Public misconduct case dominates Geelong report
Hans Aleisinger was charged with indecent behavior in public after a liquor-fueled drive through Geelong streets. The accused, driving without lights, was fined £3 with seven days in default. A separate drunkard was remanded for medical observation. The page also notes school fines, a derailment incident, and various local notices, meetings, and ads.
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Oeten
Ge Ejeet Motorichauffour
Hans Aleisinger
Williams
St Notor
Deputation Seeks Thanksgiving Day Pledge from Premier
A Council of Churches deputation met Premier Watt and urged fixing a 1 cent per day thanksgiving for the late rains. Watt pledged to present the matter to the Cabinet.
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Council of Churches
Watt
Stranded Workmen In Perth Alarm Over Transcontinental Line
In Perth on Friday assembly members said a large group of stranded workers in Kalgoorlie were drawn by claims of the transcontinental line’s start. Premier Ada telegrammed to Fisher for start date but no reply. The Liberals federation notes Needham telegram about land needs for the line remains unsettled.
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Perth
Ialgoorlie
Malley
Adda
Fisher
Liber
Federation
Needham
Cuticura Aids Severe Leg Ulcer Patient Testimonial
James Alfred Byletead of Sydney describes a six year battle with a leg ulcer that followed a barbed wire injury in Liverpool in 1904. After trials of hospital care and various treatments he credits Cuticura Remedies, including Soap Ointment and Lotion, with permanent relief and gratitude. The ad notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide and offers a free 2 page book by mail in Sydney.
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Liverpool
Australia
Neilicut
Whcwen
James Alfred Byiletead
Elizabeth Bi
Sydney
Nsw
R. Towns
App & Co
Dept
W.S.W
Parliament Debates Lord Representation in Lords and Fusion
London June 28 The House of Commons debated the departure from usage where Lords are represented by cabinet ministers. Lord Halsam and the Lord Chancellor called the grievance cosmetic. Conservative leaders Long and Chamberlain praised fusion and party unity. The colonial estimates were introduced with a detailed survey of Crown colonies and Maltese emigration plans.
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London
Marquis’ of Lansdowne
Lords
Foreign Office
Admiralty
War
House of Commons
Lord Halfans
Yeal
Walter Long
Strand
Austen Chamberlain
East Worcestershire
Long
Auster Chambherlain
Lewis Harcourt
Wade
Lyttleton
Colonial Service
War of words over Home Rule and suffragette tactics
London reports a protest by the Reformed Presbyterian Synod against the Home Rule Bill accusing reformers of wrong aims. Labor leader Rameau Macdonald blasts militant suffragette methods as disgraceful and says working women’ s view is ignored. He claims suffrage rhetoric harms the cause while noting a prison sentence release for Peter Lawrence and wife tied to window smashing cases.
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London
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Rameau Macdonald
M.P
Labor Party
Macdonald
Pethiel Lawrence
The Underworld Trials and High Profile Robberies
Rome reports the conviction of Baron Vincenzo Paterni for the murder of Countess Giulia Trigona in 1911 with a life sentence. A Naples case notes Princess Capricena's attempted suicide with corrosive sublimate amid suspected jealousy. Berlin cites ex minister H. Wessels robbed of £1000 at a railway station. London reports cashier Clarke arrested for misappropriating £120,000.
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Rome
Jane
Vincenzo Paterni
Giulia Trigona
Baror
Quirinal
Paterno
Ballottieri
Victor Manual
Gail
Berlin
H. Wessels
Orange Free State
London
Clarke
All round traitor sells nations secrets court case
Perlin June 27 trial of policeman Grauss of Wilhelmshaven for espionage begins at Leipzig. Extradited from England, he argued against extradition, earlier tried at Aurich and sentenced to six years plus loss of honor. Accused of conspiring with Ehlers and Jaenicke, alleged to have sold naval code hooks. Trial held in camera. Berlin reports Ehlers, a navy signaller, sentenced to six years for betraying naval secrets.
