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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1926
Page
1
England built a strong position in the second Test at London as J B Hobbs and H Sutcliffe opened with a 172-run partnership. Hobbs reached a century before being bowled by Gregory. England stood at three wickets down at tea as they pursued a substantial total.
In a damp London setting the day’s play sees England’s Hobbs and Richardson pressing to steady the innings. Australia’s Grimmett and Malley struggle as England edges toward 100 runs, while strategic hopes hinge on field changes and bowling from Colling and Macartney. The crowd senses a turning point as the game leans in England’s favor with persistent bowling and cautious batting.
Special report from London details a hoax surrounding the alleged coffin of Earl Kitchener. Journalists and relatives were excluded at a sealed coffin opening while investigators pursue the truth. Artist Frank Power, alias Arthur Vectie Freeman, faces scrutiny as Home Office demands halt to the film exhibition.
A Daily News representative in Stavanger reports Frank Power orchestrated a sensational melodrama involving a coffin and mock burial. He used hired mourners and a hearse to stage a mock funeral then ferried the coffin aboard a Norwegian ship before returning it to the undertaker.
Final cable message was mutilated for individual scores but at stumps the total showed six wickets for and a partial tally. Sutcliffe scored 44 before being dismissed by Marley, Chapman made 19, and Stevens and Rhodes remained not out with limited innings listed.
Prime Minister Bruce visits Gawler for a stirring referendum address urging a wider vision for Australia. He labels Sir Henry Barwell and Jock Garden as extremists on opposing sides and notes their cross alignment, while Barwell defends his stance and Liberal Federation support.
In Melbourne on Tuesday Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mr J Dooley addressed railwaymen at North Melbourne urging a No vote at the referenda poll. He deprecated personal attacks on Labor Party members who backed voting No, noting room for difference of opinion on the propositions.
Newcastle New South Wales. Chariton declares he will ignore expulsion by the President of the State ALP and follow the Federal Executive ruling on the referendum. He says members are free to follow their conscience and warns that persistent NSW executive action could disrupt the movement.
The Recorder notes that bookmakers must provide photographs with their licence applications and comply with chief regulations. Betting tax certificates cost ten pounds. Limited companies must obtain certificates, while directors or employees acting as bookmakers need personal certificates. Premises are also taxed.
Sydney reports several groups of men lured to New Guinea by tales of rich gold finds. A perilous overland trek is described from Reba to goldfields near Bulole and Badie Creek, with rough terrain and exposure to the coast.
In Adelaide Tuesday Jack Wlaslaniy faced assault charges after injuring Constable Henechke with July 27 incidents in Pirte. He received a 30 shilling fine for drunkenness, 1 pound costs, 18 shillings compensation to the constable, and a two year good behaviour bond.
Melbourne Tuesday reports the trial of Wert Woods aged 34 for the murder of Lin Kwong, an elderly Chinese market gardener whose body was found in a Mansfeld hut on May 22 with 17 wounds. The Crown contends circumstantial evidence points to Woods being at Kwong’s hut. Woods pleads not guilty as proceedings adjourn to tomorrow.
Two laborers James Phillips and Mfred Cruke were on a Bay street building site when a plank broke loose and fell about 60 feet to the sand heap. Both escaped with minor injuries except Phillips who suffered a broken arm.
The body of C. J. de Garis was found at his Mornington home with gas stove on after a note claimed he must pay the penalty for a business matter. A well known financier, he was 40 and had ties to the Australian Dried Fruit Association. Earlier incidents included a 1925 mystery involving his stories found on his car at Mentone Beach and a period in New Zealand.
A cyclone swept Kirkaldy near Henley Beach last night, ripping off roofs and damaging multiple homes. Telephones and electric lights failed as poles were torn. debris scattered for over a quarter mile. Wooden beams, iron sheets, and a partially built house were displaced or damaged. total damage estimated at £2000.
In Adelaide Trafic Court, four youths Stanley George Brady Percy Mason Mack Ernest Allan Watson and Norman Keith Sellars were charged with using a motor vehicle without owner William Jamey Waddell’s consent. Each fined £10 8d. Brady Mack and Watson two months imprisonment. Sellars two months in the reformatory. Police said the car was spotted near a Victoria Avenue Rose Park house. Sellars named his companions. The car was undamaged. Further inquiries are ongoing and one youth and two men were detained over a shopbreaking incident on Glen Osmond Road.
A fragmentary advertising page notes a speech in Sydney on Tuesday night. Sir Neville Hewye reportedly said that if offered the High Commissionership he would refuse unless told to accept, with references to Monnignor Mulcahy and Mr Firnia Jemkine in unclear context.
Port Pirie hosts Australasian Films official Gordon Millis on a weekend tour of South Australia. The firm, capitalised at £4,000,000, plans major Australian productions including Marcus Clarke’s The Term of His Natural Life with Eva Novak and George Fisher. A Bondi studio costing £65,000 is cited as world class. The Term of His Natural Life will shoot in Tasmania with Out-of-door scenes and the Inca schooner sinking under convict crews. The Sea Beast starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello is praised and set to open in Adelaide, with Sydney bookings from August 21. Port Pirie residents await the potential arrival of these productions and a high-profile feature film year.
Mr Alan Cobham spent two busy days meeting officials from the Army Navy and Air Boards. He spoke at a Commercial Travellers luncheon praising his flight and predicting regular airship service from Britain to Australia within three years. He proposed Australian aviators fly London via his route and welcomed guests to Britain.
A fragmentary note reports a person overcome with joy at a long-awaited event, tracing back to 1941, with uncertain place names and details left unreadable. The readable bits indicate intense emotion linked to a homecoming or reunion after many years.
The yearlong meat conflict between Argentine and British interests is near resolution this week. Americans may settle with Veatey due to fears of government action to shield British interests. The dispute flooded Britain and Europe with cheap meat, pushing prices down until stocks clear. Dominions may gain a share in the returning prosperity.
Special to Tha Recorder from Helsingfors reports that Finland’s prohibition commission finds rising alcohol consumption, especially among youths, with increased murders, manslaughter, and robberies. It notes more deaths from poisonous drinks but declines to quantify prohibition’s role, calling the report a death knell for prohibition in Finland.
Perjury findings prompt Dward Gheehan to appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal. The court considered comity in delaying sentence, noting perjury as a serious crime that strikes at the root of proper justice. The defendant’s sentence deferment was discussed.
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