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Newspaper

Bunbury Herald

Location

Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Date

May 18, 1909

Page

2

Shipping Intelligence From Boyanup and Nearby Ports

Shipping notices report arrivals and cargos around Bunbury, Millars agency, and Cape Naturaliste. Ivydene from Java loads sleepers for Karachi and 700 tons of Scottish coal. Hobart expected with inward cargo. Spica and Deka chartered by Timber Corporation. Mandalay and Uhura listed with origins and tonnage. several vessels expected to arrive including Olivia, Stratharn, Bagna, Indiante, Spice, and Deka with notes on captains and agents.

Chamber of Commerce Ile. BF Ayent Abrahameon Hobart Atthc Iast R. Porrest Spica Deka Timber Corporation Eid Messrs Spence and Co Olivia Java Hansen Sydney Stratharn Westgate Killin Wilson South Africa Karachi Bagna Toge Annongso Rio de Janeiro

Collie Produce Market Auctions Late May 1909 Prices

Me H. L. Griffith, Premier auction mart, reports Saturday prices for Apples, pears, oranges, quinces, cabbage, caulions, pumpkins, potatoes, onions, bacon, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry and feed. Listing includes many per unit and per weight figures with days of sale on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.

H. L. Griffitth Premer Auction Mart Rhubard Tasman Prima Factory Martin's Us Gambier

Seed bed and drill choices for firm soil cultivation

Campbell in his work on soil culture stresses a firm seed bed and seed in glace contact with firm soil. He favors the double disc drill with two closely spaced coulters forming a V shape to create a crevice and drop seed at the bottom, allowing soil to cover it and promote rapid growth. Heavy rain reduces soil firming and seedling establishment.

Campbell

Local and General The Bunbury noticeboard and obit

Local notices note a May meeting at the Lyric Theatre and a plan to lobby Perth for a terminal charge reform. Obituary reports the death of Mr Witham Sharp at 45 after a long illness, buried in Bunbury cemetery. Also covered are rail timetable discussions, a cat anecdote about a theft gone comical, and chamber of commerce updates on Western Australia visitors and jetty projects.

Euthre Lyric Theatre T. W. B. Brooke Hun Chance Adrian Boyannp Hia Buaiery Yeaterday Uevenes Binh Taganny Hygel Tukestreet Saint Bunbury Witham Sharp Sharpe Ie Temice G. PB. Foreher Bunbury Perth EM Chike Chamber of Commerce Snell Nicholdy" Spencer India Trowbridge Spencer Tak Sperker Calvetta Canaries Chamber of Commerce of The Empire Chaser of Commerce Mr. Roberts Wall Roberts Conference of Chambers of Commerce Eup Sydney Fremantle Western Australia Buntury Banbury Associated Chambere of Commerce Hanbury

Professors resignation hopes and government notes

The notice of Professor Lowrie resigning the directorship of agriculture surprised and saddened. The professor had held the post for months at £850 a year and declined the Rodney University chair offer. Other items cover Fremantle improvements, port dredging, and political maneuvers in Western Australia including Liberal and anti-Labor talks, with notes on transportation, guano shipments, and infant mortality comparisons.

Lowrie Rodney University National Liberal League of Western Australia A At Fowler Perth League John Forrest Ar. Cook Hobt Hest Sydney Geraldon Ar. Moon Melbourne Mitchell Hudderfield Yorkshire Enghand England Huddersfield Mudflernfield Mr. Broadbent J. A. Watts Ing Ants and Agricuture Cofferin Cunderdin Political Labor Party Decidot Donovan Pune Lime Legislative Connel Anres Theodore Hruce Adelaide Ireon Buttrdas

Personal and Social Notes From Milars Welling ton

Mr Herbert Davies of Milars Welling ton was in Lown yesterday. Mr Wellard remains under care of Dr Williams with uncertain recovery. Mrs Privite wife’s condition in Banbury worsened though some improvement noted in Hon FH Bivase MatoAn. Mr Piesse, cerebal hemorrhage patient, attended by Dr Saw Kelall and Mouse. Premier said Pivase last saw him the evening before seizure and planned a stay at Perth soon.