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Perlin
Grauss
Wilhelmshaven
Leipzig
England
Bowstreet
London
Germany
Aurich
Ehlers
Navy
Great Britain
Jaenicke
Ah i
Berlin
Zeppelin's Fine Flight Across North Sea
A Zeppelin air ship carrying 12 passengers voyaged from Hamburg to Heligoland yesterday. It dropped a mail bag at Heligoland and returned to Hamburg via Norday and Wilhelmshaven within nine hours.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Heligoland
Hamborg
Norday
Wilhelmshaven
Town planning scheme prepared for Kingston borough
A town planning scheme lie has been prepared for the corporation of Kingston by the borough surveyor. It includes parts of the parishes of Ham, For Children, Hacking Cough of Night, Woods. Great Peppermint Cure advertised at 1/6.
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Kingston
Ham
Woods
Roosevelt's Trump Gard and Political Maneuvering
Chicago reports a possible rapprochement between Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan with talk of a cross party compromise candidate. Baltimore coverage notes Wilson and Champ Clark leading after Bryan opposition, with a riot over a stance against Morgan tied candidates and a platform favoring Canadian goods to aid US farmers. Washington notes Taft seeking funds for the navy after veto, warning of government liability without appropriations.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Tara
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Wilson
Clark
Bryan Nasset
Pierpont Morgan
Thomas Ryan
August Belmont
United States
Canada
America
Washington
Taft
Congress
Naval Service
London Dockers Grimes Pitch Non-Unionist Into Thames
London Tune 88th. Transport workers strike continues. A police man yesterday rescued a non-unionist pushed into Millwall dock. He was nearly drowned before rescue. Several dockers were fined or sentenced for intimidation and violence at the docks.
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London
Proliceman Yeaterday
Millwall Dock
Tillett Attacks Railway Union At Stratford Meeting
London reporters say SRI Ben Tibet addressed strikers at Stratford outside London. He charged railway workers with lacking courage and claimed they had not “blicklegged” the dockers, implying dockers would have won earlier if rail staff had shown more backbone.
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Tillett
Railway Union London
Slr
Ben Tibet
Stratford
Ndton
French Dockers' Dispute Delays Arbitration Prospects
Paris reports a slow path to settlement in the dockers dispute as the French Shipowners' Union refuses arbitration. The Messageries Maritimes Company accepts the government's arbitration offer, signaling split positions between major parties.
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Paris
Jane
Wheat and Butter Abroad and Sydney Market Notes
The London wheat market remains quiet yet firm with dull Continental demand after heavy cargo purchases. Colonial butter prices stagnant. Australian quotes range from 104 to 114 shillings. In Sydney, wheat trades around 4 shillings 3 pence, best New South Wales Tadj, and Adelaide and Victorian wheaten prices listed. Tasmanian potatoes noted sold out.
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London
New Zealand
Sydney
New South Wales
Adelaide
Victorian
News Cables From Around The World
Brief dispatches report Turkish losses of 400 killed near Alesio and Albanian captures of six mitrailleuses with 40 mules. A cruiser Niniwa wrecked near Crotonn with crew saved. Paris reports 13 wounded, ten fatally in Jules Michelet explosion. wedding of aviator Gynhame White to Dorothy Taylor in Essex. Ottawa releases immigration data: 2,100,000 immigrants to Canada in a decade, Britain supplying 800,000, the United States 70,000, and 600,000 from other European nations.
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Walship
Paris
Sime
Jules Michelet
Hyres State
Neaelite
Tondon
Gynhame White
Dorothy Taylor
Wickford
Essex
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Ortirin
Queensland Livestock Trade Totals For 1911
Queensland livestock statistics issued by the Government Statistician show 1911 totals across cattle lambs swine beef mutton pork and other products. Cattle 200 256 lambs 303 392 swine 150 569 beef and mutton 10 051 1921b pork bacon etc 12 407 40b exports. Hides sheepskins and byproducts boosted value to £1 963 314.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Wren Builds Nest Near Sawmill Saw in Lincolnshire
A wren made a neat nest in an old jacket hanging on a wall at a sawmill near Mourne Lincolnshire. The nest uses dusty shavings and is only a few feet from a circular saw in regular use.
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Mourne
Lincolnshire
Royals tour Welsh industrial towns and colliery visit
The King and Queen toured Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare inspecting surface works at Dowlain blast furnaces and collieries. The couple received a rapturous reception from workers. The Queen visited colliers cottages while royal interest in humble labor was highlighted in a speech by the King. Also noted are notices of prominent deaths, academic appointments, and a Rhodes scholar’s background.
