Empire Day Celebrations Across Britain and Dominions
Empire Day marks loyalty to the King and flag across Britain and its vast empire. The holiday honors Queen Victoria’s reign and promotes national memory among Britons. In Geraldton observers hoisted the flag at the town and State school while the general commanding Commonwealth forces attended the ceremony on a tour of imperial stations.
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Great Britain
Victoris
Geraldton
Imapertion
Empire Day visit to Presentation and State schools
The mayor and General Hoad visited Presentation Convent School where children sang The Red White and Blue before a half holiday was granted. At State School Mr B Pope and Mr Grogan led tours, cadets impressed with parade, obedience stressed, and old boys association suggested. Afternoon sports on Recreation Ground drew good attendance and national songs were sung.
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Presentation Convent
Father O'Malley
Queen Victoria
Hoad
Aneed
B. Pope
Grogan
Liet. Cowden
Alhough
Mesars. Thompson, Brown and Stone
Floyd-Shannon
Arrival of Major General Hoad in Geraldton
Major-General Hoad U.M.A inspector-general of Australian forces arrives by the Perth train accompanied by Major Dudley Waite and the private secretary. Local officials greet him at the station and a civic reception follows in the Council Chambers with toasts to The King Parliament and Commonwealth Forces. He praises citizen soldiers, cadet systems, and the Light Horse, urging school visits and confidence in local defense readiness. The mayor thanks the guests and assures good treatment of forces in Geraldton.
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Perth
Hoad
U.M.A
Geraldton
Dudley Persse Waite
D.S.O
D.A.A.G
F. G. Armstrong
D. Pascoe
Buchanan
Queen Victoria
West Australia
Australia
Major White
European and world notes in telegraph column
Political prisoners in Warsaw attempt escape and are fired on by soldiers leaving three dead and two wounded. Reports praise Czar’s escaped plot, while Dr A Cook plans a South Pole expedition with special motors. General Kuroki honored in New York. Prince Fushimi to visit America. Benedictine monks to revise the Vulgate. Mail contract terms affirmed by Sir Wm Lyne. Standard Oil reports 33 to 48 percent annual dividends. Irish tenants burn forest in Leitrim. United Irish League condemns Irish Council Bill and opposes government. Chinese Customs seize arms. infant Spanish heir baptized with 47 bishops attending. Fires destroy a boys’ home in Saling near London. Rajputs and Punjab priests denounce sedition. India editor faces mutiny incitement charge. Odessa bombs injure 100 as Black Hundred rioters run amok.
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Warsaw
Dump
Czar
A. Cook
South Pole
Kuroki
New York
Prince Fushimi
America
Pope
Wm. Lyne
Standard Oil Co
Leitrim
United Irish League
Dublin
Irish Council
Siling
London
Punjaub
India
Odessa
Black Hundred
The Limitation of Armaments at the Hague
The Rheinish Westphalian Gazette questions England's naval buildup and urges Germany to stay firm on arms. It argues disarmament at the Hague Conference is impossible without Germany's consent and warns that if forced, Germany will withdraw from the concert of powers.
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Rheinish Westphalian Gazette
Essen
England
Germany
United States
Russia
France
Singapore
Japan
Henry Campbell-Bonnerman
International Commission of Inquiry
Will There Be Another Deluge Predicted By Geologists
Geologists including N Tourpour warn of a potential new Deluge as Antarctic ice grows. They claim the ice cap shifts Earth's gravity southward and could unleash millions of cubic miles of water from the Southern Hemisphere. A sudden disintegration might flood Europe Asia and Africa with vast sea incursions.
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N. Tourpour
Herald
Equator
Glen Roy
Scotland
Fraser River
British Columbia
Antarctic
Paris
Creenlam
Europe
Notice of Application for Wine and Beer License Geraldton WA
William Kitching, licensed victualler of the Murchison Inn Geraldton, gives notice of intent to apply at the next Licensing Meeting for a license to sell wine beer and other fermented liquors in his premises at Eleanor street Geraldton. He states occupancy of seven rooms plus three sittings, rentals from Charles Lindsay Duncan Greenough, and prior licenses from 1901 1902 1903 and since 1907. Notice dated 17 May 1907.
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William Kitching
Murchison Inn
Eleanor-street
Geraldton
Eleanor Street
Charles Lindsay Duncan
Greenough
Geraldton Inn License Certificates and Mullewa Wayside License
Householders certify William Kitching of the Murchison Inn Geraldton fit to keep an inn for wine and beer. Application for a Wayside License by Frank Combe at Mullewa, detailing license history and current premises.
Wayside House License Certificate for Frank Combe
Householders certify Frank Combe of Mhillewa as hotelkeeper is fit to hold an Inn or Public House for sale of fermented and spirituous liquors within Victoria district. Witnessed May 15, 1907 by L Walker, A P Wynter, J W Burgess, J Callaghan, T Powell, A H du Boglay solicitor for applicant Marine Terrace Geraldton.
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Frank Combe
Mullewa
Victoria
Leedham Walker
Mullowa
Yuin
Aml TL
Mhillewa
Typewriters Agents for New Monarch and More
YPEWRITERS Constant ine and Gardner are agents for the New Monarch the visible writing machine Yost New Century and Densmore Typewriters. All standard makes available with cash or terms.
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Constantine and
Gardner
New Monarch
Yost
New Century
Densmore
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Western Australia
R. W. Greville
P. Leach
C, Best
A. A. T. Mills
Marine Terrace
A Peee
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