Pedestrian Club Prepares for Electric Light Sports Meet
Port Pirie Pedestrian Club plans its second electric light sports meeting for Thursday December 15. A largely attended club meeting discussed handicaps and preparations. Solomontown Athlet ing advised sending runners of both sexes for future meetings. The track and gym facilities were readied, with events including ladies 75 yard dash and three miles scratch.
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ERS
Port Pirie
Pirie
A. W. Lacey
St Right
Oeturn
Solomontown Ath- Jelig
Ughtiis
Me. A
C. Geay
Meg Roylop
Solomontown forms new athletic club on tracks
Short note reports a new Solomontown Athletic Club led by W Sedimary with a junior coach guiding younger members. A 440 yard cinder track is laid near the Solomontown Natway Station. The club features girls training seaside twice a week and six young ladies contributing to events. Membership costs 2d and funds go to support activities and cross club collaboration with Dormer Port Piri Pedestrian Club.
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Solomontown
Solomontawa
Solomontown Natway
Janae
Romine
Williams
Sini
Stacey
Synnett
Eon V
Kestan
Dormer Por
Piri
Hark
Cluhs
Sinale
Brakenridge Cess Il Vengins
Edwards
W. Gavan
Pirie Rail Traffic For Seven Days Ended December
Rail traffic at Pirie shows inward goods totaling 8.19 percent of tonnage with wheat ore and general shipments listed. Outward movements include coal mining materials and other goods, with totals shown as 92.1 percent.
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Pirie Railway
Heart of Gold in Yatala Prison
A prisoner at Yatala writes a heartfelt, if fragmented, note to a Children’s Hospital foray expressing sympathy for the children. He mentions sending a doll’s house and a kite, cites Port Pirie and Solomontown, and references Lady Mayoress Glover in a plea involving hospital aid and totals.
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Adelaide
Jim Aeury Hayes
Yatala
Children's’ Hospital
UTS
Glover
McCallum’s For Xmas Gifts A Delightful 3 piece Suite
McCallum’s offers a 3 piece suite in Genoa Velvet and leather with first class workmanship. Oak kitchen dressers feature fitted compartments spring catches and jewel leadlights. Verandah split cane easy chairs hollow seats light as feather strong as a house. Seagrass bed lounges and enamelled safes highlight the catalog.
Speeding chase recovers stolen car and groceries in Perth
A wireless patrol car led by Det-Sergt Finlay chased at speeds around 80 mph for 10 miles to recover a stolen motor truck and a large stock of stolen groceries. Police arrested a suspect after a flash message, while riverbank searches found three men by reeds and an Afghan man named Ardgebeen at a suspect’s house. Donations to the Playground Fund total £365 from L Golding and Smelters Proprietary Limited.
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Perth
Det-Sergt
Finlay
Maylinus
sPurner
Quolih Ardgebeen
Ve L. Golding
Children’s Playground Committee
Hill
Smelters Proprietary, Limited
Playground Fund
Victorian tennis results with several titles decided
Nearing the end of the Victorian tennis championships in Melbourne, multiple finals are reported. Winners include Miss LeMessurier in the women's singles and Mrs. Van Fyn with Miss Anthony in the women's doubles, with other matches featuring vines, Gledhill, Purvell, Hopman, Sproule, and Crawford among participants.
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van Fyn
Anthony
Moddle-Wrizley
Lewis
Mesdames Crawford
Batsworth Wiest LeMpsstrier
Westan
Hall
Tartigan
Harper
Wedding drama at Queen's Home in Adelaide gaol
A sensational ceremony at Queen's Home Rege Park ended with the bride confined to a bed and the groom, under detective guard, sent to Yatala Labor Prison. George Hichard Maneyner, laborer of Franklin siteo, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Police Court to three charges of lo重epony and one of unlawful possession. He claimed the prisoner’s letter explained the desire to marry briefly, then sought release for a couple of days.
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Betha Sevienes
Nnl
Régiand
Labor Party Seeks Full Slate In State Election
The Parliamentary Labor Party plans to nominate TV candidates at the next State election. A samplea committee will propose this at the caucus meeting likely on December 20. Currently the party has 40 members and aims to field a candidate in every district where represented.
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Adelaide
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Sampalea Committee
High Court Quashes Devanny Conspiracy Conviction
The High Court, by five to one with Mr Justice Tus dissenting, allowed the appeal of Prancis Devanny publisher of Workers Weekly. He had been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment over information alleging he solicited funds for the Communist Party. The conviction was set aside as a misused process and cost were awarded.
