18 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1922
Page
1
Workers at Piriv lo Smelters Company face expired wage terms and no official update. Carpenters and other unions plan to meet company reps to discuss wages and conditions for 12 months, with preliminary talks aimed for a conference to set dates.
Fragmented text reports on ore transport and holiday impacts at a regional facility. Mentions quantities in tons, disruptions around Christmas, and potential braking or storage concerns. Names and places are unclear due to OCR issues but reference a barrier ore operation and travel delays during the festive period.
Fragmented OCR text discusses metals prices with garbled phrases and scattered figures. Mentions LEAD and SILVER with unclear values and dates. No coherent events or named entities clearly identifiable.
News brief from Ghlae states Captain Butler remains in danger while reported condition notes improvement. The piece mentions persistent illness and uncertain recovery, with local reactions and ongoing concern from officials and observers.
The will of Alexander Porteous Brown of Kilmarnock left £100,000 to a temperance mission auxiliary promoting temperance to prevent gambling and wars. He left his housekeeper £14 weekly and later a sixpence income, with £4000 to £5000 annual yield. He invested in property and banking in Brisbane, funds untouchable for 30 years. settlement details unsettled.
Survivors from a steamer wreck report a blaze and possible poisoning as fires and explosions struck a river voyage. Several lifeboats destroyed and crew loss tallies include many deaths with some jumping overboard and drowning. Rescue teams and survivors were later evacuated by lifeboat and vessel escorts.
United Service of London reports Sir Hoss Sully completing preparations for Ross Smith work. Wight and Vickers employments secured with Nowler engines, both being prepared. Smith plans to store petrol supplies at various points and arrange spring readiness.
The Premiers Conference opened today in Melbourne with no New South Wales representative present. Premier Barwell of South Australia defended his stance on colored labor for the Northern Territory, saying he believed his views were correct and offered no apologies, citing supportive letters from business leaders nationwide.
In Jabuk region a man called at several farms seeking work then attacked Mrs Campbell and a 47 month old child. He bound and threatened them, fired a rifle, and fled. Mrs Campbell cut twine, freed herself, and found her husband who had been shot in the arm. He is hospitalized. Police hunt the assailant, described as well dressed and educated. Residents complain police response was slow.
In Melbourne on Tuesday Mr W M Hughes reported the conference debated break of gauge and trade representation with Great Britain. Unification of gauge and New South Wales delays were discussed while immigration and settlement schemes via land for migrants were outlined. The conference planned talks on Empire preferences and Australian trade representation abroad.
Plans accelerate for a royal visit with the Prince of Wales. Authorities re furnish the foreign imperial police and prepare hunting parties in the Imperial forest. Four new motor craft will be built for a Lake Bawa excursion and special railway cars are being prepared.
Police state George Baker head of Brighton after the December 31 shooting of Joseph Rainsbury, a bookmaker, by revolver bullet. Baker was discharged from hospital today and detectives then arrested him on a charge of murdering Rainsbury.
Melbourne Tuesday State coroner's inquiry into Alma Tirtschke murder not finished with twenty witnesses to be called Ross the accused remains in Melbourne Gaol eating and sleeping well.
News dispatches report a British backed offer to finance railway gauge conversion in Australia. E Foss, managing director of the British Shipping and Finance Corporation, says the firm will raise 57 million pounds with a behind the scenes financial group. The capitalists are described as Scots with family ties to Australia, identities kept confidential.
Sydney reports rapid developments as Labor factions align behind leaders Mr. Frooley and Mr. McGirr. A parliamentary meeting stretched late, while Speaker Levy faces controversy over remarks about the Speakership if the NSW Parliament dissolves. The Daily Telegraph prints a reporter’s statutory declaration detailing the alleged conversation with Mr Levy.
An Adelaide area veteran, Private Armulf Henderson, of Hastings New Zealand, reportedly shot himself in the head while en route with a colleague from the Posurinitee Pastoral Company. The two men had been transporting nine donkeys that died after ingesting poison weed, a distraction that preceded his death. Henderson’s body was found at the Antec Well Shed near the Bimboywairtation site. His relatives were notified, and a private inscription was found bearing his name.
At Mannahill Mrs Davis store was burglarized on Sunday afternoon while the family was away in a motor car. A lodger Mr John OLeary spotted a figure through a window and police later found a thief had entered via an unlocked kitchen door and a locked shop door was forced. A towel lay in a nearby bedroom as officers recovered a knife and the thief fled before being disturbed.
In Adelaide on Tuesday Mr Justice Parsons urged public to view sentencing with context. He criticized using war records to excuse crime and highlighted offenders facing hopeless futures after repeated lapses. A prisoner described a fall from crime to ruin, including injury and poverty, as factors shaping mercy and rehabilitation.
Edward Shephardson received two years for breaking and entering. James Viney pled guilty to three charges of forgery and uttering and got three years and three months. Viney also serves six months for passing a valueless cheque. Donald Halloway nine months for stealing jewellery. Shaw three years ten months for breaking and entering. George Nelson two years for horse stealing. Searle forgery 18 months. Mills duo 48 and 12 months for shop theft. Moore five years for jewellery theft. Winchester three months for stealing a ring. Esson 18 months for stealing diamond rings. Launder 18 months for false pretences.
Premier Mr Mitchell asserts Western Australia can absorb one million immigrants yearly. He voiced bold plans during an interview, expressing unwavering confidence in Commonwealth capacity to integrate a vast influx.
Five year old Murray Bannon was fatally shot by a rifle carried by his cousin Clarrie Wakefield at Murray Bridge. The cartridge exploded, and the bullet pierced the boy, the tragedy reported from Adelaide on Tuesday.
A 62 year old resident of Halnbow Vitoria identified as Mr FH Yoong was run over and killed by a truck in the railway yard yesterday. The accident occurred in the yards with emergency services in attendance and investigations underway.
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a sequel titled AL's Buttons and mention Corine Grimth in Moral Fibre. The readable text is sparse with odd spellings and unclear context, making full summary speculative.
London reports crowds gathered as eight ministers arrived at Dublin Castle to assume power, amid cheers and a ceremonial handover. Troop removals quicken, Irish auxiliaries face demobilisation, and officials outline contracts and pay amid a tense transition under Lord Fitzalan and Sir John Anderson.
Tokyo reports the Japanese Cabinet instructed delegates in Washington on Saturday about the Bonin Islands policy. It argues that Hawaii and Midway should be treated differently in the status quo, with Hawaii included administratively under Tokyo and Midway near Honolulu. The Foreign Office denies any shift in the balance of fortification policy.
In London at Old Busey Court an established accounting firm’s trio were found guilty of fraudulently filing income tax returns. Pattullo received £3500, Forde £1000, and Wil le £300. The court ordered imprisonment until fines are paid.
Jorge Higgs an elderly pensioner died after a January incident in Adelaide. Thomas Leslie Bullock of Waymouth Street allegedly threw him into the street and kicked him. In police court Bullock was charged with assault and fined five pounds with 24 days imprisonment in default.
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