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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
2
REGK and ANDERSON proprietors advertise the fish and oyster saloon located opposite the Vietrta Hotel on Marine Terrace in Geraldton.
The document lists first and second prizes across cattle, draught stock, mares, dairy animals, sheep, poultry, and rabbits with breeds such as Clydesdale, Suffolk, Shorthorn, Hereford, Jersey, Ayrshire, and Dutch equivalents. It notes entries for bulls, cows with calves, dairy and fat cattle, rams, lambs, and various poultry categories with prize points and judge notes.
The item lists exhibition rules for a show including judging, entry ownership, stock drop-off times, and prize notes. It also contains Anglican church notices for September 9 1906, with services at Geraldton and Bealalst, plus a shipping column detailing Fremantle and Geraldton sailings and train connections.
A Perth area notice lists items from a Greenough land tax meeting to morrow night, and reports on the Municipal Council and Orchestral Society. It notes Mount Magnet cauliflowers shipped by Japanese, Geraldton workers, and the new monthly paper The Reformer opposing drink traffic. The Full Court orders a new trial in a bike insurance case amid unclear details.
Local notices report Geraldton orchestra performance and musical society events including Geet At SE Catharine at Greenough next week. The Mining Development Act seeks applicants by September for Northampton mines with on site work funding criteria and registrar forms. Weather notes and wagon details are briefly mentioned amid broader local news.
In Geraldton Quarter Sessions the stabbing at Coorow near Tilt of March was continued. The accused Braancya Barrve Wows Boog Arvew and Sam faced charges of tempting, with a young woman described as involved. The bench heard testimony and noted a man not her partner. the woman refused to go away with him. Medical evidence referenced.
A partial court record notes the jury and accused, with references to Wins and Friday September 7. Waller and Elliot escaped the bench. Elisabeth Franele Cooper was fined for bearing Mo len at Gihows on April last. The court adjourned after discussing bail and a sessional schedule.
Letters question a secretary’s £107 payment and a fund contribution, arguing for transparency. A reader cites state finances, noting a £30,000 annual deficit, loss of customs revenue, upcoming interstate duties, and asks for practical tax reform to balance the budget.
A historical article argues against a land tax replacing income or andere forms, warning that high costs and uneven burden will punish farmers and rural landholders while wealthy town estates profits grow. It criticizes large properties and companies delaying development until taxed, urging resistance to new land taxation policies.
An advertisement from The Zan-Ruk Co claims Zam-Buk cures back pain piles boils boils sores and many ailments. It highlights use for cuts burns sprains strains and muscle pains with testimonials from a Mr Lawton of Leichhardt Street Spring Hill Trinidad and Tobago.
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