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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 05, 1917
Page
2
Vague report notes three agents moving a white camera away from Fremantle bound for the Eastern Statue. Text is garbled but mentions Friday 6 November and travel movements tied to a likely formal mission.
The Perth Chamber of Commerce presses for food commodity measures while claiming influence with the Lalroy Government. The passage shows confusion over policy aims and suggests ongoing contention about protection and prevention in food distribution.
A Perth deputation urged the Premier to clarify government policy on State Trading Concerns and demanded actions to shut down or continue those enterprises. Speakers argued private firms cannot compete against government operations and cited tenders, timber works, and water meters as examples of unfair advantage and economic harm.
In a heated debate Premier and ministers defend keeping state mills running to support the timber trade in Adelaide and Melbourne. They argue private firms would suffer, demand a balanced plan, and oppose wholesale shutdowns while assessing tenders for road and shop projects and maintaining state ships and contracts.
A Central Summons Court session in Sydney tackled a War Precautions Moratorium matter. Emanuel Myerson, estate agent, distrained furniture from Edith Fisher, a partially dependent war pensioner, and was convicted, fined £30 plus £6 6s 6d costs, and ordered to pay £11 for the furniture. The Royal Commission on Cost of Living is reviewing wage-earner budgets, with W. J. Johnson touring country centres to promote family budgets. Other items note sugar price hearings, Geraldton weather figures, wheat varieties, local lodge meetings, and diverse regional notices.
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