This week in history: January 23, 1924

A drunken railway passenger is fined, Harrison Ford stars in a movie and a columnist stands up for female cricket fans.

This week in history: January 23, 1924
The Melbourne Express crosses a bridge at Callington. Photo: State Library of South Australia (B 1256).

From the archives of the River Murray Advocate...

Murray Bridge Police Court

William Wallace has been charged with having, between Callington and Murray Bridge on January 17, committed a nuisance in a railway carriage.

The accused pleaded guilty and was fined £5, with 10/ costs, or, in default, two months’ imprisonment in the Adelaide Jail.

He was also charged with having unlawfully remained in a railway carriage in a state of intoxication, and was fined £5.

Three Miles Out

When the popular stage and screen star Madge Kennedy appears at the Lyric Theatre, Murray Bridge on Wednesday next in her newest and most thrilling production, Three Miles Out, a story of laughs and thrills laid amid the mystic environment of that famous stretch of water known as “three miles out”, where bootleggers and rum runners ply their illicit traffic, some big film favourites will be seen in the cast.

Harrison Ford will be seen in a heroic role; Marc McDermott will portray the “heavy” role of Luis Riccardi, the mastermind of the rum-running system; and Ivan Linow will enact a ruffianly bully and villainous character known as “Bull” Jorgen.

Women and the test

An immense number of women have attended (a test match in Adelaide this week).

The women are by no means as ignorant of cricket as some persons would have us believe.

They are educated in the niceties of the game, and follow its fortunes with a most intelligent interest.

The most inane comments do not come from them.

Some of the men are just about as stupid in their comments as could be imagined.

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