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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
2
A brief notice outlines a joint contracted service between The Ocean Steamship Company Limited and The West Australian Steam Navigation Company Limited. The item indicates a united service arrangement affecting schedules and regional trade routes.
Shipping report lists arrivals including Captain EB and P. oh Neale from the Eastern States with names such as Mesdanes W. Smith Hartlett Yarvis and date line mentioning two children and multiple crew. Additional names include Mise BL Pearse Moe Richards and Moore along with locations like Hotel Howster and Palmer. The fragmentary text suggests a port arrival record with passenger and crew details and associated vessels.
Shipping records list various steamers and sailings with ports including North Ment, Fremantle, Geraldton, and Adelaide. Notable departures show Gargon, Tarou Tinves, and Jay Hivorian with May and May end itineraries. The notices reflect routine scheduling and cargo or passenger movements along regional routes.
The article reviews two harbor improvement options for Geraldton, dredging or extending the jetty, arguing dredging may yield no practical gain and that extending the jetty risks higher costs and greater exposure to ocean swells while potentially reclaiming land and aiding shipping. It notes past plans inspired Bunbury and warns residents to scrutinize the economics before committing public funds.
Local police seek ex-terald Desgue in Colombo on cheating charges with a described Perth birthplace wife in Australia. A United Start Rewhott Society meeting at 11 William Street Herth reports income rising to 473,796 with 2,025 in advisory interest fees and notes strong finances. Carriage larceny cases in Pokies Court lead to fines and short imprisonment.
The town welcomed visitors including the Ura quiver and Minister of grivier amid arrivals from South Australia. Shipments of stock, including mares and fillies, arrived aboard Monaro and Tanga with plans for local sales and a new small store by Mr Ven Grant at East Chaplain. Community events included a Dongarra Ball social, wedding announcements, and discussions on settlement schemes and road works. Rainfall reports and council notes on scrub disposal and railway feeder improvements toward Yornama were also recorded.
A fragmentary Perth letter argues on land policy and colonial development, touching slave labor, land settlement, and government stance. It also covers a proposed musical instrument called the Dulritenis, praising its cost, tunability, and potential popularity as an affordable home piano substitute.
Daybreak surround by Mahmun Shefet Pavlin's troops leads to the orderly capitulation of the Constantin val arsenal, a last stronghold of reactionaries. The surrender involves 106 sailors and marines and signals a pivotal shift amid Turkey's turmoil.
In a New York tenement housing 20 Italian families, residents refused a demand of the Black Hand Rosidy for 200. The retaliation led to an arson attack Saturday night, burning eight people, including five children, to death.
In London on May 3 the Labour Party approved Mr Lloyd George's budget proposals in the House of Commons with the exception of the tobacco duty.
The Nene Frere Presse reports Austria will build four destroyers, three Wreny Ferdinand class battleships, four cruisers, and several submarines within two years, in addition to completing existing construction at Vitmac.
Yesterday an international gang bored through the ceiling of a jeweller's shop in Hine Lrg and stole gold and jewels valued at £200,000. Police launched an inquiry and searched for leads across the city.
The Municipal Council accepted the resignation of Me. W. Juss and appointed Cr. Ureh as Acting Mayor. Nominations close May 19 with a possible mayoral poll on May 26. Dr Urch was nominated by the committee and accepted the candidacy to serve the remainder of the term.
A local informant reports two families the Kupschs and Norther Gullys living together have all contracted diphtheria within the past year. Sickness has left them in distress, and the writer appeals for charitable aid, offering to collect subscriptions in the column.
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