Weather devasts rail lines cut off Geraldton region
Wind and rain intensified on Tuesday night and persisted, washing out over 80 miles of track and displacing permanent way. Through traffic suspended from Walkaway to Moora with postal and telegraph lines down to Perth. Heavy rainfall totals reached 808 points for July, Chapman River flooded, and Greenough Flats Walkaway areas submerged. Official railway notice cited.
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Walkaway
Elementa
Perth
Geraldton
Gers
Midland Company
Moora
Cue
Greenough Flats
Chapman
Government Railways
Telegraphic Brevities Update Across Nations
Belfast police demand better pensions and higher wagon, London docks tariff bill, Cardiff Liberal Campbell invited for Commons. Congo horrors, Belfast dock strike, troops unhappy, police may refuse duty. Coney Island fire damages 250000 pounds. 2000 homeless, 27 firemen injured. Black Hand tenement blast in New York. 22 Italians burned, 20 injured. Greek gang vs Bulgarians. Turkey protests. Japan refuses treaty excluding Japanese workers. Romanian soldiers life-sentenced for firing on people. Harland and Wolff builds steamer with three screws. Russo Japanese treaty signed. East remains status quo. Anarchists cheer Heywood acquittal. Moyer and Pettibone prosecutions. Idaho trial costs 18,000 pounds. defence 30,000. Korean army disbanded, replaced by Japanese. Keir Hardy lectures on socialism. Winnipeg theft of hat vest tobacco pouch. American millionaire killed in car crash. British fleet modernisation proceeds with ships launched last December. Parliament mixed committee to study Swiss military system.
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Belfast
London
Campbell
Cardiff
House of Commons
Congo
House of Lords
Coney Island
York Summer Resort
New York
Turkey
Japan
America
United States
Harland and Wolff
East
Roosevelt
Heywood
Moyer and Pettibon
Idaho
Keir-Hardie
Winnipeg
Canada
Difficulties at New Cemetery Interments and Rock Infiltration
The undertaker faced heavy rock near the surface during two planned Roman Catholic interments at the new cemetery with depths as shallow as 4 ft 10 in. The Meehan burial proceeded in a shallower grave, causing confusion as mourners awaited the cortege. Investigations suggest half the land is unsuitable due to rock, amid £400 spent on fencing and £15 on ground testing.
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Board of Health
Meehan
Saunders
T. L. Brown
M.L.A
Cemetery Boa
Corrick Family Entertainment to Grace Geraldton Hall
Town abuzz as Corrick Family plans Monday night show drawing large crowds. Company sails for India on 17 September per Nadia Seydhitz, possibly their last Aus visit for some time. Features include A Romance of the Prairies and The Life of a Cowboy reserved by Mr Leonard, plus A Trip Round the World travelogue. Music by fresh artists. Tuesday’s show moves to Dongecra. box plan at Snell's for Geraldton with free reservation.
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Corrick
India
Nadia Seydhitz
Prairies
Leonard
Geraldon
Dongecra
Geraldton Entertainment
Snell's
Ilingworth to retire. Daglish to succeed in Assembly
It is understood that Mr. Illingworth, chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly, will retire soon and be succeeded by Mr. Daglish. A vote of £1000 is to be moved for Mr. Illingworth in recognition of his services. The Queensland Labour Party plans to give the Kidson Government independent support.
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Ilingworth
Legislative Assembly
Daglish
Mr. Illingworth
Queensland Labour Party
Kidson
Meeting of Rowing Club on Geraldton movement
A meeting of the Rowing Club members is scheduled for this evening to discuss among other topics the advisability of joining the movement for the proposed Geraldton project.
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Geraldton
Correspondence to the Editor on schooling and new settlers
A letter from a reader under the byline Another Parent criticizes keeping coughing children from school and dismisses medals as trivial. It comments on government land policies, praising the Lands Minister and arguing for open support to attract new settlers to grow a thickly settled, prosperous state.
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Corres
Letters on Upper Chapman railway and local politics
A reader criticizes Geraldton Express reports for omitting Upper Chapman railway, questions Mr Stone and Mr Drew over obstruction and ties to the Premier, and notes the survey begun. The letter accuses Mr Stone of hindering access to the Premier and mentions plans for a 30 or 40 prospective settlers with £30,000.
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Geraldton
Stone
Drew
Upper Chapman
Mr. Drew
Magnet
Black Range
Mr. Stone
Upper
Chapman
Passenger Siddles falls overboard from Wimmera voyage
A passenger Siddles went missing after falling from the Wimmera en route from New Zealand to Sydney. A lifeboat lowered to recover him. he was saved but died before reaching port. A separate report notes a mine accident injuring Italian worker A Zanamirini, with his condition improving. Nearby, boy Slater fined for firing air gun in Boulder after offense. Currie gives birth in Sydney hotel then disposes of infant, later returning to bed. French astronomer Camille Flammarion describes a seven tail comet approaching Earth, visible near Taurus, one tail a million miles long.
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Siddles
Wimmera
New Zealand
Sydney
Slater
Boulder
Currie
Victoria Coffee Palace
M. Camille Flammarion
Sucha
Taurus
Great Fingall
A. Zanamirini
Zanandrini
Free Pictures to frame from Constsatine and Bardner printers
Advertisement notes ready framed pictures offered with acceptable craftsmanship and prompt service at reasonable prices. It mentions Constsatine and Bardner as printers or suppliers and invites buyers to choose frames and images within a reasonable budget.
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Constsatine and
Bardner
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the New Cemetery
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Yan
Teem
OUR
Crossley
Saunders & Stewart
W.A. A. R. Morrison
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Marine Terrace
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