Meare Dalgety & Co Shipping Notice
Shipping firm Meare Dalgety & Co lists steamer movements with merchants and ports. Trade reports show vessels bound for Fremantle and Java with anticipated departures and arrivals in January.
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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
2
Shipping firm Meare Dalgety & Co lists steamer movements with merchants and ports. Trade reports show vessels bound for Fremantle and Java with anticipated departures and arrivals in January.
The Geraldton post office will close mail for Great Britain and Europe on Friday January 11 at 10 pm for R.M.S. China. A late fee applies after 5:12 am Saturday. Mails for the Eastern States and New Zealand courier depart Tuesday at 10 o'clock, with a 30 day fee for R.M.S. Orient service.
A professional informer named John Carroll has troubled the Black Range goldfields by prompting residents to illegal alcohol sales. Several residents faced the Police Court, some convicted and fined, while witnesses questioned Carroll’s credibility. Carroll claimed police involvement, a claim the bench did not fully accept. The piece criticizes the Commissioner of Police for employing Carroll to catch illicit drinks.
A colonial article condemns police methods that entice offenders, citing a Justice Honsman remark on conspiring to breach law. It criticizes the use of an informer to staff such operations, arguing danger to innocent people and damage to public service. The piece also notes local happenings including a town hall bricklaying, a steamer departure, and harvest data across Australia with record production.
Wednesday evening inquiry by the W A T C committee found Azarovitch’s performances thoroughly satisfactory to Mr P A Connolly and others. Belmont Trial Stakes entry Meteorite shows promise as a genuine contender. Weather shifts from cool to hot with afternoon temps around 101 degrees and a southerly wind.
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