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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
4
Geelong Trades Trust chairman laments a Parliament inquiry led by Mr Bell, rebutting claims of irregularities and overstatements. He defends asset valuations, Sparrovale Farm costs, and channel works while detailing revenue, depreciation, and sinking funds.
James Bell writes to the editor defending his criticisms of Mr. Holden over the five days by five men production and Geelong Harbor Trust affairs. He demands a Royal Commission inquiry, contests Holden’s account of an October interview, and disputes figures on Osborne House, Sparroyale farm, and related capital valuations and expenditures.
A fragmentary Melbourne page notes mixed items including recognitions from the Spanish government for aiding soldiers, an Anglican minister leaving Geelong for Traralgon, and the death of a great American journalist. It mentions Rev B Snodgrass to be inducted at St Paul Geelong and other assorted local ceremonial details. The garbled text lists names such as Rear Admiral George Broneis Faxon Wilde and Mr Morrison of Mol Laurie, with scattered references to Melbourne society events and church notices.
A damaged ad lists Clarreb Bal pills and mercury based tonics as cures for constitutional disorders, claiming relief from kidney, liver, and other ailments. It upholds alleged remedies available through a universal organization and mentions a doctor Graro or GraroVaya as a figure.
Mr Charles Gray champions two new unions bringing together workers in the wire and sailcloth trades and the wharf laborers. A special board today addressed demands and the wharfers’ coastal labor issues. evidence was given by Sydney Morrissy. Smelting at the works resumes next Monday amid wage debates. Tasmanian jam trade dispute settled with wage adjustments aligned to NSW and Victorian trends.
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