31 Mar 1922
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1922
Page
1
Melbourne wires quote that Port Pirie Smelters could face closure as Meagher contends confidential deal talks with Belgian and American interests. The dispute involves fuel sales and competition concerns. officials reserve judgment amid industrial tension.
The Irish divisions peace movement held a representative conference in London at the Colonial Office with Mr Winslow Churchill presiding. Attendees included Lord Peel, Sir Hamar Greenstownd, Sir Worthington Evans, and Ulster leaders like Sir James Craig. Delegates from the south met later as talks extend for about three days.
Lyndon reports a Southern Protestants meeting showing strong anti Northern tolerance and condemning two natures doctrine. Unionist speakers stressed lack of religious bigotry in Muster and a Stign meeting adopted a resolution decrying hyperbole in British policy toward Ulster on the frontier.
Industrial unrest rises as unions threaten action amid stalled negotiations with employers. A directive issued by leaders sets a deadline a week away, signaling potential strikes or work stoppages if demands are not met. Reuter reports.
Report of a factional split within the LRA at a rally in Tughiii st Sunday. Sece ssionists accuse leadership of denying licenses and control, with several members quitting headquarters. Provisional Government tensions rise over election conduct and adult suffrage demand. Reuters.
A Newry message reports ambush killings of a seagrant and a special constable with another wounded near Guiloylle. Ulster Bank at Ballycastin is robbed. armed men threaten and seize cash, while Belfast and Dublin tensions rise as Republican Dail Eireann members debate treaty support and joint action.
Proceedings in the inquest into the death of Mrs Janet Williams continued this morning. The coroner sought to determine age, marriage, and manner of death with drowning as the proposed cause. Evidence suggested no other cause and the inquiry focused on whether the death was accidental or otherwise and the timing around February.
Reverend Dr Charles Stearns explored the fusion of sport and faith at a Melbourne church event on Sunday night. Professor Jones, a Glasgow critic, urged churches to abandon creeds for a new age, arguing religious forms must adapt to reason and modern inquiry.
A fragment from a Dublin newspaper discusses Easter arrangements and a proposed special train to Adelaide on Easter Thursday. It questions Saturday work for sitvp assistants and notes a public holiday. The text also covers political debate on dictatorship and the Irish Provisional government, with references to a convention and Free State army issues.
The prompt response stopped a blaze at Freeman's Journal building in London. Fire crews quickly suppressed the flames preventing major damage. Reportedly villagers had overlooked a large new printing machine amid preparations involving Mr Wartbir Grif and Mr Michael Col.
Adelaide rally hears Mr Hughes, Prime Minister, recounting Australia’s WWI role and Versailles ties, praises white Australia doctrine, postwar markets, immigration, and industrial recovery while urging workers to keep faith in national policy. He cites wheat and wool schemes, soldier settlement, and a strong, self-reliant economy.
A fragmentary note hints at an upcoming feature or event titled The Greatest of All Plyitc Ps At Me Albuimbra with limited readable details. The obscured text offers little context about date location or participants.
A Reuters dispatch from Reval says Lenin is ill with acute progressive paralysis as specialists diagnose. Reports from Moscow suggest Lenin may be dead based on a political assessment, with further updates awaited.
Washington on Wednesday the United States Senate ratified the naval and shore defense treaties from the disarmament conference. The Five Power Naval Limitation Treaty passed 84 to 1 with Senator Lodge the lone opponent, while other conference pacts received broad backing without amendments.
London report from Le Temps states the Reparations Commission accepts Sir John Bradbury's proposal to appoint a committee to study external loans for reparations payments. The committee will meet in Paris and include several experts to examine Germany's debt moratorium issue.
The Stilo Government engages in formal talks to buy Commonwealth gantries. A Pirie deputation to Acting Premier J Gi Bie confirms negotiations are advancing. Officials from the Harkers Board arrived in Pirie to inspect the gantry plan and gear.
An elderly man, Francis William Stray, recalls being robbed a week ago in Moore Park. He wandered in a dazed, famished state to Vauelise Park, unable to move or remember days, and lay unnoticed while suffering extreme privation until passersby alerted police and he was taken to Sydney Hospital.
A partially legible cable notice explains that certain content is transmitted to The Recorder by special permission. The text hints opinions differ from those of The Times unless officially stated otherwise.
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