Waterside scene and freight talk at Perth meeting
The North Wharf shows a near empty wheat season with about 80 000 bags remaining, most belonging to Mesara J Darling and Sons who plan to load a steamer around June 6. At the Eleventh Annual Congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Perth discussions on bulk wheat handling see mixed views with a motion to push governments to adopt bulk handling, while Adelaide and Melbourne chambers resist. The Waterside Workers Award is updated for lumpers from March 9 and yields new hourly rates and penalties to support peaceful relations for five years. News on ships, cargoes, and arrivals includes Nera, Kwinana, Ceduna, Moira, and Morea with various livestock, ore, and cargo movements, plus plans for Bristol to Australia steamship service and multiple forthcoming sailings.
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Balonga
Mesara
J. Darling and Sons
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Perth
H. M. Oliphant
Adelaide
Melbourne
O. Allan
South Australia
Chambers of Commerce
Parry's Teething Powders Promise Best and Safest
A claim that Parry's Teething Powders are best and safest for babies is stated, alongside a dated notice about forwarding the Frexantie Heart weekly for six months starting on August 6. The fragmentary text links a product claim to a promotional mailing schedule.
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Parry
Trams Irregular Service Causes Widespread Delays
A 1914 letter from East Fremantle criticizes tram operations, citing repeated breakdowns. Car 16 derailed near North Fremantle bridge causing 30 minute delays amid rain. Fourteen cars sent for repairs over about three hours with insufficient maintenance staff, and many cars towed back. Authors claim wheels are worn and a single night worker handles barn upkeep, prompting public ire over service and cleanliness.
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North Fremantle
Fremantle
Orient Hotel
Join
Reavenstied
Iarn
Mitchell
Fremantle Tramways Under Fire Over Conductors Dismissals
A Fremantle letter to the editor criticizes the municipal tramways for mismanagement. The writer claims emergency workers must report by 9 50 each morning and recounts a conductor dismissed after missing a single fare on a Marmion car, arguing the dismissal was unwarranted given his brief tenure and weekend crowd conditions.
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Municipal Tramways
Mremartle Herald
Wea
Fremantle
Fremantle Tramway head salaries and services criticized
A reader petitions the newspaper for details on Fremantle Tramway leadership and salaries, criticizing traffic inspectors pay at £13 a week. The letter condemns management, calls for a practical head and traffic manager, denounces the board, and urges ratepayers to demand reform and reliable time standards.
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Fremantle
Beaconsfield
Sea View-street
Edulund-street
Trans
Avé
Urattic
Vrenmude Municipal
Mitchell
Canada
Tram ejectment fuels inspector complaint in Fremantle
A Fremantle reader describes a Monday tram incident leaving South Fremantle where a fare-dodger refused to disembark or pay. The tram was halted at High and Market until police assisted. The letter also notes two footballers smoking cigars on board and criticizes inspector laxity.
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South Fremantle
High
Market Streets
Fremantle Tramways Boss Faces Harsh Complaint
A disruptive note complains about Fremantle tramways management and conductors. The letter mocks the system for failing to collect tare and depicts a tense, satirical view of daily operations and authority. It mentions a petty inspector and daily discomfort for passengers.
White Elephant Claims On State Implement Works
Angus argues the State Implement Works harms taxpayers with mismanagement and favoritism. He cites an iron foundry with outdated methods, multiple handling, and inefficiencies, urging public scrutiny and posing questions about future profits and balance.
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Labor
Unknown Arsenal of a Grandson and a Dismissed Worker
A damaged OCR passage recounts a man once employed in a car barn washing cars, identified as a grandson of Lord Edward Massey Bolton of Bec tive Abbey, County Meath, Ireland, and a cousin to Admiral Pascoe of H.M.S. Fantome. It notes his dismissal and questions what the world wants amid class tensions.
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Edward Massey Bolton
Bective Abbey
County Meath
Ireland
Admiral Pascoe
H.M.S. Fantome
Waters
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J. Moore
Christuius
Waterside Notes
Nera
Marseilles
S.s
Kwinana
Wyndham
Ceduna
Nor’-West
Tralian
Moira
Bristol
Messrs. Manning, Lewis
H. L. Bixeley
Western Australia
Australian
Christiania
S.r. ‘ Vinstra
Australis
Palma
London
Dimboola
Adelaide 1
RMLS
Morea
Armadale
Capetown
Headly
New York
Ulm
Gothenburg
Offenbach
Antwerp
Westfallen
Freiberg
Hamburg
Minderoo
Singapore
Derby
R.M.S
Omrah
Zelandia
Mass
EMM
Moldavia
Diniboola
Paro
Derby Direct
Bullaria
Port Darwin
Western Australian
Wyndham Direct
Town Hall
Thesinetorman
Waterbury
Portonian
Yo the Editor
Angus
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