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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
1
In the House of Commons the private Bill granting women the franchise was defeated 266 to 21 after a heated session. Prime Minister B. H. Arquith voiced regret at disagreements with colleagues over female suffrage as opposition remained split.
London reports a National Service demonstration with Charles Chapmin and Motherwell Trades Council leadership. Lords Hoberts and Bethune advocate compulsory service while urging recruitment, noting low Kent establishment and promising cinema parades and incentives to lure volunteers.
A Tuesday afternoon accident at Glen Iris involved a horse pulling a sulky from Nurrogin Trading Company. The horse bolted after frightening, causing the shafts to break and the sulky to capsize. It halted near Austra Jil Road and collided with a cow near Mr Foster Johnson's property before being captured. Neither the boy nor the horse suffered serious injuries.
A letter from Wood Orent Lupparmick Gury argues government railways pay higher coal rates while private firms ship at lower prices. He urges Parliament to examine coal freight costs to prevent wage pressures and ensure equal treatment of workers and the public interest.
A Wesleyan Foreign Mission Society tally showed a def sicit standing of £11000. A meeting at the Albert Hall announced that subscriptions were fully collected, meeting the required total.
The Paris arbitration court on Wednesday fined Italy 5400 pounds for seizing the French steamer Carthage and 160 pounds for seizing the steamer Wanouba during the Tripolitan war.
A Fremantle report notes a wirelet notice of a chickenpox and measles outbreak linked to Basid and Demosthenes. The Fremanti agency lists an English arrival due Friday bringing a large immigrant cohort to the state, prompting health precautions.
Reports from Syracuse indicate twenty five laborers struck out on strike. Strikers gathered in the streets, hurling bricks and stones at police who replied with a volley from their carbines.
In Warloop Police Court on Saturday Messie Wickham and Joseph John Hicks faced charges of unlawful assault on Stephen Mitabel. Mitchell was charged with assaulting Hicks. After conflicting evidence from both rival farmers, the bench dismissed both cases with each party to pay own costs.
London reports indicate inquiries reach Captain Robert Muirfield Collins after the British Chamber of Commerce’s Paris opening. A deputation of butter selling agents asked the High Commissioner to present the issue to the Board of Agriculture, with Captain Collins promising to convey the deputation’s wishes upon Sir George Reid’s return from America.
Last evening the Bunbury Nursing Association met with His Worship the Mayor Mr Fraenkel and several officers attending. The nurse’s report was read and adopted. 20 cases attended since arriving in Busbury. The secretary apologized for the absence of Mr Minors. a vote approved injuring Nurse Boehin. The Mayor praised the nurses as a credit to the association.
A Bridgetown report notes Cox's Pippina apples selling at four shillings per vase while the general orchard average stands at fourteen pence to one shilling per vase implying high season prices and market demand.
Vic presents a Lyric programme this Friday featuring Pathe Australian Gazette Lord Browning and Cinderella with Maurice Costello in the lead. The lineup includes four Vitagraphs and a Swedish comedy The Springtime of Life among other items.
Notices report the death of Mere Thos Delaney aged 91 with family survivors in Bunbury and Goldfield areas. Funeral was at Roman Catholic Cemetery with Canon Robinson officiating. Other items mention a membrane of social events including a croquet meet at Mrs Forenan grounds Clifton Street and a farewell for Geoff Cuporn leaving Bunbury.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a 64 related event with a Great Pepperring cue and a Wor Caugain statement. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to confirm full facts or context.
Glorious weather marked Kalgoorlie Club racing with the Autumn Cup won by Crown Thistle ahead of Lingwall and Solo Girl. In the Hurdles Independent took 8 to 1, while the Trial Handicap went to Kerridaly at 8 to 1. Welter Plate results featured Lingwall and Crown Thiste with close margins and final gaps.
Miss Winnie Higgins and Mr Theo Prosar united in a Bunbury ceremony with Holy Mawinany Dean Smythe officiating. The reception at South Bunbury Hall followed with speeches by Mr Arthur North and others, and the couple departed by 2.10 train for a Perth honeymoon.
In Bunbury Police Court Owen BAM and Sharpe faced charges of unlawful entry at the Burlington Hotel. Underwood testified that on Sunday March 16 at 5:50 PM the pair entered Conlon hotel premises, claimed for a drink after being refused, were reportedly intoxicated, and were jailed for a 21 day term with a 30 shilling fine.
The Bunbury Henovoleal Society will hold its adjourned meeting in the Caunes Chamber on Monday at 4 o clock. Attendance is expected from members and interested parties.
Four Norwegian crew members were injured when the vessel Victor diverted to Woodrnan Point. Two sailors remain in serious condition as the ship prepares to reach harbor and moor mid stream. Norwegian Consul Mr Stang coordinated fare arrangements via Mr Samueson for the crew and future vessel movements.
George Newson was charged at Vatloop on April 20 with stealing clothes belonging to William Alfred Chatteris. He reportedly occupied the same room as Chatteris, took the garments after Chatteris left for work, and fled. Traced to Nanga Brook by Constable Dillon, he was found wearing the clothes and arrested. He pleaded guilty and received one month imprisonment in Bonbury goal.
A Bunbury Technical school committee led by Miss Sinclair Brittain Delanay and Hayes announced a social evening for May 22. The program includes a book singing competition songs games and dances with invitations sent to students' friends. Subcommittees handle refreshments and event details with Messrs Reid Johnson McKernan and Ramondson managing staff duties.
The Wingement of the Lyric Pictures presents J D Passmore in Karo the bucking pony with Karl e’s educated dogs and Little Willie the globe trotter, alongside Spencer's Pictures direct from Theatre Royal Perth. Shows Wednesday and Friday at the Theatre on the 16th and 16th May. Prices vary.
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