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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1909
Page
2
A wide assortment of fabrics and accessories appears in the season’s debut. Two tone zephyrs cambrices and embroideries lead a line of meripe creponner and coloured linens. Millinery and lace collars enhance the offering with muslin pieces and reversible zephyrs.
At J. G. Smith's Big Store shoppers find Girton Stripe yard goods including cam brie and dark patterns, and a range of hats, knitted ties, golf shirts, and shirts on sale. Gents' samples and ladies' hosiery offered at half price.
Ot 38 CabH LIQUORS end GENERAL STORES promotes seasonable spring offerings including drapery laces hats and a variety of muslin products. The notice lists fabrics such as Croat and White srottal muslies and mentions new digas and odvare with a focus on fashion items and despatch.
Community notices list parish hall social evenings and Benevolent Society meetings with dates in October. Shipping schedule shows vessels Charon Minderoo Riverina Wollowra sailing to Fremantle Singapore and North West ports with dates from October and November.
Merars Deigety and Co shipping agents report Minderoo sails for Fremantle to Freemantle on or about Monday October 4 and Charon sails Fremantle to Geraldton on Wednesday October 7.
The Budget under Premier as Treasurer outlines cautious finance with no broad pushes for prosperity. It notes low trade mood and an expected deficit of £812,631, revised from £1,008,008, reflecting restraint and steady policy.
The article argues for extending the Upper Chapyan railway to open vast Crown lands near Dartmoor and Northampton, arguing it will boost northern development, lower land prices, and revive mining timber and arable regions. It criticizes current book keeping and northern underfunding, and supports a railway extension despite higher initial costs. It also notes related budget items, local lectures on purity, and community notices.
Bongarra Police Court heard two men accused of rifling a Midland Company train with counterfeit tickets. The stationmaster said the accused boarded at Watcheroo and the fare was required. one man paid, the other discharged after fare was settled. Land Board decisions granted Oaksbelle Lot J to L. C. Burges amid three applications.
The article critiques the administration of the Federal Old Age Pensions Act. It notes widespread harsh commentary from journals and critics, while acknowledging the difficult task for officials to weigh applicants fairly. It cites a Sept. 13 report of a coincidence observed by pension officials in arranging applicant names.
Melbourne October 4 telegram reports Wa. Foley 42, a married miner, killed at Bendigo Londonderry mine. Foley was using a pick when a five ton rock mass separated from the hanging wall and crushed him against the footwall.
Perth report on the South East Province poll for the vacancy left by the death of Mr Worcester Maley noting the final tally is not yet clear and awaiting official confirmation.
West Australia Perth October 5 article states £30 withdrawn from Jian Boleva account at Government Savings Bank Perth and found to be obtained by forgery. George Miller alias Arnold Slee arrested Ravensthorpe on theft charge and linked to £430 theft. Miller remanded to Fremantle Prison awaiting new charges.
The Cabinet met yesterday to review Martha Rendell's case after a death sentence. The Premier noted the Executive’s role is not to overturn verdicts but to consider new facts that might affect mercy or commute the sentence.
The cabinet spent four hours in session and decided not to alter the assessed policy. No changes announced. the matter will take its course through established channels.
Thomas Walker moves an adjournment of the House this afternoon to discuss the matter in regard to the Randemne and Martha Rendell. The record notes this procedural step as leaders seek to address the issue.
At Faust Sydney Pharmacy in Woolloomooloo an oil explosion destroyed the shop, turning it into rubble. Clarence Sharpe and assistant George Binder were on site. both suffered severe burns and injuries, with others hurt by flying glass as rescuers pulled them from the flames.
A squall struck the Sydney harbor on Oct 4 flooding Rushcutters Bay. A boy named Owen Boyle drowned while three others vanished. Reports say Charles Sarkes and four others were aboard and unaccounted.
Sydney reports from Oct 4 describe East Java devastation after a volcanic crater flooded by water caused rivers to overflow. Lamajang district railways were destroyed and 600 lives feared lost with a village burying 60 people under mud. Grain stocks were swept away, raising famine fears.
Sydney report says the Minister for Homeland and the Prime Minister have arranged a decision on the Federal capital site. The Commonwealth Parliament will decide between two proposed locations for the capital area.
A boarding-house keeper tells Mary after the week ends that she will not need her services because her cooking does not suit him. The boarders must like the meals, she argues, but he remains firm.
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