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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
4
The Governor Sir Archibald Weilgall plans an official visit to Port Pirie. A visit committee led by Mayor J Firmin Jenkins and commissioners M L Warren W H Campbell will arrange the welcome. The visit is expected to occur mid May and should cost Port Pirie as little as possible.
Frederick Orwald Lohrman appeared at Port Pirie Police Court on a charge of attempted death by his own action. Dr Tassie testified a March throat wound was not life threatening. witness statements described hardship as motive. Lohrman, a German, was discharged from hospital and bound over to keep the peace in two sureties of £10.
Anzac Day events are set in Port Pirie with two civic religious services at the Town Hall on Monday evening. Ministers from all denominations will participate and the Salvation Army Band will lead singing. A social and concert precede the service on April 27 at the Rejected Volunteers’ Association. tickets are available from Mr. W. G. Sweetland or committee members.
Fragmentary ad lists flower wreaths posies bonquets and ornamental shrubs with beads bulbs and garden tools. Mentions feeds seeds and garden equipment plus advice on fees and payment terms.
Nellie Jeffs of Bell Street South Townsville Queensland recounts using Morse Indian Root Pills first in Scotland for constipation. She testifies they are mild yet effective and recommends them, noting widespread favorable opinions and continued praise from diverse users.
A 14 year old girl Norma Annie Zanker died when a log fell on her near Balaklava while she tended cows. The accident occurred Wednesday morning as she returned from the river to the trap area by her father Ernest Zsuker. Doctor McEwin attended but she died from a fractured spine. An inquest was to be held with officials reporting the case to J P Falveaon.
Kidney trouble causes backache, pain, and disturbed sleep. Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills are promoted as a cure with a testimonial from Mrs. McLoughlin of Port Pirie stating dramatic relief after two bottles. Sold by chemists or posted by Foster-McClellan Co. at 2 shillings per bottle.
At St Paul’s vestry meeting on April 7 Port Pirie elected officers including J B Thompson as Minister’s Warden and L B Knight as People’s Warden. New minister Percy H to assist W T Shepley at Central Methodist Mission. several local names listed for wardens council and committees. Obituaries note the deaths of long-time residents Mrs H G Watson and Mrs J Cavenett.
At a later stage of the meeting it was decided that the sympathy of Cowsell be tendered to the bereaved relatives.
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