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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1909
Page
2
All Winter millinery blouses skirts and corsets cleared at half price. Lot 37 fancy ribbons and 38 white knickers and 39 white chemises with prices. items include child's cashmere socks bibs feneriffe mats girls jackets colored wool shawls and mens white shirts along with colored satins and velveteen reduced to bargain rates.
Maritime notices list HK Ocean Stramduip Company and West Australian Shipping Company Limited serving Fremantle to North West Ports. Vessels Charon and Gorgon, captains Bell and Townley, with sailings in July and August. Daigety & Co of Geraldton Fremantle coordinate freight and passage bookings.
Shipping arrivals list two vessels the Hobart captain W Millar from Eastern Status via Fre mantle and Bunbury with passengers many named including Miss J Dratie Bryan and Mrs Te Dedridie. At 7 90 pm Burrumbeet Captain Thompson from Fremantle with passengers including Mrs McCallan and children and several others.
Monday schedules show departures for Alum. with connections to Hobart via Fremantle and Buybury. Barrumbeet and Speare listed among agents. times noted as 1.0 am and 3.2. State names include Pawson and H W Speare.
Mestre Duipety and Co announce itineraries for the Viel steamers. Charon sails Geraldton for Fremantle on Friday July. Gorgon sails West to North Port, Java and Simapo travel paths. Jacoband departs Sunday August with Lyney to Melbourne and Adelaide and Albany to Fremantle for Geraldton voyage.
The Hobart carried 200 tons of general cargo and 36 rams. Inbound cargo for the Bureumbirt is unclear, while outward rigging includes items described as FO Lorie, with several garbled terms likely misread from the original listing.
Community notices list July 14 Kuehre party and dance at Oddfellows ITalk July 16 Bootenal Dance Ladies night and Geraldtan orchestral concert in July First week of August Fatey dress ball at Bootenal. Dates and venues are provided with limited details.
The fragment notes a Tuesday July 13 reference tied to Geraldton and individuals Coustry Faith and Justin. Limited readable details constrain full event identification or outcome.
The Minister for Lands pledges personal attention to settle Crown lands in the district up to the Murchison region with assured rainfall. A stall surveyor will be sent to districts, possibly followed by more surveyors, as government support aims to end local long-standing unrest and end disputes with prior administrations.
A local column discusses Ministerial remarks on land surveys and freezing works, urging support for reforms at the Lands Office, road surveys, and settlers gains. It notes irrigation facilities, potential land sales to eastern states, and plans for a Lawlers railway connection with Sandstone debates. Public notices include a forthcoming auction and a social event at Fitzgerald Street.
An effort is being made to induce Mes sex Cuming Syrith and Co to start a lactory in Geraldton. The building trade remains brisk with Jenice Hoffner's tender 498 pounds for two shops in Durlacher Street near the jetty accepted. Numerous dwellings are under construction. Warghouri subdivision by Charles Horiman, Henry Wills Co rebuilding their warehouse, and many farmhouses in progress. Carson's Removal Sale, everything to be cleared at cost.
A strike by railway navvies near Northampton triggers a re day of action with crews at Webb's Landing and near Bluff Point. A council/union vote backed continuing work by some but full stoppage was approved by 20 to 4. Police cautioned workers camping on private property as the dispute widens.
The Resident Engineer AR Cresswell reported that nine relaying men near Howatharra were summoned by the Strike Committee and stopped work on upgrading old 35 lb rails to 45 lb. He noted a Geraldton vote favoring delayed pay parity, protests from the men, and limited local support, with a small crew resuming at the old rate, while others remain camped at White Peak.
A garbled notice references Rockaten railway station and a proposed rename to Ran Koven, with questions about the change and mentions of a fire and Germany. The readable fragment hints at uncertainty and local naming decisions.
Geraldton Chamber of Commerce met at the secretary’s office. Members outlined a request to the Fremantle Government to change wheat depot wharfage charges and urged St Carson MLA to secure Northern support, with aims to back the Leonora Mt Magnet railway line and solicit backing from Marnet and Sandstone. Dredging plans at Geraldton cited with calls to widen the jetty approach to 180 feet and achieve 30 feet depth at low water.
In a shorthanded game between the Ladies and Gentlemen of Mullewa, the Ladies won by 31 runs. Whitehurst and Walker led the bowlers for the Ladies with solid spells, while Mesatsilusour and Jeffries took notable wickets. Final scores and individual tallies follow.
Fragmentary report notes Fallowfield leaving Gensidtes for Bamtem Nautes and New Zealand. Mr Fidve relinquished the teipome due to business pressure. Detective Holmes arrived by the Mobart Sunday to take charge of the Geraldtom Police District.
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