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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
4
Shipping notice lists Ocean Steamship Co and West Australian Steam Navigation Co Limited with Geraldton and North West Ports in Australia. Mentions voyage to Java and Singapore, with departure on Wednesday the 3rd A.
Shipping notices list Fremantle departures to North West Ports by the SULTAN under Captain P Townley on 20 June and 6 June, and the CHARON under Captain R J Dalgleish on 4 July and 17 June. Freight and passage inquiries directed to Dalgety & Co Limited, Geraldton Fremantle Carmarvon Cossack Port Hedland.
S s Coolgardie Captain H Strom from the East via Fremantle with passengers Miss Gill Collins RK Smith George Smith Hipper Ducas Burns Philp and Co agents. S s Paroo 1800 tons Captain A Milla Fremantle passengers Miss Foss D Foss M Morrell Annsar Nenke F J Hird Shee White C Kennedy Nash Dalgety and Co agents Friday. S s Una for Fremantle Monday. S s Coolgardie for the East via ports S s Paroo for Singapore and Nor West ports.
Messrs Dalgety and Co shipping agents report Sultan and Charon steamers on recent voyages. Sultan left Geraldton for Fremantle on June 6 and for Fremantle to Geraldton on June 19. Sultan then sailed from Geraldton to North West Ports via Java and Singapore on June 20. Charon departed Geraldton for Fremantle on or about June 17 and left Fremantle for…
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President Roosevelt urged Australia to keep cradles full, a message that stung. Victorian education reports show school rolls fell 18,041 from 1902 to 1905, a sign of declining birth-rate from 33.57 per thousand in 1891 to 24.40 in 1903. New South Wales Tasmania Queensland South Australia West Australia all show weak births while marriage rates held steady, prompting warnings of national decline and possible death.None
A Sunday on the Esplanade Pier featured the Regimental Band and a display of Sea Island cotton grown by H Allerton Cowper on Chapman road. May customs revenue for Geraldton totaled £1,822 15s 0d with imports at £12,420 and exports of skins £1,218 and wool £727.
Leading medical authorities and hospital surgeons report alarming facts on Australia’s falling birth rate. They blame a life of ease and luxury that drains interest in domestic life, with deficient domestic training fostering false ideals and social frivolities. Immigration may not halt decay unless new entrants are of superior material and not infected by the same malaise.
Readers are reminded that the Liedertafel concert will take place in the Masonic Hall tomorrow night. An excellent programme has been prepared and should draw a large attendance. A complimentary social and presentation to Mr H Carson late member for Geraldton will be held in the Mayor's Parlour tonight at 2 o'clock.
W Jennings faced charges of stealing from John MGregor and associating with bad characters. MGregor testified about a prior meeting in Yuin and Geraldton with payments for drinks. Jennings claimed no work and offered £7 had when arriving, plus a few shillings later, and was ordered to find a £5 surety or face one month’s imprisonment. Alexander Berge and William Underwood were charged with stealing a hurricane lamp on June 1. Jenner and Hafner workers testified a lamp vanished from a street obstruction. Berge admitted taking the lamp in a drunken prank. The bench lowered the charge to a drunken lapse, cautioned the pair, and they were discharged with a warning. John Prince, an elderly deserter, was fined 7s 6d or four days for being drunk on Saturday.
William Angus faced the Railway Department for paying fare from Mount Magnet to Yalgoo and traveling beyond without a free pass. Evidence by the station master and Guard Andrews was heard. He was fined £1 5s or one month in default plus 6d fare and costs.
Messrs T F de Pl and D W Rae pursue pastoral work in the Nor'West and travel north by the Paroo this morning. Mr P Stone MLA returns from Perth. Death reported of Karl Blind, democratic leader, at Hampstead aged 81. Mr S Burges of Narra Tarra returns home by Friday night. The organ of sight is more developed in birds than in any animal.
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