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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
4
Classic 19th or early 20th century notices advertise events at Tennyson Methodist Church and Warnertown Institute. Reads include Dove Fair on December 8 and a Christmas tree fundraising event with Strawberries and Cream, tea, and novelties to aid the Manse fund.
Advert reads multiple properties for sale in Pirie West Solomontown and Whyalla with 4 to 5 rooms, brick and stone builds, electric light, gardens, and various deposits from £30 to £373. Listings mention woods, tanks, and furniture, urging visits for particulars and inspections.
Local cricket program continues with matches in the Port Pirie Association and Central Association. Teams include Smelters Ports versus YALC A and Solomontown, with lineups listed for YM Guildry Rats and YAM CGA. The Recorder notes the afternoon schedule, probable tosses, and player names as captains and selectors compile the XI for the YMGA versus Pine West match Saturday morning at 9 36.
The Smelter Club announces bowl lineups for the Theron 4 feu fans event with players listed in slated order. First Saturday results show Hoar beat Bosumwortt 28-15 while several nominees for the curling lines close in Pevensie on February 2.
An American traveler on a world tour sails from New York December 14 aboard the steamship Carinthia, visiting Honolulu Yokohama Manila and many ports. The voyage includes Melbourne Singapore and other stops with plans to return to New York March 6, then head to additional cities before finalizing the record voyage list. The trip features a grand flotilla of ships and visits to major destinations.
A Port Pirie reader testifies that after a week on Dean's Backache Kidney Pills her relative with weak kidneys showed marked improvement and eventual cure. The ad urges sufferers to try the medicine, priced at 2/9, and notes it’s sold by chemists and stores or by Foster-Mellon Co. in Sydney, with warning to obtain genuine Doan's.
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