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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
4
Public notice for Mrs J J Clarke's Geraldton Coffee Palace on Marin Terrace Geraldton invites visitors with details about downstairs and upstairs access and room rates in historic district signage.
The notice urges Geraldton residents to subscribe in advance to a yearly periodical at 13s 6d per annum. Subscriptions extend to the end of each quarter March June September or December. Prompt payment ensures delivery of the newsletters.
An article discusses a proposed commission to study sanitation at Hindu and Muslim pilgrimage sites. It warns that Western sanitation ideas face delicate resistance in Oriental religious contexts and traces cholera’s spread from Mecca through railway routes to Europe, noting the Mecca pilgrimage as a key transmission hub.
A fragmentary account notes tension between modern leisure and churchgoing in England. It references a Daily Mail piece on Sunday observance, motor culture, and the impact of leisure on faith, with mentions of Father Vaughan, yachting cups, and Olympia displays. It comments on public attitudes toward religion and contemporary youth.
A critic highlights gaps in the Government’s budget plan noting a large deficit and unclear reduction measures. He cites bank credit cuts, overstatement of revenue, and failed decisions on the Savings Bank and state ventures as factors worsening the fiscal position.
The Norddeutscher Lloyd rejects use of the Imperator as the world’s largest liner and seeks two bigger ships for New York service. The Imperator, built at Blohm & Voss Hamburg, launched 1910, measures 219% feet long, 98 feet beam, 62M depth, about 2000 tons, 22 knots, with 36 watertight compartments and 83 lifeboats. Ship crew totals around 1100. full capacity about 5100, under Commodore Hane Roser and four captains.
A bride and groom were wed in two ceremonies within seven days due to a non licensed school room used for the first service. The registrar general's decision is pending while the couple plans a second ceremony at the Primitive Methodist chapel.
From Our Own Correspondent notes crops improving with late week rains, optimism rising among farmers. W Adele Angel expands acreage, J Zambarg shows promising ground with irrigation potential. D Grant’s new residence rising on an elevated site. Roads in poor condition after heavy rain, but fixable with minor work. Narngulu agriculture advancing, social life fading. boxing club remains active locally.
Mail routes and schedules listed for numerous towns and stations with daily or weekly frequencies. Specific times include 4 a.m. departures on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 2 a.m. at Katerina Station, private bag services, and multiple connections to Midland Junction Fremantle Perth Walkaway Salt Eilensale and others. The notice also markets a winter sale with discounted flannel sleepwear and infant clothing.
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