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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 30, 1906
Page
3
A garbled Genesis of notices includes a Geraldton Jewellery Arcade advert, a December 3 electors address by Watson Cabinet, a Patril Tribal Party gathering tonight, and random railway and weather notes. The text also mentions estate probate for Andrew J. Oeilvie, a sponge discovery note by C F Gale, and various local incidents such as a police thief, a passenger train, and mining visits to Great Fingal.
Debate in the Legislative Council over subclause 2 of section 33 regarding unimproved land value ends with the bill being defeated. Colonial Secretary and committee members clash over amendment and timing, with motions lost and a six month report directive approved by a narrow majority.
The Legislative Assembly ad journed to a special session in February after Premier Moore explained the Council’s rejection of the land tax plan. Government aims include a loan bill, estimates, and railway works with new taxation to fund essential public projects in Western Australia. The speaker noted the Council’s move was occasioned by peculiar circumstances and not the Assembly’s long‑held view.
The Rev. James Guiness Rogers D.D. of the Congregational church writes to The Times urging the government to make the education bill purely national in character. He argues for a nationwide framing rather than local or mixed approaches, aligning with a national policy aim.
The National Liberal Reichstag member Conversing with Perrerimer states Burns, head of the hadeal Govern ment Board, opposes State Socialism while accepting Social Democracy goals. He asserts Britain will reach the Continental aim through trade unions, not state control.
A Liverpool chamber of commerce meeting denounced a recent Commonwealth Act as pernicious and harmful to the nation. Speakers urged government restraint and warned Parliament may veto the measure amid fears it will impair trade and industry.
Further meetings of protest regarding the Congo atrocities were held in Manchester, Sunderland, Derby, and other boroughs, as British protests continued to demand action and accountability.
In Khartoum a Belrian government unit placed 12 heavy guns in a fort inside the Lado enclave on the Nile. A massive explosion near Westphalia devastated the town, with hundreds injured and many killed. Much of the town reduced to ruins.
A West Ham Guardian member among two released on bail after being arrested on charges related to a coal contract dispute with the West Ham Union. Details of the case remain sparse as the investigation proceeds.
Report from London describes an extraordinary session in the Portuguese Chamber amid a debate on the Ride's private debts. Signor Amforsa urged mortgaging royal estates and expelling the King as a common criminal. A Republican shouted kingly theft as soldiers cleared the chamber. calls for a republic followed. Costa and Braga suspended for thirty days.
A Hobart tramline worker named Taylor was killed while severing a rail when a crowbar slipped striking his feet and knocking him onto the track. He fell under the tram and died shortly after from injuries in this singular accident.
In Melbourne this afternoon in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Prendergast pledged that if the Government introduces a measure naming a wages board its decisions would bind trades disputes without arbitration. He said he would use his best endeavors to secure strikers’ return to work. Mr Bent said the matter would be referred to the Cabinet on Monday for consideration.
Perth locals report Ramsay MacDonald meeting the Trades Hall Association aboard RMS Himalaya on Monday with a welcome. He will speak in Fremantle that evening as part of his Australasian Labour Party tour. Elsewhere North Fremantle council debates a resignation demand and topics of confidence. A man named Bell, waterworks accountant, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the temple and was hospitalized with the bullet lodged.
In the Criminal Court at Kat Boothe, William Spencer Martinson former Norse town clerk was charged with stealing a share certificate of ten fully paid timber shares in the Adelaide Steamship Benevolent, found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment. A second £1200 charge was withdrawn. Grant received £50 or two months. Also, In the Nanmine police court, Grant, alleged to have bought roki without license, was fined £50 or two months.
A Maryborough area man recounts a devastating paralysis event on a Keoreh farm near St Arnaud. After weeks of immobility, treatment with Williams Pink Pills revived his limbs, restored speech, and allowed him to return to farm work, crediting the medicine for his recovery. His wife and local supporters corroborate the remarkable improvement and urge others to seek the pills.
A thief targets hearts of homes as police constable Milly Weather confronts the suspect during a tense roadside pursuit. The officer restrains the thief while the removal of the loot begins. The incident ends without further violence as onlookers report a quiet interlude afterwards.
A fragment from a New York Tribune story recounts a visit of the American Fleet to English waters. Admiral Ertet, now retired, led the command with Captain Mahan as flag captain. An invitation to dine with the Duke was extended but declined. The Admiral later accepted the invitation for Mahan and Coppin Makan, advising the Duke regarding the exchange.
A vivid account describes a 9 card swindle in an English public house. Two men drink and arrange a cut the highest card wins game with tricky sanded low and high cards. A quiet stranger allegedly runs the game, the dealer uses sandpapered cards, and the crowd learns not to trust strangers over cards.
A garbled survey-like text shows women outnumbering men in many areas such as Australia and Ireland, with striking ratios cited including 93 men to 100 women in some places and 58 men to 100 women in others. It mentions marriage trends and age groups, interwoven with unrelated anecdotes and product ads.
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