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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
4
A two week list of stocks on hand for His Majesty's Customs at Fremantle and Perth shows the quantities of goods held. The schedule covers the period ending June 16, 1923, detailing items under bond and their respective amounts.
From Singapore and various European hubs comes a long ledger of imports and agents. Entries mention kerosene, fresh pineapples, hemp, rice, cyanide sodium, sundries, and numerous beverages, tobaccos, wines, fibers, chemicals, machinery, pianos, and everyday items carried by ships named Gascoyne, Zelandia, Valdiers, Almber e, and Zealandia.
OCR reads a jumble of names and companies such as Wm Croaby & Co Geo Wills & Co Dalgety & Co with scattered antique terms. It lists merchants and classical names like Demosthenes Euripides Themistocles and ships or places such as Orvieto and London amid unclear dates and notes.
Private residence of Mr W Mulligan at BS65. Storeman night shift on Leake Street Fremantle. Phones listed BS76 and 577.
Melbourne port dues pilotage and related charges including sea to bay rates, river pilotage, tonnage scales, minimums, and maximums. Sailors and weight dues, stevedoring, loading and dumping rates for wool, Commonwealth light dues, NSW state light dues, berthage, ballast, water, and sailing details to Darwin Esperance and Fremantle with agency contacts and schedule notes.
The notice outlines pilotage, tonnage, berthage, and wharfage rates for entering and operating at Port Adelaide and Adelaide inner harbor. It lists dues, rebates, stevedoring charges, coal bunkering, and current coal prices, with variations for inward and outward movements and cargo handling dates.
The compilation notes venela sow on the way to Commonwealth ports of departure with sailing dates and exchange rates. The data, sourced from The Daily Commercial News and Shipping List, is authorised by the Comptroller-General of Trade and Customs for customs entries.
George Wills and Co Ltd list their export agency roles for Holts Hine Funnel Line with P. and C. Branch Bernice and invite inspection. The notice also advertises Woods Great Peppermint Cure for children's hacking cough and makes a curious claim about the capital of Norway.
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