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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
3
Echo de Paris quotes that Germany has about 300000 regular troops and about 2000000 irregulars. Le Journal de Paris correspondent notes the German government has received a firm note from the Allies on the matter.
London reports General Coviglia has taken Fiume. About 400 killed and thousands wounded in the fighting. D'Annungo not wounded. Thirty regulars killed and one hundred wounded in the battle.
General Smuts campaigns in Eastern Transvaal urging League of Nations support as crucial for peace and goodwill among white races. He warns European civilisation and South Africa hinge on mutual respect and predicts America will align to form a leading white world alliance.
London reports that the Labor Commission finds the Sinn Fein forces were not a true army but an intangible, formidable force. It says the government did not directly inspire reprisals yet released forces it could not control, shifting responsibility to the government.
Trotsky favors a grand scheme to mold Russia into a vast military state with universal training for men up to fifty. He argues Russia should be a great military camp, earning global respect.
In England, Mrs Pat Campbell dined with a climbing hostess who arranged seating next to Mr. Wella. Introduced to the author, she exclaimed she expected Wells and learned the novelist claimed to be Mr. Wells, mentioning works such as Mr. Britling Sees It Through and John and Peter.
Eighty four years past, notable attendees John Batman and J P Palkner watched the opening land sale in Melbourne. The south west Collins Street lot sold to Batman for £60. Collins and Queen Streets corner went to Mr Empherby for £60 000. Batman bought the Bank of Victoria site for £51. Hoddle conducted the auction, a namesake Melbourne street.
Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie argues that organic life must cease on Earth’s surface within 200000 years as atmospheric carbonic acid is fixed by alkalic processes. He notes some life could persist in the sea for millions of years while terrestrial life fades.
In Perth on December 30 members of the Industrial Disputes Committee met with Minister for Railways Mr. Senscian to discuss the railway dispute but made no progress toward a solution.
In Perth a large majority votes 52 to 12 against accepting union demands and authorizes delegates to call a conference if the government refuses to grant penalty rates for night and overtime work. Employers’ views vary, with some unions not yet expressing official positions. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees supports a united stance with the locomotive men.
Kalgoorlie observers warn that the Arbitration Courts plan to repeat a wanl cov ering the mining industry in the Eastern goldfield will cause a very serious error for the industry. Officials foresee a potential 50 percent cut in state employment with two or three mines closing within months while others near the end.
Melbourne report states Dr. Macaulay died in Brighton yesterday. He was long time resident of Perth and well known in medical circles.
Perth reports a cabinet session at 3 p.m. with no new developments on the railway trouble. The sitting produced no fresh information or decisions.
A pending railway dispute threatens a total shutdown for Geraldton and surrounding districts if no settlement is reached by tomorrow night. Trains may be suspended after Friday, delaying mail, loading at the jetty, and shipments of flour and wool, with heavy local and regional disruption anticipated.
The Transport Workers' Federation asks Prime Minister Hughes to intervene in the marine stewards strike and push for an immediate settlement, announced in Sydney on December 29.
Telegram from Mitchell shows Agnes Nelson of Bolton died in a tin hut leaving a hidden fortune. A witness found her dead in bed beside a cache totaling £5237 including 562 sovereigns 216 half sovereigns 210 ten pound notes and 480 five pound notes. Constable Adams of Mitchell took charge and the money was placed in the Queensland National Bank at Mitchell.
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