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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
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Freight notice listing Fremantle to North West Ports Java and Singapore. From Geraldton for North West Ports and Singapore. Addressed to DALGETY & CO for freight and passage. Names include Capt P Sultan and Townley with dates noted as Thursday and Saturday. Locations include Geraldton Fremantle Carnarvon Port Hedland Cosmet.
Shipping arrivals list vessels including Pena 1900 tons at Singapore with crew and passengers from Melbourne Fremantle and Bunbury. Hobart 1600 tons with Captain A M Bashan reports passengers from Fremantle and Melbourne. multiple names and destinations noted for Fremantle Bunbury and Eastern States voyages.
Dalgety agents report steamship movements: Sultan sails from Geraldton to Fremantle on Saturday February. Paroo departs Fremantle to Geraldton on Wednesday February 6. Paroo to North West Ports Singapore and Tae on Thursday February 7. Sultan to Fremantle for Geraldton to North West Ports on February 8. Burruimbeot and Fairy kwary to Geraldton via ports.
Anglican Church schedules for January 27 include 8 a.m. Holy Communion and 11 a.m. Matins and sermon with 3 p.m. Sunday School and Evensong at Moongoonooka. An 7.30 p.m. Evensong and permom led by Rev Edward Saunders. Wesley Church lists 11 a.m. sermon with children’s address and 7.30 p.m. The Pearl of Great Price by Rev A J Barclay. Also 7.30 p.m. Mission Band and 11 a.m. and 7.20 p.m. services by Pastor Corwon of Cue.
New railway grain charges favor millers and middlemen more than farmers. The schedule reduces freight only for exports and grain for export, while local growers gain little unless distant over thirty miles. Export rebates offer marginal relief, not enough to boost cereal farming in Victoria’s districts near Geraldton and Albany.
Geraldton news covers Postmaster shifts with H L Armstrong moving to Fortescue, water bore progress, freight concessions, and a local producers league. Reported incidents include a sanitary wagon fall, a man’s suicide attempt, a fatal accident recovery, a large hospital operations run, and a fire at Newmarcera Estate. Community events include a picnic trip, town hall foundation ceremony, and Amateur Rowing Club regatta.
The passage argues that distributive benefits from a smell grower plan must be shared by all producers, large and small, and warns that uniform concessions ignore district differences. It calls for tailored help to producers in diverse environments and special concessions to fit local circumstances.
Personal, Wr. W. Leake of Perth led a Hobart round trip on the Misilya while J. Longmore of the Government Latour Bureau praised the journey. The Geraldton State school added new staff including Miss Dunne from Kalgoorlie and Miss Tanbella Kil-Tett, with Miss Cole transferring to Cus.
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