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Wales
Ithondda
Merthyr
Aberdare
Bryce
Washington
Wallington
N.Z
S.s. Mouwna
Sydney
Prince of Wales
London
Paris
Geelong West
Henry Bannister
George Bonnor
Orange
New South Wales
Bonnar
Lin
Bonner
John Puiler
Govanment House
W. D. Beazley
Beawley
Dee Tynehe
A.L. Harvey
W.aslote
Oriel College
Osford
Geeflong Grammar Schood
Ivey
Sine University
Trinity College
Melbourne
Australians v Essex match pauses for funeral of ECB official
Australia and Essex started at Leyton with a 40 minute delay for the funeral of Ernest Hume of the N E W Cricket Association. Perrin hit a rapid ton, Douglas 96, and Essex trailed 311 for two at stumps as the visitors showed cautious batting before a 2000 crowd. In a resumed match at Edinburgh, South Africa led Scotland by 4 for no wicket after rain delayed play.
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Prerm
Douglas
London
Leyton
Australia
Essex
Ernest Hume
N.E.W. Cricket Association
Curkeek
Matthews
Kelleway
Whitty
Russell
Perrin
Emery
Hazlitt
Nonce
Webster
Minnet
Minnett
Marne
Fane
Nouglas
Vane
J.aw.h
Gregory
Mercaveney
Jennings
Hus
Tle
Fanell
Tandon
Haslitt
McLaren
Scotland
Edinburgh
Maulknor Tank
Carter
Nourse
Taylor
Tancred
South Africa
Victoria Cabinet Seeks July Thanksgiving Proclamation
The State Cabinet debated a request from the Council of Churches to fix a universal Thanksgiving Day for bountiful rains, likely July 7. Proposals covered Ballarat locomotive works, Crowlands to Naverre railway termination, and adaptations to the Savings Bank Bill and Commonwealth overlaps.
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Council of Churches
New South Wales
Victoria
Ballarat
Newport
Crowlands-Naverre
Am.a
Melbourne
South Australia
Murray
Wis
En Wal
Fisher
Commonwealth
Watt
Savings Bank
Commonwealth Bank
State Savings Bank of Victoria
Savings Trunk Stork
Othe Bavings Bank
Public Service Commissioner
Education Department
Centrol of Technical Schoals
Council
Water Supply Commission
Launceston
A.N.A
Vistorian
Hell
Association
Tramway Case Nears Conference Over Australian Employers Award
In the High Court Justice Higgins heard further evidence in the tramway case where the Australian Employers Association seeks an award against various companies and trusts. A conference to resolve the dispute is likely next week, with Justice Higgins preferring an agreed settlement over an award that could alter employment conditions across systems. Judgment on the appeal against Justice Higgins' badge order was reserved.
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Justice Bigeins
Urdmways Emploges
Australis
Justice Higging
Higgins
Bys Chen
High Court
Justice Higgine
Five Employer Representatives Elected to Fuel and Fodder Board
Election for five employer seats on the Fuel and Fodder Board completed with eight nominations. Elected were J. T. Kneale with 165 votes, J. Grant Coole 158, A. Pillaw of Geelong 159, T. Curphey 140, and J. Woodock with D votes.
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J.T. Kneale
T. Curphey
J. Grant Coole
A. Pillaw
Geelong
J. Woodock
Pitt's Poisoned Wheat Ad For Rodent Control
An advertising notice promotes Pitt's Poisoned Wheat as the genuine solution to destroy rats and sparrows. The ad mentions "yellow pockets" and references general chem supplies, labeled as an advertisement from a time when such remedies appeared in yellowed pages.
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Bor
Pitt
Federal Grievance Day Drills Halls and Salaries
Federal grievance day reports drill halls facing shortages as rifle clubs push for higher salaries for Lew and Gables.
Ozanne On Hilts and Australian Parliamentary D debate
The House of Representatives faced a Committee of Supply debate with Mr Fisher proposing a bill for 282 768 pounds for one month. Members criticized public service pay, rail and postal deficiencies, defence training, and cable charges while Queensland electoral division changes were noted as Leandborough district.