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Sydney PaPharsdas
Tus
Wea Bich
High Court Today
Prancis Devanny
Workers Weekly
Communist Party
Justice Evatt
Seamen in Pirie Mission in Annual Meeting Report
At the Port Pirie branch annual meeting of the Mission to Seamen, lay reader Mr. Warnes reported the institute served 1,906 seamen and distributed 40 parcels of reading matter. Donations were acknowledged and plans noted for continuing outreach to ships visiting Pirie, with leadership changes and thanks to retiring supporters.
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Nangially
B. BE. Warnes
Iay
Port Pirie
Mission
JG. Loy
Warnes
Picts
Piria
Callel
Thomas
Willochra
Rove
B. Narsh
B.J. Edwards
Mrr
Oine
Pirie
Torny Indies
Sullett
Metal price report from Adelaide and London exchanges
Adams reports mineral metal quotations for December 7 from Adelaide and the London Metal Exchange. Copper and silver show price changes, with spot and three month forward figures in pounds per ton and ounce, including copper electealytic and other alloy prices, while gold opens with a price.
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Adelawe
Australia Mines and Metals Association
London Metal Exchange
Christmas Charity Fete By Risdon Park Browns
Risdon Park Brownies plan a fete at Parisi Mall tomorrow afternoon to raise funds for the Citizens Christmas Cheer Committee. Miss F P Iman and her unit have worked weeks to attract visitors and boost the charity drive.
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Risdon Park
Utizens
Fils Hon Park
Rabbit plague worsening in Murray districts
Hordes of rabbits cross from Victoria causing thousands of pounds in crop and feed damage. Farmers plan a Rabble Week to exterminate rabbits as authorities finish harvest. Sonnemann predicts the district will face its worst plague in history.
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Renmari
Victoria
Murray
PF. A. Sonnemann
Sonnamanns, Limited
Wool sales open firm as 32000 bales offered
Fair price results reported at the opening of wool sales in Adelaide and eastern states. About 32,000 bales offered. Early best price for greys wool noted at 149d per pound and six bales of ANAB and W handled by C Hartmann of Mount Tareens.
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Adelaide
C. Hartmann
Mount Tareens
Bertram Ready for Record Attempt to England
Capt Bertram, a German aviator, and Australian pilot Mr GU Allen plan an early 4 30 a m departure from Point Cook Aerodrome for Alice Springs as the first stage toward England. They expect to reach Darwin on Saturday and depart at daybreak Monday to attempt a record flight.
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Melbourne
Bertram
GU. Allen
Point’ Cook
Alice Springs
England
Darwin
Gladstone Mayor Grubb's Education and Roles Highlighted
Mr G Grubb elected Mayor of Gladstone with long service in local bodies and clubs. He attended Norwood Public School Adelaide University and School of Mines, led St Illes Literary Society, won 45 first prizes and two gold medals in elocution, and served as president of Gladstone Golf Club Traders Association and other posts. The obituary notes Mr Waller Evans of Gladstone, age 60, his work at Gladstone Institute and service on town committees. Ensign Lennart Bernadotte, formerly Prince Lennart of Sweden, is in Stockholm pursuing a cabaret show venture and life modeling studies in Europe.
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G. Grubb
Gladstone
Norwood Public School
Adelaide University
School of Mines
Norwood
Grubb
Gladstone Golf Club
Saeiah Glut
Traders” Association
Institute
Back
The
Masonic Lod
Adelaide Hospital
Waller ‘L. Evans
Broken Hil
W. Odgers
Blacksmilth
Whrarine Tuistodian
Gladstone Institute
Meath
Glldstone
Cornell
Masomic
Mark and Oddfellows' Lodges
Messrs
Keith
Bele Evans
Ensign Lennart Bérnadotte
Karin
Nissyandt
Prince Lennart
Sweden
Stockholm
Wie
Reis Wellifg
Ensign -Bernadotte
Nelbabalsberg
Hellywood
Germany
The Recorder on sale at Pirie and Adelaide bookstalls
Pirie residents may obtain copies daily from the Bookstall near Railway Station North Terrace entrance. Adelaide purchases available at the same price as Pirie edition. Watch for the Bookstall placard with bold THE RECORDER letters.
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Port
Pirie
Adelaide
the Recorder
North ‘Terrace
St Pirie
Friends, Indeed! Royal aid after Terrance car crash
A fragmentary report notes Exel, badly injured in a Terrace car crash about three months ago, had royal friends among Wisepoling colleagues. Wis police guaranteed payment for a specialist, who was summoned to Adelaide. An operation occurred and £50 was paid to the surgeon. The force continued to sell, share, and move funds.
