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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
4
The News Adelaide conducts a plebiscite to pick 725 top cricketers for England. Scott gains support after Sheffield Shield form while Pritchard and W Richardson appeal, with debate over whether Richardson or Bardsley should precede him. Readers urged to vote via coupon.
Sir David Shackelhagin K O B resigns from the post of Chief Labor Adviser to the Ministry of Labor after decades of service. Born in Cloughford and rising from Lancashire cotton work to Whitehall, he has held high office with a salary of £3000 a year. He has been described as a father of the present Labour Party with a long record as J.P., Darwen councillor, and M P for Clitheroe.
On October 30 the Turkish government urged vilayet authorities to enforce European style hats and ban the fez. In Constantinople crowds for the Republic’s anniversary wore many hats and performed a new salute as Angora leaders were referenced. An old conservative clung to his fez, being ridiculed as a Sultan.
An Australian testimonial crowd touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for backache dizziness and kidney trouble. Statements from White and others claim relief after seven bottles and ongoing kidney health since treatment. Pills sold at 2/9 per bottle via Foster-McClellan Co. Sydney with warning to ensure you get the genuine product.
Melbourne Herald correspondent notes SA leaders moving to national roles as Sir Henry Barwell enters the Senate through the emergency door. Former premiers Kingston Playford Downer Cameron King and Holder formed a formidable Senate-House contingent. A new SA Senator reserves blunt views on Labor and northern black labor,!/end
Mr Thorne Baker demonstrated broadcasting pictures using a copper etched sheet as the recording surface and a valve wireless set at the Royal Photographic Society in Russel Square. The King and Queen image was transmitted in three and a half minutes, with sensitised paper cost under a penny per picture.
Authorities in Somerset House contend with a bizarre case from Me Daily Express about a sailor's un witnessed last will and testament scrawled on an ordinary egg. The egg, bearing 47h 1925 and the plea everything I possess, is now in a wooden box with photographers, as solicitors seek a valid copy after deeming the document invalid for lack of witnesses.
A fortune exceeding £55,000 from the late Mr Frank Hylands of Ealing is left to Miss Caroline Davies now boarding in Ealing. Ms Davies, ally of the Hylands family, inherits with £6000 to J Proctor Russell of Worksop and £1000 to engineer Mr Kennett Norchi of Ghiswiek. Hylands’ son valued at £75,947.
Organs were introduced into Western Europe from Constantinople when it was the capital of the lower empire and first applied to religious devotion in churches.
Fifty two horses started at the sixth meeting of the local trailing club on Saturday. The Maidens attracted 15 entries and ran in two divisions with varying times. Witch Way won the second division in strong form while others like Public Talk and Peroomba Belle showed improvement. New prospects include a Sparkling Wilkes progeny and young stock from Grainger, plus Venus sent to Port Pirie for training.
The Solomontown stable of Messrs M and S Starke, owners of Sandy Bob Blue True and others, has earned five cups and 40 ladies bracelets with over £600 in prizemoney. Starting three years ago in Port Pirie, they bred Blue True and Happy Jack, sold Happy Jack to Kadina’s J Kinnear, and declined an offer to train Blue True. Blue True may still be sold.
A reader recalls an 1905 English magazine showing dress prices for young women. Boots and shoes cost 7/4 to 4/6, dresses ranged 4/6 to 12/6, silk stockings 4/, gloves 2/6, and outfits for boating or dancing reflected luxury. The piece contrasts past affordability with today’s rising costs and fashion dictates.
A woman resists guidance on her plans to establish something, insisting she does not want help or input from others. The remark underscores her determination and stance on autonomy.
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