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House of Representatives
Fisher
Cook
Sydney
Dennison Miller
Commonwealth Bank
Fowler
Charlton
Elliott Johnnson
Postal Department
Chon
Gir
John Quick
Gore
Bendigo
Pacific
Defence
Senate
Roberts
Sampson
Webster
Kyrie
New South Wales
Riley
Owerne
Ozanno
Arbitration
Tiea
Papstat
Defence Department
Corio
Commonwealth
Air
Minster
Darwin
Australis
Eitlowns
Watt-Hughes Duel Over Alleged Mockery
Attorney-General Hughes declined to respond to Wind's remarks calling Victoria officials animals in the same cage. He said replying would be pointless and that using Wind's chosen language would be ineffective, preferring to continue with civilised action.
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Hughes
The
Commonwealth
Ier. Watb
Victoria
Mr. Hughen
Wind
Death at Malvern Mayoral Ball Claims Bank Manager
Mr G W Rutherford manager of the Malvern Bank of Victoria died suddenly at a mayoral ball on Thursday night. He had just said he felt better than ever and collapsed while dancing with Miss Ivy Lock. The orchestra stopped, but the ball continued as officials notified the coroner.
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G. W. Rutherford
Malvern
Bank of Victoria
Ivy Lock
Ther Néearel
Rutherford
Old Nurse’s Soothing Syrup Ad Claims Child Teething Relief
An old nurse's advertisement touts Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants and digestive issues. It promises pain relief, gum-softening effects, and wind colic cure with dosing guidelines for infants and diarrheal treatment, claiming wide availability.
Harbor Trust Inquiry Drags On With Morley Address
The Geelong harbor trust inquiry continued yesterday with M L A Mackinnon presiding. Engineers from the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission presented plans for water storage on the Upper Barwon River. Morley addressed the commission, asserting high stakes and defending his clients while noting two hour limits and the potential national impact of the charges against Australian politicians.
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Geelonng Harbor
Mackinnon
Maora
Vue
Messrs. Liveelles
M'Millan
Alin
Mr. Holden
Gell
Finn
Bell
Morley
Hell
Holden
Hte
Liar and Perjurer in Trial Hearings Over Trust Debacle
Mr Morley and Mr Mackinnon clash as Holden Bell and Crowle figures are questioned about missing documents and alleged perjury. The commission hears claims of dishonesty, misused loan funds, and the trusts operations. Debates cover who controlled costs, asset purchases, and the restoration of office property while defending public confidence in the trust.
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Holden
Bell
Morley
Crowle
Borley
Mt. Morley
Marley
Patrs Bells
Baird
Chers
Grin
Himsalf
Lancelles
Hillard
Mackinnon
Perhans
Ifr Holden
Imsur- Alicea Company
Way
Ater
Sotounts
Tiwag Oh Las
Crist
Trust
Mr. Mackinnon
Geelong
Trent
Messrs
Carr
Sparrow
Osborne House
Doyle
Hill
Sreeelles
T. Holden
Mr. Mackinn
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Ralway
Latrobe ‘Lorrane
Hitchcock Memorial Fund
I J. Jonee
Shay
Roid Ang Baxter
U.A.C
Bannockburn
Cchh and Co
Plumpton
Harold
C. Swith
Mus. Assoc
Gordon College
Pianoforte Shutorts
Weast Hawn Canton Mines
N.L
Thompson's
Joseph A. Thear
Econome House Furnisher
Malop-street
Geo. Strong and Son
Ryrie-street
D. Griffiths
Star Depot
J. A. Marshall
Harbor Trust
Harry Hooper
Moorahool Street
Windsore
John Purdie
Monraboal Street
W.A
Reuter
Underworld
Zeppelin
Roosevelt
London Dockers
Thames
Adbantan
Athens
Alesio
Mitraillense Uel
Indéa
Teo
Crotonn
Kurile Islands
Queensland Livestock Trade
Macartner
Fuel and Fodder Board
MR Ozanne
Hilts
King O'Malley
Wren
O'Malley
Leandoborough
Watt-Hughes
Ann Macauley
MR Morley
MR Bell
MR Doyle
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