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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
4
In a Tuesday night address, Thos Nanzun and speaker Walker condemn a Gerrymander bill as rushed and party driven. Daglish and Nanson defend redistribution while warning against excess power for rural districts, urging careful, nonpartisan reform.
Mr Walker denounces Labor measures as attacks on democracy while Hayward’s speech is cited as proof of ruling-party fear. He argues the government seeks anti-agrarian control, vilification of opponents, and warns of a reckoning when voters reassert fair play and self government. The piece laments political rancor and defends citizen equality.
Perth reports a stormy passage for the Redistribution of Seats bill in the Assembly. The government won a 26 to 20 division after opposition attempts to refer the bill to a select committee failed. Angry scenes followed as MPs clashed over shelving the measure and other amendments.
Tentative proposals to arrange a portion of fuel for mines were discussed in several quarters on January 11. No plan satisfied all parties. Four commissioners met with workers’ delegates for two hours. Proposals to form a new company drew strong support from delegates. A meeting of governing bosses then adopted a resolution to submit the dispute to arbitration.
William Champion, a fan 11, was brought to Busselton from the Government drainage works on Lennox River after attempting suicide with a jagular vein and then a table knife. His condition was not yet life threatening and recovery seemed possible despite heavy drinking and declared weariness of life.
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