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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
2
Mesars and Pissip Ltd report movement updates for several steamers. The notice lists ship names and routes with limited details, reflecting maritime logistics and scheduling information from the agents.
The article analyzes the Wilson and Lefroy governments' deficits, forecasting a 1916-17 shortfall of £1,057,000 without remedies and a per head deficit rising beyond previous years. It criticizes rising costs, sinking fund suspensions, and calls for restraint while noting unclear borrowing obligations and suspected mismanagement.
Postmortem on Alfred Hichards not completed Friday. Mrs Murthe improving. two sons better. Gould's bid £125 1s 6d for Mekkatharra public quartery removal accepted. Justices of the Peace appointments listed for Murchison and Gascoyne districts. Gereldton seven day temps ranged 76 to 85. rain minimal. Naval officer Sir Richard Poore fined £30 for food hoarding. home raid revealed bulk provisions. Shooters mishap in Willian Street injures guard William Gendall. Miss Holmes begins music tempo lessons February Th. Sheet iron trade notes mention 410 tons released for New Zealand use. price £70 per ton.
A Red Cross Society meeting is planned for tonight at 8 o'clock in the Municipal Chambers. Attendees are urged to attend and support aid efforts for the frontline workers.
Perth reports urge appointing a capable railway commissioner after decades of costly expansion and disjointed lines. Also a Perth incident recounts a memory loss case at the Central Police Station with the subject later recovering, while the state treasurer travels east and ongoing public education classes and economy conference discussions continue across Western Australia.
Personal notices recount Mian Holmes returning to Geraldton from the Yullingap Caves with her relatives and letters from front line loved ones, along with memorial references to Joseph Whitmer and a local band member who died after a fall. The piece also records medical and wartime losses, including Private Leonard Weeks in Fremantle and David Duncan's hospital treatment, with community sympathy extended to the Weeks family.
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