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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
The Big Store hosts a Christmas fair with a theme Let Us Shoe You highlighting footwear specials. Customers visit for holiday deals, extended hours, and door prizes as part of festive shopping events.
A. G. & Co. announce the opening of their extended premises at Marine Terrace opposite Freemans Hotel and Post Office in Geraldton. The two shops span the frontage and offer a guaranteed stock worth £5,009 to select from.
G H Griffiths Drapery and Toy Shop advertise a wide range of toys and Christmas novelties with a special offer. Shoppers spending at least 108 in Xmas goods between now and close of the season receive a coupon worth 24 and 6d to guide value. Located at Victoria Buildings opposite post office.
Shipping notices show Ocean Steamsup Company Limited and West Australian Steam Navigation Company Limited operating Fremantle to North West Ports Java and Singapore. Vessels MINILYA Capt. BE. Bickerdean and PAROO Capt. A. Mills sail Geraldton to Fremantle and North West ports on January 1 and January 15 with freight and passage details. Dalgety & Co Limited handles freight.
Mews Daledy and Co shipping agents announce planned movements of their steamers. Listings include Geraldton bound Paroolavas and Paroolavas Geraldton departures around Monday January 11 and Fremantle to Geraldton trips with calls at Beanies and North-West ports.
A deralton Guardian notes the White Australia policy as a major issue in world affairs. It discusses immigration fears in California and other Pacific states, anti Chinese and Japanese sentiment in British Columbia, and restrictive registration in Trenrvasi, with Natal also troubled by similar tensions. The piece reflects concern over racial quotas and potential political changes in the United States and abroad.
The piece traces the anti Chinese sentiment from 1878 onward, detailing how slavery and colonial expansion shaped labor conflicts and urban segregation. It describes Chinatown as a vice-ridden enclave near San Francisco, contrasts Chinese labor with European workers, and notes housing, gambling, and crime fears fueling discrimination.
The piece discusses fears over unrestricted Japanese immigration triggering rioting in American and British cities, warning Australia must preserve a White Australia policy. It questions repurchasing the Oukabella Estate and notes local sea and theatre events, health alerts, and council efforts in Geraldton.
The West Australian Independent Order of Rechabites district meeting will be held at Geraldton Marek west with delegates from every vent in the Sinta and the district office expected. Passengers report unnecessary delays at Mullowe Junction with trains held over an hour while goods are dispatched to the Cue train. calls are made for Geraldton porters or two vans to speed dispatch. Local Juvenile Rechabite Lodge secretary Mr. Wm Moore receives two medals donated by the WA district LO.R. for most financially active members. winners Sister M Oldfield and Brother J Carpenter represent Safeguard Tent No. 3 Geraldton. Major W M Buchanan, a customs collector, goes on annual leave to Bunbury then attends the W A Infantry Regiment column in Perth on 25 26 and 27 January with Fremantle customs Mr J J Broomhall serving in Geraldton audience.
The usual monthly Greenough Board meeting at Central Greenough discussed accounts totaling £31 17s, reserve sales for plots 1746 and 7904, and input from Lands Public Works and Surveyor General. They will hold a Revision Court on February 11 at 2 pm and set January 31 as the last day for applications or objections.
The Guardian lists contact points for obtaining materials from Mecars E Snell L Kruger A J Tavies W T James in Geraldton and M J Ryan Walkaway and notes availability at the publishers office Constantine Gardner.
A letter from S. Crabbe of Geraldton argues Mr Taylor paid for the siding, notes government material and officials involved, and challenges claims about who built and funded it. A second correspondent disputes rumors about removing Taylor's siding to Webb's and defends Webb's as the lesser site, urging fair consideration of the White Peak versus No. 4 route. A third writer lists landowners and settlers, advocating No. 4 route for broader settlement and improved access between Geraldton, Northampton, and surrounding tracts. The letters urge independent review and public input on railway alignments and siding ownership.
Discussion on the government's choice of route for the Upper Chapman railway with advocates favoring No. 4 route for better grade and wider settlement. Proposed starting at Mullows line stock yards, using Lower Chapman valley and Narra Tarra estates to reach Mount Wairfax, and moving toward Use and Marrs country.
Mr. W. Prior, auctioneer, notes post holiday arrivals slowing then settling. Demand strong for fruit, poultry steady, tomatoes easing. Prices seen include apples around 12s 6d to 18s, cherries 25d, watermelons up to 20s, beans 4d, cabbage 10a, roots 1s to 1d, potatoes best 6d, marrows 2s 6d, pumpkins 100, fowls 7s 6d, ducks 5s to 7s, pigeons 2s 5d, chaff 2 100.
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