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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
2
Postal notices warn that Mails for the United Kingdom and Europe will close at 10:00 p.m. tonight with a late fee at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow for RMS Marmora. Mails for the Eastern States and New Zealand close Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. with a late fee at 5:04 a.m. Wednesday for KMS Omral.
Sparse OCR fragment lists events in March and April with unclear dates and names including St Prisca Merecamaie and St Patrick's Day. Mentions races at Dongarta and a Walk Away event. Names and details are partly garbled.
Shipping notes list Wriday and Charan passages with multiple passengers including Messrs Markin Brassey and Fienberg Miss Townsend and others. Departures show Charan capt J Bell bound for Singapore via Nor West ports due at 7 o clock with passengers from Ger ridton including Dawson Kirby Wanton Asterop Wal tom Mansfield Ah Yuin Ab Chi and Seto.
The note lists arrivals and sailings from Fremantle including a 1:40 ton cargo for this port. A ship will sail for Singapore via Fremantle and Geraldton with wool shipments. Several vessels are shown bound for Fremantle, Geraldton, and Singapore, with dates in March.
Fragments report labor shortages delaying work as tradesmen are scarce. An Evolution Tremendau and Meteor display tours from Prospecter to Geraldton. a visit to A Ibs and Co. showrooms tomorrow. A sale arranged by A Cantor Northampton concerns Mr J Drage’s property. In police court a Chinaman named Al Hung faced a liquor supply charge.
Hung admitted receiving money from Peter the Aboriginal and laughed in court. He was fined £2 and costs of 19 shillings, warning of heavier penalties if charged again. The piece reports on late night nuisance from nightmen, local social events, cabinet reshuffles rumors, weather notes, and new stock arrivals in Perth.
In Geraldton, WA, shipmasters report poor dispatch and crew shortages causing delays at the port. A Melbourne 8.5 Co vessel and other imports face hatches, late arrivals, and insufficient sailors, with proposals to bring Fremantine workers to remedy the labor shortage and meet ship needs.
A union rep described labor conditions during ship unloading and quarry work scene. Trooper and Mr Symes discussed excess labor, temporary shifts, and fluctuating demand. Workers denied reports of four games ordered, noting plenty of men available but not all engaged.
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