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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
2
A calm day at the harbor shows two vessels in Port plus one at the Anchorage. The Puriri and Aldinga are due to sail tomorrow while other ship movements remain unclear amid a quiet scene at Smelters Wharf Iron Crown and nearby gantries.
The Adelaide Steamship Company operates PARINGA from Port Adelaide every Saturday at 2 pm to Lincoln Pirie and Augusta with Corl Germein call fortnightly to Punt Pirie and Punt Adelaide via Augusta and Lincoln.
The Adelaide Steam Tug Company operates the steam tug Nelceb ee with trips to Whyalla on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 am. Returns to same port with passengers and cargo noted for specified instances.
Oper Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon, with white entertainment at the fairgrounds.
An array of bicycle parts and fittings with prices in pre decimal style. Items include pedals logs wheels saddles pumps chains and brackets with varying old currency values such as 3d 9d 6d and 1/68. The list names brands and components like Brooks saddles Uli lamps and BSA chain wheels.
Leonardo Angione of Port Pirie files for naturalisation under the Commonwealth Nationality Act 1920-28. Born in Molfetta Italy and resident in Australia four years, he currently lives at 28 Ellen Street Port Pirie and aims to become an Australian citizen.
A listing of multiple homes in Solomontown with four to seven rooms, back verandahs, baths, tanks, and outbuildings. Deposits range from £25 to £150 with terms arranged. Properties include enclosed layouts, garages, stables, and large allotments in a mix of good and excellent positions.
Listings describe multiple four and five room properties for sale or rent with deposits and terms. Includes four-room cottages with kitchen and bath, two- to five-room houses in good localities, some newly painted or renovated, and verandahs. Inspect extensive list. inquiry advised.
An auction at 230 Tobacco Stock and Plant at 8 oclock lists fresh beef mutton veal dressed rabbits table poultry vegetables honey almonds with a wide household purge including fumed oak furniture, mirror bedroom suite, beds, dining table, sideboard, chairs, glassware and more items. It features a hospital bed and various Sunirivs and accompanying accessories.
Today at 2.30 oclock A H L Goode and Co will auction the stock and plant for Mr F Boren. Items include pipes cigars cigarettes strops razors harp oil cream copper urn hairdressing chairs mirrors fancy goods sundries and more. Auctioneer Fred Grey sturmiture premises at 1 Smerdongilie. Likely July 2.
Goods for auction include two comfy chairs and Chesterfield set, seagrass chairs, music stand, pedestal, fire screen, mirrors, pictures, oak bedstead and springs, wardrobe, table and kit items, glassware, enamelware, copper items, garden tools, ladders, blinds, lamps, dinner and tea services, cushions, and a nest of sundries from Mrs. F Pope’s belongings. Date and precise terms not specified.
Today at 2 30 o clock Fred Wurm & Co. conduct a sale listing table poultry dairy produce and vegetables. Offers include galvanized items and prime fresh apples honey and fruit with prices and weights noted for dairy produce and other goods.
This Day J C Scotcher sells under instructions of the Bailiff. One large sideboard four iron double bed and spring. Also meat butter eggs poultry money vegetables sundries. One of the oldest farming properties in the North near Pirie. 422 acres well improved. Terms arranged. Call for particulars at AK L Goode & Co.
An advertisement invites buyers to wait for a new motorcycle resembling the Rudge-Whitworth design noted for speed and economy. Local agent McIntyre will provide particulars at Port Pile Hospital, Marlin Francis, Salomontown.
In loving memory of a dear husband and father Wil Jane Motealt who passed away at Dart Pirie on June 26 1817. His loving wife and only daughter Bila Hurdine publish a brief tribute, describing a beautiful memory left behind and lasting love.
London reports that George Eastman of Eastman Kodak donated millions in stock and cash. He gave five percent of his 23 percent stake to employees who could buy at par, totaling over 1.0 million pounds. He later added about £600,000 to various philanthropic causes, lifting the total to roughly £3,000,000 for employees and charities.
The article critiques the Seamen's Union role in Australia, noting wages are set by Arbitration Court awards and sea travel standards under the Navigation Act. It argues job control and crew shortages harmed ships, warns against attempts to embed non sanctioned awards in ship articles, and cautions against broad strikes as costly to workers.
Local progress marks two large building projects in Pirie as workmen advance on a mary Ellie street technical school and extensive Royal Exchange Hotel additions. The new technical school promises a well designed, spacious facility with readily available materials for the contractor.
In Pirie and Solomontown reports describe a measles outbreak easing but many children still absent from schools. The piece notes mild worsened mood and unemployment in the Port Pirie industrial area with crowds of idle men in the streets reflecting broader welfare concerns.
Pier residents report 850 wharf workers idle in Pirie as unemployment drags on. Lor d O Malley of the Watercids Workers Federation cites ongoing commerce and slack periods, noting most idle workers are married men with families and awaiting ship traffic to rebound. The waterfront has been quiet for over two months with few ships visiting.
In Adelaide a dawn burglary at Davis and Co is halted by Constables Buxton and Somers when a man fled after a bicycle pursuit. A forged window, a galvanised six foot fence, and a bag of metal left on the footpath indicate the break in.
A Tuesday night Pirie Motor Cycle Club gathering featured rousing choruses and performances by Hill Howe Hanley Meade and Mieriieh. Mr Meane oversaw the program with water cycle games won by Mr Mierigen earning a planetary repair tool, while Hampstead received a spark plug. The event underscored club aims to foster good fellowship and practical riding skills among local motorcyclists.
Detectives received instructions yesterday morning to report to Port Adelaide headquarters. They traveled to Pirie by the 5.25 train and were given further orders.
Dr. Frank Crane argues that modern people sail with sails set by public opinion yet lack endurance. He warns many chase ideals without the will to persevere, while others work hard but lack motivation. He urges resisting winds of opinion at times to move forward and reach port.
Police investigate a deliberate break in at Howe Bros over a weekend raid. Entry was gained by a person with a key, theft valued at about unknown amount, and no forced entry. Detectives pursue leads but no decisive clue yet as authorities seek the culprit.
A young woman reports being grabbed from behind and mistreated by an unknown man in Ellen Street near a Verlain business on Monday around 3:49 PM. Police inquiries are under way as she did not return to work the next day and authorities seek suspects after several similar incidents.
In today market quotes Butte butter and creamery products show best separators and fresh butter in bulk at firm prices. Eggs fresh per dozen at 1/6. ducks at 1/7. cheese new makes 10d to 1s per pound. Dacon buttons vine apples and sides priced. live poultry including prize roosters and quoks listed. turkeys good to prime. potatoes and onions noted with quality and rail prices.
A. A. Pearce and Co. received stock exchange quota liens from S. G. Ward and Co. Ade, dated June 29. Entries include Amalgamated Zinc and Zine Corporation with buyer and seller figures, Electrolytic Zinc, Zinc Block, Sulphide Zinc, North and South lists, plus multiple named buyers and sellers. Also noted is Mrs. Mary Lin of Newcastle recovering after a sudden incident during prayers at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Oneal, Falinburgh.
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