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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary text notes that operations or equipment improvements enable optimal use of a new plant. The obfuscated wording references personnel or processes adapting to updated machinery to maximize efficiency. No clear dates, organizations, or named individuals are readable.
In a West Australian interview Gardiner said draft estimates were returned for revision due to overspending. He warned ministers must cut costs or risk conflict with Parliament. He lamented the lack of support for a retrospective income tax and warned of government pressure on taxpayers.
A long list of notes from a Western Australian town covers government funding to a cannery, industry boards, war time measures, farmers’ conference criticisms, local accidents, influenza reports, and postal and railway updates. It mentions government advances to a cannery, expenditures by the Industries Assistance Board, the War Time Workers and Settlers Conference, and local incidents including a machinery accident, epidemics, and a dynamite accident at Callamaddy.
Parliament convenes again tomorrow amid delays after the Treasurer’s assurances of yearly early or July budget reviews. Two months pass with no consultation on the Government’s financial program to end of next time, and no clear plan when estimates will be presented.
Personal note records Lally Witte and her two daughters arriving in Perth by the Kalgoorlie express on Sunday after a five year voyage via England Canada New Zealand and Sydney. It mentions connections to Chief Inspector McKenna Gerakston and Lt Gerald McKenna, and notes other relatives visiting Geraldton and Mrs John Campbell.
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