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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
4
In Weybridge, the Australia team triumphed at the tournament final. Miss Bord and partner Neil defeated Miss Musdant and Stebbing 6-1, 6-? in the doubles final, amid strong Australian success overseas on the tour.
Melbourne reports Dr Tsar J. Rw lings of the public health department endorses oysters for nutrition stating they mimic milk’s value with no fattening effects and high minerals and iodine. Lance Toe Saruf has organized a Central Australia tuna study with possible Adelaide scientist accompanyment underway in weeks.
This afternoon a junior match will be played at Memorial Qval between a Kadina D Grade Association team and the Mike Junior Association. Mr K Sandery will supervise. Players listed include Eddy, Thomas, Wilson, Philips, Lainton, Darby, Kessel, Plumb, Broadstock, McKernall, Ki ming, Dixon, Samuels, Tamblyn, Hanah, and others with emergency contact H Mitchell.
A heavy shower slowed Friday’s match on slippery ground. Millbank and Searman starred for a fine contest. Final: High School 4 goals 2 behinds. West 1 goal. Best: Millbank White Knight Laurie Searman. D Walker scored for West.
The Weather Bureau Adelaide reports a week ending June 3 with initial cloudy high pressure, then a low system bringing renewed unsettled weather. Rain spread from the West and Central districts to the East, with heavy falls in elevated areas and scattered showers in remaining districts. Rain totals reach up to several inches in some spots, then easing as a widespread anticyclone settled over the continent.
George Fitzmaurice presents A Thief In Paradise adapted from Leonard Merrink’s The Worldlings with Doris Kenyon and others in a tale of impersonation love and ambition set from China Court to San Francisco and California beaches. Also showing Painted Lady a vivid tale of a young woman drawn into a glamorous life at sea and a coral island romance.
Austral Theatre features the comedy The Ages with Buster Keaton as rivalries unfold from cave to modern ages. Wallace Beery clashes with Keaton in a humorous romp, followed by the Universal thriller Mantracker and a serial. Also on the bill are a social matinee and the record breaking Thief of Bagdad.
ADELMIDE Saturday knocked dew by janitor Fox Law of Forest Estate admitted to Adelaide Hospital Monday Showed slight improvement, critical renitent condition. Jack May youth on Din street Mile RI el admitted with thigh wound and concussion serious condition. Raw riding a minor cycle collided with a motor car. Mrs Wumah Geoe 73 Hughes Street Mile End knocked down by car suffered ear injuries head five and dislocated shoulder progressing favorably.
London reports SUTCLFFE the renowned international cricketer injures his right thumb. He splits the inside of the thumb while playing, raising concerns about his availability for upcoming matches.
UM Kahn a 50 year old German displayed a claimed sixth sense in Paris, reading unseen letters. In a private demo before M Louvheur and M Berthou among others, nine participants wrote notes then swapped them. Kahn correctly identified each original note with one minor error.
A Melbourne public wool meeting at DL Temperance Hall led by the Victorian Farmers' Union and Chamber of Agriculture unanimously urged Sir John Higgins to propose a national body to centralise wool marketing. Key speakers urged Australian-wide action to stabilise prices and avoid market chaos, noting New Zealand readiness to join a stabilisation scheme and calling for a permanent Australian Wool Council with federal ministerial backing.
Collins, welterweight champion, stops Tommy Uren with a temple blow after a forceful rally. Uren led on points early, but Collins landed a decisive punch to end the match as the referee halted the action.
In City Stadium last night Bu-Butcher outpointed Eugene Vulaire in a display connected to the Australian wool industry conference. The gathering discussed best marketing methods for unsold future wool clips and considered creating an Australian Wool Council with state boards as a permanent compulsory stabilisation plan. The motion passed unanimously with amendments and officials were appointed to present resolutions to Sir John Wiggins and attend an interstate conference of wools growers.
Dr Frank Crane extols dust as the origin of matter and life, noting humanity’s creation from dust and its return thereto. He argues skulls, growth, and thought arise from dust, while future renewals emerge from this same base material, presenting dust as both death and potential rebirth.
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