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Newspaper
Tambellup Times
Location
Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1920
Page
2
The Prince of Wales visits Western Australia as part of a globe trotting tour praised as a triumphal return for Empire loyalty. The piece notes strong support from dominions, pride in wartime sacrifices, and disappointment at not hosting a royal greeting on home soil.
Under-Secretary for Public Works reports L Grant’s tender at £682 7s 9d for Carlecamup Bridge and approaches has been accepted. Albany to Perth train altered today at 6:45 pm from 3:30 as usual. run Sundays. Pruning demonstration by Government Inspector H L Cailes Friday at 2:30 pm in F Higman’s orchard Cliff Street. Asian Pitchers opens Clarence Street business supplying firewood gravel manure and carting. Esperance Norseman Railway: start appears near. sleepers shipped to Esperance and land resumed per Gazette notice. Woods Great Peppermint Cure mentioned.
Katanning reports include a veterinary absence from July 1 to 7, and a policy on school entry for children born July to December. Public meetings planned for a cooperative store and a war memorial appeal, plus rainfall totals, a Peace Flag gift, train seating plans, and Traffic Act tyre markings. Local accidents, repatriation entertainments, and a rare snowfall with cold temps complete the roundup.
Katanning district Local Committee of Repatriation met in the Katanning Town Hall despite bad weather. R L Richardson was reelected president, with W Bray as vice president and A V McShane as secretary. The meeting approved the annual report and balance sheet, paid tribute to retiring officers, and discussed free entertainment for children and potential joint sports with the RSL to support repatriation funds.
A depiction of a severe cold as a threat to a family and business, urging men to avoid neglect and seek Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery. It emphasizes pneumonia risk and asserts the remedy’s effectiveness, noting availability at Richardson and Co.’s.
The Methodist Young People's Department plans a Victory Tree for every Methodist Sunday School in the State in memory of the nation’s wartime victory. Trees are to be planted in church grounds and named the Victory Tree. A yearly Thanksgiving oratory will be held near Ansac Day with the Doxology sung. There are 580 Methodist schools invited to participate.
Mr Justice Higgins, reviewing the gan workers strike for the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, states the claim in lag is 47 a week basic wage for laborers. Employers had agreed to pay all rates from Let May and conceded no weekly for a daily wage, yet were ready to meet the men halfway, but the men halted work seeking more.
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