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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1925
Page
2
Shipping report notes Miata and Geom Sydnes arrived in port with several vessels in port and more ships expected. Reports mention New York steamship lines and a halt in detailed movement while awaiting docking and convoy arrangements.
Adelaide Steam Tug Company operates a steam tug service to Whyalla departing Tuesday and Friday at 7 am. Returns the same day with passengers and general cargo when circumstances permit.
Om leaves Hart Hotel at 0 am and returns Sundays. Leaves Gresham Hotel Adelaide weekdays and Sundays. timetable shows limited service with a single return. Contact Watts & Higgs, proprietors, for details and phone numbers in Adelaide Central.
The Port Pirie Baptist Church presents a Sunday program with sermon offerings and varied services. A visitor welcome is noted and special hymns and readings are listed for morning and evening, including references to musical anthems and the Alpha and Omega.
Rev A C Stevens argues that fear and religion drive political manipulation in elections and notes recurring bogeys from Russia to Bolshevism. He contrasts dull socialists with communists advocating property abolition, cites historical examples from Plato to More, and warns Australia faces risk from distressed workers turning to direct action rather to peaceful reform.
A concise, persuasive missive on generational responsibility warning that boys will inherit and shape all systems, institutions, and reputations. It emphasizes that policies and legacies hinge on the next generation, who will judge our work and carry forward or discard our efforts.
An advertisement touts Balmowal OM-6 Hons with various fittings and rooms. It promises a well built home with heavy walls, fixtures, baths, tanks, and deposits for prime terms. The text lists numerous items, rooms, and weekly earnings, urging swift contact for purchases and terms.
An early 20th century advertisement by J and R Forgan Ltd Crystal Brook and Port Pirie promotes Orient Line steamship passages to London via Toulon Gibraltar Plymouth Vila Gelumby Suez Peri sald Naples with new liners of 20 060 tons gross and 26 300 tons displacement. It highlights enhanced third class, more public rooms, larger single berths, and increased passenger capacity. Fares for single and return passages are listed with holiday excursion options to Colombo. M G Anderson and Co and John Darling and Son act as agents.
A damaged notice fragment cites responsible party limits on debits after a date. It lists names and addresses including Taian, Mexanure, Nasata Beam, Levunli Kusshe, and David Street, with unclear claims about residency and intent regarding a nationwide agreement. The text references Mauderahsation and territorial warment, with stray legal phrasing and missing context.
The Frteyils of the dale announce the funeral for Jamen from his son's residence on Howe Street Maryaville today. Interment is planned at Une Parke meters.
Fragmentary classified notice reads carpenter and builder services on Muth Street Pirle Wood with phone number 437 for inquiries.
Fragmentary personal notice recounts details of a birth in Gawler six years ago and the subsequent residence near Gladstone. Mentions a child’s upbringing with parents in eyes of the community and a companion role accompanying someone named Reiphep.
A workman named William Ford plunged about 35 feet from a cleft and landed on the pavement. He was rushed to Ure hospital in a dying condition after being struck by a live electric wire while at the Public Works department. The incident occurred today at the government printing office.
Local notes report the Gladstone Town Council to contact the Listriet Bugler about the water supply and seek urgent attention. A Pirie court case fined Howald Goulter ten pounds and four pence for driving a car without proper number plates. The North Western District Synod is slated for October 27–28 at Gladstone Methodist Church with Rev. Vivian Roberts presiding.
Over 700 farmers from Yorkes Peninsula witnessed the official opening of Cresco Fertilizer Works at Wallaroo on Thursday. Dr Harbison set the machinery in motion, signaling a hopeful turn for Wallaroo's economy after mine closures as the plant begins operations in a 19 acre site with a large storage building and future expansions.
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