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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
3
A piece advocates WA facing financial strain through Premium Bond issues backed by government security. It argues bonds are tradable, provide steady income, and would fund a £5,000,000 loan with £5 bonds accessible to all. A specimen prospectus is promised to explain details.
Prospectus announces bearer bonds with 2 percent annual interest paid semiannually at Treasury Perth. Each £5 Bond carries 90 coupons. total issue £100000. Quarterly drawings select £25000 in bonds at set prices. results published in Government Gazette. Bonds payable at Treasury Perth. unpresented bonds lose value after two years. Security gilt edged. applications to Colonial Treasurer Perth by 1 August 1919.
Greenbushes reports interview with Mr D J Wilson Supervisor of Local Committees of Repatriation appointed by Senator Millen. Wilson outlines War Service Home Act funds and loan options for eligible applicants including married status dependants and deceased soldiers families. He notes powers to acquire land build or improve homes, and a 5 percent interest rate with extended repayment up to 37 years. Betid a Power House.
The South West faces a loss with the death of the Late Mrs G Warne relict of Edwin Warne and mother to Mesdames Hore Sells McKenzie McKinney Ashley Hewitt Burford Bray and Mr L Warne among others. Funeral well attended with Rev F F Riley officiating and pallbearers named. A large floral tribute list accompanied by a memorial service held Sunday night.
In Pollen Court a man charged with theft and related offenses pled guilty to several counts and received a monthly hard labor sentence, cumulative. Another man, Robert Whitfield, was fined for obscene language, with a short option to serve 14 days, while a remand case involved Antonio Pall mistaken for Borg, charged with stealing £2161 and jewelry from Ameer Ehen.
The Bunbury Pastima Club held a formal opening in rooms above J G Baldock and Co Ltd. President F J Hamilton spoke of the non sectarian, non political aims. The club offers reading rooms two apartments and a gymnasium with a policy banning alcohol and gambling. Members can use the facilities daily from 9 am to midnight.
Matinee at 3 p.m. features a comedy and the abort drama The Surrender of the German Fleet amid Brenin Specialit and English film by Jurges Minerables. French Friday shows Laughing Bill Hyde Carmen 4000 and other films. Bunbery Harald employs 34 workers gathering news for readers.
Bunbury Municipal Council held its half yearly meeting with no ratepayers present. The Mayor W L Thomas presided as the six months' finances show an overdraft reduction of £252 13s, arrears cut by £1000, and works including macadamising Wellington Street and Oakley Street repairs. A new pump at Picton Hill costs £400, with plans for further water improvements.
Balance sheet shows receipts of 122 pounds 15 shillings 3 pence with expenditures of 47 pounds 3 shillings 1 pence. Net funds of 75 pounds 12 shillings 2 pence allocated to Hospital funds and supporters. Meetings chaired by Mr J Gallagher and Mr J Lindsay discussed continuation classes, secretary funding, and collaboration with RS A and RV A. Returned servicemen welcomed home and RS A RV A events held with entertainment, prayers, and a long evening of dancing and supper.
The Bunbury Herald reports the death of Henry Walburn Wheeler inspector of schools for the South West district. He died suddenly of heart failure at Grenbasles at 10 p.m. on Sunday aged 87. Wheeler served 21 years in the state education service after earlier work at Fremantle State School and as a squatter. Born in White Hills Victoria he was a prominent Mason and leaves a district degraded by his loss to education and the Schools Patriotic Fund.
Monday afternoon a car carrying Mrs Hartle and Miss Mackwell along with Miss Mitchell overturned near Kalamunda. Miss Mackwell died shortly after, while the other two women remain in serious condition. Maude Mackwell, cousin of H Trenoweth, Bunbury Bon Marche manager, had resided here about eight months and was fondly regarded. News of her death shocked the town and Trenoweth left for Perth upon receiving the report.
The Bunbury community extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs M. E. Wallis of Cary Street on the death of their 13 year old son John Richard Burns. He died after five weeks of illness from blood poisoning at Bunbury Hospital, where his father helped build the institution. Funeral services were held at the Church of England section of the New Cemetery with Rev Canon Adams officiating. Pallbearers included J Telford E H Zollner W J Ford A F Speater Lewin and J J Gill. W Brittain & Son directed the funeral.
The Dardanup Road Board held its annual Ratepayers meeting with most members in attendance and the annual statement read. A follow up monthly meeting discussed grants, post office hours, timber permissions, and a new Forest Act. The board agreed to keep rates and valuations unchanged for the coming year as finances show a credit balance.
Local notes announce Mr R S Sampson of Harms worth elected Chairman of the Darling Range Road Board for the coming year. The column lists community updates from Bunbury and Greenbushes, including police sergeant Tiny Bown’s return, real estate inquiries, and local travel and social visits. It notes forthcoming board meetings and annual financial duties, plus a miscellaneous column of social and professional notices.
The Balingup Repatriation Committee held a special meeting at Balingup Hall on May 29 to hear views on repatriation matters from Mr Wilson the Supervisor of Local Committees. Discussions covered applications from H Hancock, A Fullarton, W J Firth, E A Read, and others, with decisions to push work under the Repatriation Grant and arrange inspections and postings by the Road Board.
At the Donnybrook recreation ground the Ugly Man competition wrapped up a charity day with races, stalls, and an auction. Winners were Lieut. G Woods, T. Graham, and H. Brockman as total receipts reached £234 7s 5d, plus further income bringing the next total to about £29 1s 9d.
Nightly notice states a monthly meeting will be held on the fest Wednesday, starting July 2. The secretary will call a meeting to discuss any matters that may arise before that date.
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