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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
2
Shipping report lists vessels at Queen's Wharf including Anzhy Lillian and Madiway Wine with rosters of origin and owner entities. Schedules and port activity indicate harbor traffic and vessel statuses in the harbor area.
The Adelaide Steamship Co indicates weekly sailings from Port Adelaide to Port Lincoln Pirie and Whyalla with calls at Port Germein. The garbled text mentions Saturdays ports and a steam tug, with irregular phrases about passengers and general cargo amid unclear dates.
The commission concludes Badauss and Claxton knew Judd was under liquor influence and should have reported it. It finds no one witnessed Simpson being batonred by Judd and that Davis McCormack and Badayas had no personal knowledge of the pushing. Claxton did see the pushing and testified it at Local Court. The report notes Judd’s sobriety was not proven false in evidence and comments on Davis's cautious visit to Vasso’s verandah.
A heated recap of police testimony and Royal Commission findings in the Local Court case. It stresses the need for accurate recollection, notes contradictions in witnesses, and condemns an Alderman’s remarks while praising Mr Skewes’s public standing.
Health officers report one erysipelas one diphtheria and one pulmonary tuberculosis case in the fortnight. Pirie council considers improved sanitary accommodation. Budget talks discuss road works on Charles Street. Birley Children's Court deals with two youths aged 13 and 14 for unlawful use of toys. costs imposed on one parent. Church celebrations planned for Birrew Will with a week of services and socials. A distant report notes a vessel voyage from the island group near the Galapagos with long travel details.
Miss Xrillo Witte hosted a farewell evening at Mrs Jene Huytall’s home. Gunning, long serving postmaster at Broken Hill, retires on October 24 and will vacation until then. Mayor Geddes recognized Mr Leahey’s service with a gift at Pirie Town Council, while District Engineer Arthur Gren joins Hydran Department to oversee major water projects across Adelaide and regional sites, highlighting prior work on Beetalog Bundaleer and other schemes.
Dr Crane argues that specialization will improve foods and cooking, predicting a future where individuals cook less and rely on experts. He notes modern conveniences free women from routine tasks, broadening their roles in family life and public affairs as society moves toward greater efficiency and independence.
Adolph Weber and Leslie Rose were charged with larceny by taking a tarpaulin from the Full Australian Railway Depot yard near Pine. Both pleaded guilty before Mr Scott and were ordered to seven months in prison. Witnesses testified the men used the tarpaulin as a tent and claimed they were unaware they lacked authority to take it.
At a Zenith Local Board meeting Councillor Gouneilior Mhreaigold challenged The Truth article criticizing the administration. The Mayor J 3 Geddes dismissed the piece as indelicate while Inspector and Councillor Threadgold pressed on. The Inspector said rubbish tips appear briefly but are cleaned up when brought to attention.
A quirky exchange at a city meeting centers on a new pipe. Gr. Wo Hubinette smokes his own cigaretts while the Mayor and council members joke about commission pipes. The mayor says he has no pipe but that he got a light from it, drawing laughter from all.
Voirs supervised construction at the Barodta reservoir and raised the Peking reservoir bank. Mc Gre is the brother of Mr Waller Green, a clerk in the Chief Secretary's office, and 49 an amateur poultry breeder whose birds won an exhibition laying competiton at Parately.
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