17 May 1923
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
1
Ammonia cargo caused an explosion at a London dockyard as crews battled the ensuing fire. No immediate injuries reported, while authorities secured the area and investigated the blast’s origin and potential hazards to nearby facilities.
Dispatches note Allied circles urging relief for the reparations issue with May 47 as a marker. France opposes settlement by arbitration over the Turko Greek rupture. Bastilines of the Mariza loom unless Turks offer acceptable proposals. Also reports a fire aboard the New Zealand Shipping Rugpelst near London with 100 sailors injured, 9 cabins lost, and two thousand tons of armoured cargo at stake.
A fragmentary ad lists prices for costumes and shawls in English fabrics. It promotes a 10 day sale of shawls at cash prices with various sizes and numbers, urging customers to inspect stock and visit the shop.
Port Pirie officials led by Deputy Louglay urged the Minister of Public Works to legislate extending a deep drainage sewerage system to Port Pirie. They argued a state funded scheme, though costly, could be self supporting via user charges, improve health, and boost local industry.
Brisbane election reports Mr H A Bruce of Labor leads Mr J K Glogs of U P in Kennedy seat as Labor eyes a 46 seat majority. The Times notes cautious optimism for a Labor government with calls for reform and a shift to more responsible administration amid internal party divisions and broader reconstruction talk.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a news blurb about a tragedy involving a woman named Dil l and a child in Tamworth. The legible bits reference a married woman, a possible charge, and a disturbing scene described in terse, unclear terms.
A garbled report from Broken Hill indicates Mr. Basingrad Lewis general manager of the BAP Company and two associates were seen yesterday. The text mentions a possible appearance today and a follow up on details, but the spelling is unclear and many names and actions are uncertain.
Paris dispatch reports grave worry in French and British circles over Germany's ability to meet reparations and the potential collapse of the mark. Berlin notes indicate France and Belgium face factory disruptions and control measures, while talks in London seek a plan to avert a continental financial crisis.
London inquest adjourned for a week as Jacob Dickie faces murder charges. Medical evidence confirms four pellet wounds in the body. Alexander Mason has been arrested and charged, with disputed claims about accomplices and criminal ties.
Sydney reports that a majority of the State Cabinet oppose the Federal Government’s proposal to abolish per capita payments in return for the withdrawal from the income tax. Many Nationalist Party members are unsettled by the cabinet’s stance.
A local store advertises special wine bottles priced at 2 per bottle with options for 5 or 6 small items. The poorly legible text hints at a promotional deal on wine cases and single bottles.
The conference of representatives from coal, machinery, and collie unions with the Council of the Workers in Australia, Sydney, set seven clauses. The main decision bars immediate union divisions, confines strikes to mines, and imposes a 16 percent levy on members to maintain discipline. Expulsion follows a second offense. The plan aims to unite miners and support orderly action. Members from Maitland and surrounding districts attended.
The Irish Free State government plans to ask the British to return prisoners to England after a Lords decision. It is expected the government will comply with the request and consider taking criminal proceedings against some internees. Compensation for internees not to be charged to the releasees, while a separate incident reports Plunkett shot dead in Valleymont street during an engagement with twelve surrendering followers armed with machine guns.
London reports at a Labor Ministry inquiry reveal a worrisome shift in domestic service. Officials note dinners and basements repurposed as refuges, while evidence shows antipathy to labor saving devices and a decline in old fashioned Scottish maids.
Melbourne is told of a robbery involving a 27 year old driver Charles Daniels who was abducted at gunpoint by two men near Bourke Street. Daniels described threats to his life as the assailants demanded his car keys and a bag, then drove off toward Queen’s Bridge before the vehicle and assailants vanished.
Sydney Wednesday news reports Mnalanse Digby Wade committed for trial on a charge of false pretences involving the sum of £8500. Bush is alleged to have provided a surety of £800.
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