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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented court notice from January requires all named parties to appear at the Supreme Court to answer and reveal accounts and assets. It details examination dates and the appointment of examiners to verify statements and enforce compliance with the order.
New Westy and Dalgety and Co shipping agents issue a list of steamers and routes from Fremantle to ports including Geraldton and Nor'West ports. Entries mention Paroo Charon Minilya and others with sailing and destination notes, dates in December, and connections to Java Singapore and Fremantle with mixedcargo remarks.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a December 26 transit or delivery to Geraldton and Walkaway towns with figures like 550 wm and 760 ui. Mentions a Thief Trafile Manager and references to Penh Cos and Welkaway. No clear narrative or confirmable event.
Church notices announce services at 11 p.m and 1 30 p m at Moongoonooka Farm house with Rev W Floyd Shannon listed. The item is brief and records a local church schedule.
A fragmentary notice describes a special choral service at a Methodist church with titles including The Good Fight and The Heavens, featuring Miss Sinstane and Mr F Oliver Jr, with Reverends Preagher and Tiller listed among the participants.
Church of England timetable lists 8 am Holy Communion 11 am Morning Prayer and 74 p.m. Evening Prayer at Rudd's Gully and Crowther School with Ed Saunders as Rector.
A reader notes long standing sympathy between two or three ministers and mining syndicates including timber firms. The piece alleges ministerial corruption in exemptions and pressure from London mining firms. It accuses the government of protecting absentee wealth and resisting higher taxes, arguing taxpayers bear the burden.
A column notes the budget pressures on the Moore Ministry with on the spot commentary. It signals a tense parliamentary climate as ministers defend policy amid growing public scrutiny and fiscal constraints.
Diverse items from Western Australia and New South Wales cover postal deadlines, court cases, dock funding debates, and business expansion. Highlights include Fremantle dock cost discussions, Ivanhoe Card case appeals, Commonwealth rail and union accords, New Zealand company investments in factories, and weather aiding Pingelly crops with wheat yields of about ten bushels per acre and hay around 15 to 20 tons.
The Morning Herald discusses anti immigrant sentiment, political backlash to the Early Closing Bill, and rising agitation over a public holiday and wage concerns. It notes a Fallon Soldiers Memorial parade plan, municipal council vacancy nominations, and debates on parliamentary accommodation and local governance.
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