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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
2
Loving memory of our dear husband and father who died on August 1943. Remembered by his loving wife and twin daughters with enduring affection.
In a long running dispute seen at the 27th Brad Roar association conference in Geraldton, critics attack Local Government Land amendments. The Minister in charge, A F White, faced questions on road board concerns and a call to refer amendments to a representative select committee amid prior proposals from road board engineers.
Historic discussion centers on forming a royal commission like committee to scrutinize the Local Government Bill. Ministers criticize excessive powers while some MPs warn against overreach delaying passage. Weather and traffic notes feature minor local updates amid the session.
Local listings note the Tiv Theatre presenting Song of the Prairie with Kent Curia singing popular tunes. Short subjects include an Australian Review, Freddy Duck, a car comedy, a Norpalar Science firm, Listeric Capetoway, and the second instalment of a new serial Who's Guilty.
Passengers traveling by Midland Omnibus Service for the Aid land Railway Company between Berth and Geraldton over several days from Perth to Geraldton and from various towns are listed. The long roster includes dozens of names with roles and stems from Tuesday through Thursday departures.
A listing of passengers traveling on the Maclobertsin-Miller Aviation Company Limited service. Geraldton to Perth and Keehourne, Keehourne to Geraldton, and Geraldton to Carmieven journeys are noted for Wednesday and Thursday departures. Passengers include Mrs T. J. Nichols, Moira Atkinson, A E Anderson, J Waldeck, S Currie, and several others in movements between Geraldton, Perth, and nearby towns.
A damaged OCR fragment lists Abrolhos tourists and names several travelers including Thompson, Zerbe, Self, Revek, Hetherington, Reynolds, and Brock among others, with garbled spellings and incomplete entries.
The article notes Mexico's vast natural resources and mineral wealth earning the epithet storehouse of the world. It attributes the phrase to German naturalist and traveler Alexander Humboldt who died in 1899.
Details a Belmont Park meet with multiple six furlong divisions and handicap events. Names horses and riders, lists starting times, and notes potential claimants and runners in the page’s handicapping and entry sections. Includes various horse names, odds style markings, and event divisions for the program.
Geraldton welcomes visiting dignitaries and business figures including Mr K Gambi, Mrs J L Doherty, Mrs T L Nicholle, and Mrs E G Altorfer. Police Sergeant LH Scott arrives to relieve D J Allan as annual leave begins. Notables attend civic events including a reception for Rev Neil Macleod, MLA, and Mr Lionel Fidock of Magarel Fils tours. Local tradespeople Mr Arthur Shoesmith exits hotel work to run Tip-Ton Milk Bar.
Large turnout of councilors, builders, and tradesmen attended a housing conference in Geraldton Council Chambers on Tom Fay night. Chairman W Kewwilie and Secretary Mir. Pond from the State Housing Commission explained transport and material shortages due to a coal strike affecting lumber supply, delaying housing projects in country centers. Mayor Dr J McAtner chaired. officers toured sites with local builders while planners discussed accelerating the home building program.
A cycling meet with senior and juvenile championships opens at 10 am from near the Queen’s Hospital to Ditaucher Street, with two back-markers in contention for the title. Distances and handicaps listed include riders such as McCagh, McKillop, Ward, Auliffe, and Ashplant among others, and handsome trophies await winners after the events conclude.
About forty employees of the Mulwala Hotel in Canberra walked out yesterday after management and Acting Conciliation Commissioner G A Findlay refused to reinstate a European maid alleged to have misinformed staff. The workers, through the Alma Liquor Tivles Union, planned meetings to call out all hostel employees in Canberra, affecting roughly two hundred public servants.
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