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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1909
Page
2
Readable fragments show The Economic Stores listing goods with prices and the community discussing provincial boards. It notes byways funding, rating reforms, and shifts toward self help, detailing Upper Chapman and Irwin boards with rate changes and government subsidies.
Tre Thomas Speedy and Family of Narra Tatra express heartfelt thanks to friends for sympathy and wreaths after the death of Thomas Speedy aged 78 on June 6 1909.
Shipping agents Dalgety and Co report steamer movements with departures to Fremantle Geraldton and Singapore. Miniteron sails Fremantle for Geraldton on Friday May 24. Mitya leaves Premantle for Geraldton on Saturday May 25. Full Riverina departs Sydney May 10 and Adelaide May 21 for Fremantle. other sailings include Premantle to Singapore and Geraldton via various ports.
Clergymen and various church groups pressed the Colonial Secretary to restrict Sunday amusements and halt Town Hall Sunday concerts. A clerical delegation from Anglicans Methodists Roman Catholics and others urged restraint. replies were mostly favorable but critics warned many requests overstate aims. Public mood favors a balance allowing non degrading entertainment while limiting private profit and compulsory service.
A Swan Roads Board deputation met the Government, seeking more funding via a higher 4d rate on annual property value. The Minister rejected the request, suggesting rating on unimproved capital values as an alternative. The ex-chairman had long pressed the reform, while Swan figures Ferguson Chan Harper and Barrets Lennard oppose the change.
A note states that Sunday evening performances and football matches may be included in this category. It notes work refusals on Sunday by any person from librarians to guards will be respected, reflecting conscientious scruples and industrial beliefs.
The Chapmay Railway project began last week with a discreet start, signaling not fear but recognition of delay. Officials note the Upper Chim Railway Bill aims to boost settlement north of Garaldson, with 13 districts now slated for an agricultural line. The 14th line, from White Peak north east for 65 miles, would cost about £96,400 and open 400,000 acres, 165,000 of which are unsettled, accelerating colonization and crop transport.
Fragmented local notices mention J J Brown property Firdlaker Pack sold for £1800 and Dr Mercer long-serving council member. Reports touch on hospital, municipal chambers events, pension claims, court notices, and weather with 36 pots of rain in Geraldton. Also mentions cricket score and political seating plans with hotels, Beavery and Cordial factories, and various named residents and locations.
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