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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1911
Page
3
Dublin on July 10 reports a grand reception for King George II and Queen Mary despite city opposition. The Lord Mayor planned a small fires welcome at Levon Bridge but seats were daubed with paint by opponents.
Paris reports July 10 that at Berlin agents of France and Germany discussed the Moroccan situation. Afterward a semi official note said there is no cause for disquietude and both sides wish to reach an understanding over the differences.
Budapest dispatch reports 32 minute quake shocks felt in Kecskemet on Saturday night causing about £100,000 in damage. Railway station and military parks collapsed, most buildings destroyed, many injured by collapsing walls. Several women burned by lunatic asylum inmates, a fissure outside the town emitted mud and sulphur, and elsewhere a peasant and three children died in a house collapse.
Reports from Caracas on July 10 state General Castro has 2000 armed partisans in the mountains near the Gulf of Mararayaho. A landing caused national panic. Bank of Paris holds £1,400,000 reportedly linked to General Gomez, brother of the President, who sent two battalions to reconnoiter the area.
London reports a plea from the South Wales Miners Federation for a national strike to secure a minimum wage for all collieries. Welsh miners pay 49 monthly to support strikers at Cambrian Combine pits, while coalowners contribute 144 per ton to a fund, enabling Cambrian to fund months of resistance.
London on July 16 reports that Mr G R Askwith led talks with dockers and carters on strike and with employers at Manchester. Parties reached a settlement acceptable to all sections, signaling a peaceful resolution.
Paris reports show executives of allied building unions voting to strike over contractor refusals to cap the workday at nine hours and to end piecework. In Tokyo the navy plans four new dreadnoughts to be ready for sea by 1949, signaling a major arms push amid postwar tensions.
Telegram from Kalgoorlie dated July 210 reports Labor voters chose Walker as the Kanowna seat candidate after Hudson retired from the selection ballot. The item notes the party’s internal process and names the involved figures.
Daniel Bentley, elderly married man of Wannatee road, was killed last night when riding home in a loaded cart near Wanneree road Hotel. He fell from the vehicle and a wheel passed over his head, dying minutes later.
Adelaide reports 337 immigrants landed on Monday in the Armadale batch. In the wine and spirit trade, a strike threat emerges as workers issue a week's notice to quit unless higher wages are granted. Fourteen firms employing 89 men are affected, with the action unfolding as negotiations proceed.
Melbourne reports that West Australia and South Australia consent to transferring Crown lands to the Commonwealth free of cost for the Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta railway. Working details and specifications are nearly complete and a bill will be introduced in Parliament next session.
Mr Watt resists being forced into accepting a standard railway gauge. The Commonwealth urges engineering input while the Victorian Ministry frames the issue as broader than technical tradeoffs, focusing on political and financial concerns first.
Melbourne July 10 The Commonwealth Parliament is to open on August 29 if Federal Ministers and members return in time. The programme is lengthy though no announcements were made about the length of the session.
The Insurance Journal and General Financial Record reports on the Nations Mutual Life Association of Australasia. It highlights substantial fund investments, improved average rates, and a falling ratio of expenditures to premiums over recent years, praising directorate and management. It notes business expansion and prudent expense control despite rapid growth.
Professor John Cox MA LILD arrives in Geraldton for two lectures but family illness requires him to return to Perth, so only one talk will be held at the Town Hall this evening. The lecture, entitled Comets Tails and the Aurora Borealis, will include lantern slides and discuss the sun’s light pressure, comet tails, aurora phenomena, and related astronomical theories. Tickets at 1s 6d. seats reserved at Soeil’s.
Readable text notes a budget transfer dispute with the Commonwealth offering 3 percent while Mr. Walt and Cabinet supporters push for 3.1 percent. Mentions compensations payable to states on account of transfer and rejected properties, with unclear context and garbled phrasing.
A Sunday blaze swept through a block of two and three story buildings in Hobart. Firefighters reported heavy flames lighting up the area and spreading rapidly, threatening nearby stock and structures as alarms sounded. Details on damages and casualties are incomplete from the fragment.
Ata Pat conducts an auction at the Club Hotel in Geraldton on Saturday July 22 2011. Bidders should arrive early to register and view items up for bid. A range of goods is expected with potential deals for local buyers.
Important land sale notices list Geraldton town lots 345 and 20 Gregory Street with a seven room stone residence, 600 acres at Hines and Middle Swamp near a railway siding, and 40 acres near Mount Erin. Also included are Mullewa town blocks, suburban Geraldton lots, and multiple locations with good water and garden potential. Prices and exact boundaries vary across Vic locations and sites.
A brief report notes efforts in West Australia to address a child's hacking cough at night. It mentions home care ideas and potential remedies discussed by families and health workers. No specific names or dates are provided.
Joseph Thompson faced a drunk on Sunday offense with fare costs in the police court before Mr R Gee. He was fined £1 plus 3s cab fare or seven days imprisonment as a first offender. A separate note mentions gas costs £2 and further penalties amid unclear sensorate details.
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