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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 26, 1910
Page
2
Through steamship service Geralton advertised by Burns, Php & Co with sailing details noted as Wednesdays. For fares and freights, inquiries should be directed to Garsidion Agents.
Alorty and Company Limited announces a public sale of bulls and other stock on the Bhow Grounds to be held on Thursday October. All stock for sale should be brought forward promptly for advertisement. Z Dalgety and Company Limited Geraldton Perth and all branches.
The Adelaide Steamship Company reports vessel movements with Koombama entering Geraldton and routes to Wyndham and Northern ports. Paroo sails from Geraldton to Fremantle, while Minderoo enters Pelabourne for Geraldton. Misuse Dalgery and Co. also list these flows with Fremantle and Albany calls in late September and October.
Northampton reports a survey party at Work along the road from the railway station toward the Adelaide Grounds where the new station will be built. The line straightening nears completion with about 400 yards remaining.
Mr Gee occupied the Lowat Court hearing as John Kelly Michael Walsh and Judy Patterson preceded. Denix whet a contractor for varying sums representing unpaid wages for sinking work. Plaintiffs state they left the job due to insufficient rations. Judge Cin awards each £3 with costs totaling £4 19s against the defendant. Judgment in a separate case, W Harrison v J Thompson, ordered committal until payment by October 15. A schooner Nugarea departs for Abrothos with timber for a new jetty. Greenough show offers a prize of £1 2s for best foal, to be entered by owner willing to share with Devlin. Aldermen and Deargcond plan preliminary notices in another column.
A scanned program page lists Mme screen fare for three evenings including Scenes Around Viena and a tale of a white man and his wife of Indian descent. It features The Smoked Husband, Police competition skits, Baby’s First Tooth, The Lachine Rapids, and The Police of the Future. Also noted are Ascot Sunday at Boullée’s Lock and various comedies and westerns.
A reader criticizes Abbott for defending contract labor and wage practices. The correspondence questions whether managers can fairly judge work quality and time, arguing that informed public action should consider local resisting of sweating and the costs of roadworks. The letter defends contract principles amid democratic concerns.
Wellington report shows Defence Committee estimating 44,000 men enrolled for a nationwide retrat at a cost of £501,000 with further large sums for the second and third years. Equipment cost placed at £190,000. Compulsory training extends to age 35.
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