Herbert Davies Milars Wellington Lown Wellard Wiliams Banbury MatoAn Piesse Kelall Perth Katanning Tor Pivase

West's Pictures Delights at Lyric Theatre Performance

The Lyric Theatre showcased West's Pictures with a diverse all round program praised for high quality industrial dramatic and humorous films. The company tours next move to Collie and then Gaubars with a similarly acclaimed lineup expected to match the prior success.

Lyric Theatre West Mr. West Collie Metropolia Gaubars Agai

Worcestershire Defeats Yorkshire in County Cricket

Worcestershire defeated Yorkshire in county cricket. Worcestershire scored 203 in the first innings and 237 in the second, while Yorkshire tallied 299 in the first and 133 in the second.

London Worcestershire Yorkshire

Trade Unions in Britain Reach 2.4 Million Members

A Board of Trade return shows 1,173 British trade unions with a combined membership of 2,406,749. Of these members 201,000 are women.

London Board of Trade

Courts narrow anti gambling law impacts Belmont racecourse bets

New York courts have ruled the state anti gambling law targets only registered bets. At Belmont and other tracks bookmakers conduct much of their business verbally. Wagers are paid in envelopes rather than through formal channels, highlighting a gap in enforcement.

London New York Belmont

Bank President Charged With Misappropriation

Augustus Heinze former president of Mercantile National Bank New York faces charges of diverting 2 500 000 dollars of the bank funds to his own use.

London Augustus Heinze Mercantile National Bank New York

Windell and King Charged Over Bank Defrauds at Bow Street

At Bow Street police court Windell and King faced charges of defrauding the London and South Western Bank of various sums. Prosecution says King forged advice notes while Windell alias Bernard Isaacs obtained cash. Isaacs, also known as D.8, reportedly confessed to taking £290 from each of eight branches.

London Windell King Bow-street London and South Western Bank Bernard Isaacs Isaacs

Terrible Deed by Accollier George Brown in Yorkshire

Accollier named George Brown of Conisbrough Yorkshire, in a state of temporary insanity from long unemployment, attempted to murder his eight children by releasing gas in their sleep and then killed himself. The children’s condition is serious but believed recoverable.

London Accollier George Brown Conisbrough Yorkshire Brown

Roberts to Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

Field-Marshal Earl Roberts will celebrate his golden wedding on Monday. He married in 1859 to a daughter of the late Captain John Bews. They had six children, two boys and four girls, of whom only two girls survive. Lady Aileen Macy Roberts and Lady Ada Edwin Stewart Roberts are the surviving daughters. Their eldest son Frederick Henry was born in 1861 and died the same year. In 1872 another son, the Hon Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, VC, was killed at Tugela River during the Boer War in 1899.

London Earl Roberts Lord Roberts John Bews Aileen Macy Roberts Ada Edwin Stewart Roberts Frederick Henry Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts V.C Tugela River

Germany and Britain Naval Threat Alert Publishes Pamphlet

Admiral Galster, a distinguished German naval officer, has published an alarming treatise on the danger to German ports from British raids. The pamphlet aroused great interest and is seen as a stimulant to the large naval programme for fleet building.

London Galster

Temeraire fitted with 4,000,000 candle power searchlights

Temeraire, commissioned for Home Fleet service, carries 4,000,000 candle power searchlights and wireless ethergram gear. It can send ethergrams within a 14,100 mile radius. Built in 1997 at Davenport dockyard, this first class battleship displaces 18,699 tons with 23,000 hp and 4 speed of 2 hulls.

London HLMS Davenport

Death of Lady Scott Noted in Obituary Card

The death is announced of Lady Scott, mother of Countess Russel, in a concise obituary notice honoring the family.

Lady Scott London Countess Russel

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