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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
2
Expanding farm acreage and poultry potential offered in Victoria and Bunbury zones. Subdivisible 30 acre holdings with water access, dairy suitability, and improved land. building allotments near Essendon Street. two acre home plots with fruit trees. profitable poultry farm packages with sheds and dwellings. 10.44 acre garden land and weekly dairy notices.
PORT OF BUNBURY August notices list Camphill and Pilbarra vessels in port with cargoes and agents. Redbridge and Winfield expected from Middlesborough and Fremantle respectively, while Ellen Bickers from Sumatra is slated for Fremantle. Shown are captains, tonnage figures, and agent firms Millars Co and Forrest.
The Bunbury Herald argues against claims of parochialism over Bunbury harbor upgrades and the Marradong Pinjarra railway. It cites Governor speech from 1899 noting the breakwater, jetty widening, and timber trade growth, and asserts the South West naturally uses Koombana Bay as a port outlet.
The report argues current harbour works, including jetty extensions, total around £190,000 with two earlier schemes, a mole at £100,000 and an inner harbour at £430,600. It notes return on breakwater costs to date exceeds 6 percent, justifying further inquiry into a larger, long term harbour scheme.
Mrs Blask’s concert drew a fair attendance with an instrumental program led by local performers and a comic interlude based on De Stinet. The city band conducted by Randolph Beech played two numbers, praised Miss Bunting for accompaniment, and a charity note accompanied the event amid weather and financial angst. A later item advertises Wooda’s Peppermint Cure and a Bedford Hall lecture by H Yule Oldham on world explorers.
Per ann o l Mr 4 H Carr J P appointed to Local Governing Board of Education for Wellington District. Australian Exhibition of Women's Work in Perth Hall on the 14th 18th and 16th Argaat promises success with Governor General Lord Northcote and Government House party present. Bunbury Hospital reports quiet conditions per Dr Williams. Cornish's Drapery Store advertises winter bargains on millinery and garments. Bunbury pharmacy promotes services of Thomas McDowell MPS and Cane arp Co supplies surgical appliances with wide country delivery.
From our correspondent in South Bunbury a quisk week with dull trade, hard credit, and little news. Paddy Daly laments the bottle-ho business suffers first in hard times, fires are rare, and community morale wavers amid poor harvest and cold, damp days. The writer mentions local Gibsons, Pickerayville, and other names, notes a past fire, and predicts a new moon may bring change. continuation promised next Wednesday.
A sparsely attended meeting at Radford Hall discussed the Marradong Pinjarra railway influence on Fremantle and Bunbury trade. Speakers urged government railway policy to unlock western district commerce, proposing a select committee to study routes via Yarloop or Waroona and safeguard local export interests.
The Carrick Family of Entertainers supported by Leonard's Pictures will tour the South-Western Railway circuit, opening at Bunbury for four nights starting tomorrow. Adelaide press notes praise their versatility in singing, dancing, and onstage variety with new London arrivals and improved cinematograph effects.
The notice surveys Moore Administration policy and federation strains while local council debates reclaiming the Oval for a multi sport complex. It notes a push for engine repairs, grassing and leveling, and urgent completion ahead of football use, aiming to attract events and revenue. The piece also recalls a chaotic railway yard incident and minor police personnel changes in Bunbury.
A. C. Cook announces a special line of interchangeable lenses and frames to improve and protect eyesight. If you feel your sight is not as it should be, call and have it tested for accurate glasses. Watchmaker and jeweler A. C. Cook, Telegraph Street, Baubury.
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