Opening of the Tivoli Theatre in Fremantle
Fremantle hosts the Tivoli Theatre opening under new lessee Hugh D. McIntosh after years of white elephant talk. Local firms Bateman Andressen and the Electric Power Board delivered swift work. The program boasted Clemens and Dean, Barton and Ashley, and Lily Eyton among a stellar Vaudeville lineup, with manager George Portus promising more from Richards' Co. circuit.
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King’s Theatre
Fremantle
Jas. Gallop
Gallop
South Terrace
Bunyard
Freemasons’ Hotel
James Gallop
Princess Theatre
Perth
St. George’s Terrace
King
Hugh D. McIntosh
4& Money
Perth “Daily News
Tom Cecil
Messrs. Bateman
Andressen
Electric Power Board
Serang
A. E. Lane
Messrs Fisher Beard
Richards’ Co
W.A
Fremantle and the Outports Urged to Oppose Harbor Change
A reader endorses a joint Fremantle and outports stance against the Rocky Bay harbor proposal. The letter criticizes the North-East Fremantle member for allying with centralists, warns against riverward centralisation, and urges Fremantle, South Fremantle, and southern districts to unite with Owen's Anchorage and Cockburn Sound as out-ports to protect local interests.
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Fremantle
Rocky Bay Harbor
John Forrest
Frank Wilson
Gages Road
Owen’s Anchorage
Cockburn Sound
Owen
South Fremantle
A N A Association Attacks Mixed Marriages and Asiatic Immigration
The West Australian Board of Directors outlines proposals for the Federal Council meeting in Melbourne on June 1. They urge measures to prevent marriages between white and colored races, preserve sugar industry benefits for white Australians, and oppose naturalisation of Asiatic descendants, aiming to keep Australia as purely white as possible. They argue self preservation as a guiding principle and advocate an uncompromising stance on these questions.
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West Australian Board of Directors
Federal Council of the
A.N.A
Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth
Criticism of City Transit Management and Inspectors
A reader vents at length about transit authority failures. The writer blames three inspectors and manager Mr. Mitchell for poor discipline and upkeep, cites clock inattention at East and South Fremantle, and warns voters to remove the board if penny section schemes fail.
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Mitchell
East
South Fremantle
Btit
Horder
ToWill
Ratepayers Call for Tramway Reform in Fremantle
A Fremantle ratepayer urges drastic changes to the tram and power boards citing wasted funds and poor service. He urges extending East Fremantle lines, adding cars on Hust Marmion and Beaconsfield routes, replacing management, printing timely timetables, erecting boards at penny sections, and forming a Ratepayers' Association to force accountability.
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Fremantle
Bicton
Potato Market Shows Local Potential for Cultivation
The article argues that Western Australia can meet its potato needs from home, highlighting vast acreages south of Fremantle in Jandakot Spearwood Coogee and Rockingham ready for cultivation. It urges experimental plots and government action to acquire land via the Agricultural Bank manager Mr W Patterson and the advisory board. It notes lingering prejudice against southern districts and calls for policy change.
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Fremantle
Jandakot
Spearwood
Coogee
Rockingham
W. Patterson
The
Agricultural Bank
Winter Outlook Warns of Lean Business Season
The outlook predicts a harsh winter for business. With little prospect for new work or buildings and wheat handling near completion, members are urged to press the government to expeditiously spend the remaining £500,000 to extend the harbour and add berthage for large ships before winter.
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Messrs. Carpenter
Bolton
Perth Trams clash over Hay Street route change
City business leaders in Hay Street oppose diverting trams to St George's Terrace. They accuse Centralist policy of favoring Fremantle and Perth interests, while acknowledging Hay Street is narrow for tram traffic. The writer argues St George's Terrace would better suit tram service for visitors.
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Hay Street
Perth
Hay-street
St. George’s Terrace
Fremantle
Haystreet
Naval Base Works at Jervois Bay Add Few Men
Local reports say only a fraction of the pre Cook era workforce remains at the Naval Base Works Jervois Bay. Promises by Sir John Forrest and Mr Fowler have not been kept, and the public awaits the final report from Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, while Centralists grow uneasy over the expected findings.
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Naval Base
Jervois Bay
Cook
John Forrest
Fowler
Perth
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
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Tivol! Theatre
Vaude
Verne
Jack Shields
Geo. Portus
Rickards
McIntosh
Fremantle and the Outports
A.N.A. Association
Golf Links
Fremantl
Fremante
Tasmania
Dave Mulcahy
Oddfellows
Beach and
Fremantte
Tel
Newcastle
Corner Market Street
P. & C. Hotel
P. Reichardt
Pomel Resntentiat Vetel
Beaconsfield
J. E. Henley
Federal Hotel
Edgar J. Fiedler
Edie Mel Sphalla
Peter
Packenham and
Leake Streets
Neaes Hotel
T. Stack
Freemasons
Swan Castlemaine and
Union Beer
Oceanic Hotel
Collie and
Packenham Streets
Jack Visser
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