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Premide
Exel
Voolleagues
Gan- Stable
Wis
Win
Adelaide
Jett Pirie
Fire destroys Pyramid Hill shopping block in Melbourne blaze
A fire at Pyramid Hill main shopping block owned by Pyramid Hill Co operative Society Limited caused about £20,000 damage. Twenty-one shops housed within the block endured severe damage including walls roofs and merchandise. Firefighters faced intense heat and hazardous conditions delaying containment as bricks fell and casualties occurred among furnishings and stock.
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Melbourne
Pyramid Hill
Co-operative Society, Limited
Tore Gnable
Christmas Cheer Fund Seeks Subscriptions In Week
Generous response expected as donations to the Christmas Cheer Fund come in from Pirlo and Gheer Prite supporters. The committee hopes to raise £100 through public subscriptions and another £50 from three benefit concerts, with more gifts anticipated today as the festive season nears. Local firms including Prest a Limited Symonds Bros and J and O'Dea contribute as fundraising continues.
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Gheer
Christ Tus
A. H.L
Presta Limited
Symonds Bros
Bosomworth
EH Green
Racing caps stolen from Yarramba owner in Caullisid
Thieves broke into Hawthorn road Caullisid on Tuesday night and took racing caps belonging to owner Mr W Beles of Morrive Valley and Williamstown. Caps, valued at £300, were the only items stolen from the Yarramba stable after the Spring meetings.
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Melbourne
W. Beles
Pacehorse
Hawthorn Road
Caullisid
Morrive Valley
Williamstown
Yarramba Ab
Bradman Rest Trip Delays Australian Test Team Announcement
Robertson chair of cricket control said the second Australian Test team would not be announced today. Don Bradman departed Sydney for an unspecified rest trip and will not return until the week after next.
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Melrodans
de. Robertson
Board of Cricket Control
New Christmas Stock Shells Demand Inspection
Retailers promote a varied assortment including New Baby Dolls Cricket Bats Picture Books Balls Toy Buckets Cricket Sets Children’s Blackboards Aeroplanes Wheelbarrows Fancy Mugs and new glassware plus Alimanniugn Saucepan Sets. Shoppers urged to inspect stock before buying Christmas requirements.
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L. Harris
A. Brook
P. Whitehead
V. Tobin
G. Tuchauan
J. Buchenan
J. Markham
ML Dwyer
J. Bond
T. Brakenridge
RoMelee Boada
UBS
M. Govantiy
Tetons Vee Ag
MocMartn
WoMartin
Three Miles Scratch Williams
R. Stacey
D. Heller K
Syanett
C. Brook
R. Williams
Dy Voyle
J. Dormer
J. Brakenridge
WV Levan
Heller
Coventry
Toltnault
Baldwin
Dormer
G. Lane
J. Jonehoek
Y Whitehead
Murephy
Ressen
M -Bynriot
Pedestrian OY
L. Biess
R. Butler
Fitzgerald
Waite
A. Autler
Rat G. Stephens
Sedunarab
Ry W. Ellis
City
B. Pammentyritt P-Raker
S. Thompson
Brakenridge
J. Gibbons
iPimerica
J. Sharp
I Robinson G. Lacoy al
Veitch
HL Sharpe
M. Sundery Phanhanidieays
S.A
Heart OF Gold
Yatala Prison
Hayes
Bala
G. A. Allen
Sritali
Hans Bertram
Atlantis
Misa
Vines
Aelbourne
Victorag
Knoyong
Sterrait
Saj Yi Mages
Bedwarte
Mrenuworth
Vines i
Ceareford Lsa
V. Glenthill Ih
Tobin and
Purvell
Vic
Hopman and Sproule
Clemenger and Schlesinger
Turnbull
Ss LeMessurier
Tonkin
Miss Stevenson
Hawkes
O'lara Wand
Devanny
Hleevion
Oficers
Alexander Hore-Ruthven
RL Tev
B.‘Thomas
Willowhia
Ife
AL Nutter Thomas
G. Dey
Domiities
W. W. Fiddaman
Rh. N. Beckwith
London
Murray Districts
Ailantis
Recorder
Som Saere
Yarramba
Prests Limited
Lear
Wilday
S.M
Xmas — Novelties
the Crockery Department
At Prests Limited
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