duty, not fear, while gentleness means using one's code kindly. It argues civilisation depends on masculine courage tempered by feminine refinement.
The Pirie Motor Cycle Club discusses creating a local track racing scene amid ground constraints. Proposals include using the Pirie area with a possible track at a suitable site and comparisons to global practice in Melbourne Sydney and nearby beaches. The piece notes the sport's speed danger and growing appeal and questions if a viable site and support will emerge.
TeLowie reports a deputation from the British and Foreign Bible Society led by Mo Davis and accompanied by Hey Cil ford Jones lectured on Wesley at the Baptist Church on Tuesday evening. Rev Clifford Jones spoke on Pragmatism. Mayor J S Geddes chaired and motored the delegation. A unanimous vote of thanks followed. July proved satisfactory for agriculturalists with 235 points of rainfall across eighteen rainy days.
A 23 year old widow, Mrs Mary Booth, recounts that her new husband George Arthur Booth died minutes after their wedding in Nuneaton. They had traveled from the ceremony to the bride’s home when he fell ill, and medical help arrived too late. Booth had only been in town six weeks and left no immediate family in the area.
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