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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1925
Page
3
Melbourne reports show Australia 209 all out in follow on against England as pundits debate the course of the five day match. Critics note England may seize the initiative while conditions favor a chase day as Australia seeks to recover from early setbacks.
Perth telegrams report the inquest into Hazel Trowbridge’s death in a Swanbourne motor smash concluded with a verdict of accidental death. The hearing details are sparse in the fragment.
Melbourne reports Federal Minister for Transport forecasts future road aid. He says grants could total 5 million dollars for years of work plus at least 500 thousand more. Emphasizes main trunk arterial roads and reconstruction while noting Western Australia lacks bodies to manage funds.
Melbourne reports a government move to renew freight contracts with Vestey Bros in support of Darwin Meat Works. The weather outlook is positive with recent rains benefiting pastures and cattle grazing. Senator Pearce notes favorable replies and an early start is expected.
A fragment notes an action at Henry Ford's factory site and suggests Williamstown as the likely locality for the location. The terse wording implies planning or land use work with no further details.
Burney February 16. In a speech to night the Spier Communist candidate for the selection ballot in the Siu Biedons (ire Garden) stated that the only way to meet the capitalistic challenge effectively was to prepare for two work and to discuss dictatorship.
Feb. 17 report notes that if Labour takes power at the election Nuk W. would appoint Mr. A C Willis, ALP president, to lead the party in the Upper House. Willis would not contest a Federal seat, with Mr Lang as Labour Premier to announce the plan.
Auckland reports James Simpkin found guilty only of manslaughter for slashing his wife in October after a quarrel on a tramway shelter. accused claimed insanity and provocation while the wife alleged not to be the father of his children.
Tender offers invited for Victoria Location 1405 a 200 acre parcel in Artho Bead Georgina two miles from aing. Property fenced about three parts cleared with wood and iron dwelling. Lands subject to a two year share farm agreement. Tenders due noon Saturday 28 inst. Details from undersigned dated February 18 1958.
Wellington officials warn of trouble as shipowners hire a unionist crew for the Moeraki. Maritime workers are expected to resent the move and may refuse work on arrival, either as watersiders or seamen aboard the vessel.
Reports from Adelie dated February 16 claim the Federal Executive of the Waterside Workers Federation imposed a £2000 penalty on the Port Adelaide branch for refusing to work steamers Clan Mouroe and Baron MacLay chartered by the Commonwealth line while at Outer Harbor. Officials deny any order to pay the sum, though acknowledge disciplinary action without discussing committee powers.
General President Tom Walsh of the Seamen's Union criticizes the Western Australian Labor Government and the State's Industrial Disputes Commission. He accuses them of kowtowing to the minister class and misrepresenting seamen's disputes, accusing the government of bottling up fish in a preserving jar and declaring no compromise possible. He also belittles the Labour Minister and mocks angel Gabriel as a metaphor for lack of action.
The Moeraki steamer crew were signed off at Mercantile Marine offices on Saturday and paid. About half will return aboard the Manuka, while the rest join the Victorian seamen's Union and seek coastal trade positions locally.
A Perth report claims the Remantle Lampers Union was fined about £1000 by the Waterside Workers Federation for misbehavior during the seamen’s strike. The chartered steamer Queenmoor, branded “black” by the Seamen’s Union, left Fremantle without discharging its cargo en route to the Eastern Briton.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Dalgety and Company Limited with a binding permission for Friday values. It lists prices and items including beads, a silver ring, and handles, with scattered monetary figures such as 8 and 2/10 and dates like 17/6. Overall details are unclear and partially unreadable.
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