Geraldton Week and 8 Hours Demonstration Plans
At the second meeting of the Eight Hours Committee for Geraldton Week the members present were C de Lucey H Easther F W Warwicker G Lester R Carson Cummington D Pascoe W b Dooley and S L Busher. The meeting adjourned due to short notice with a plan to reconvene Monday. The proposed program lists events from December 26 to 31 including sports pigeon match cricket regatta tug of war and a military tournament with allocated prize money and various expenses. Evening fixtures include a concert fancy dress ball band selections and a musical evening with a dance at the Town Hall Esplanade Jetty and Queen's Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldton
Messrs. C. de Lucey
H. Easther
F. W. Warwicker
G. Lester
R. Carson
Cummington
D. Pascoe
Wb. Dooley
Hebes
Queen's Periday
Town Hall
Esplanade Jetty
Language difficulties in Basque and Gaelic history
Basque is described as the hardest European language to learn due to its arbitrary insertion of foreign words, a trait not shared by any other European tongue. The text notes this makes learning American Indian languages challenging too, and adds Gaelic is difficult because it lacks an affirmative and a present tense.
Dramatic self harm attempt shocks Sydney street scene
A young man, likely a country arrival, tried to take his life in Elizabeth street with a pocket knife as blood streamed from his neck. Passers by seized the weapon and rushed him to Sydney Hospital where doctors found the windpipe nearly severed. An earlier Perth case saw Edols acquitted on insanity and ordered confined pending a king’s pardon. Labor tensions loom as 1300 carters threaten to strike on election day amid wage disputes with the Master Carriers Association. Justice Booth praised jurors after Arthur George Whittaker’s fraud trial, with a six year exemption from service proposed for the jury. Victorian wheat and oats area figures are released for the season, showing shifts in harvested acreage and projected grain yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Elizabeth-street
Sydney Hospital
Edols
West Perth
Carters
Trolley, Draymen and Carters’ Union
Master Carriers’ Association
Justice Booth
Arthur George Whittaker
Somerset
Perth
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Geraldton District
Murchison
Northern Cricket Association
Esplartade
Alter Church
Iuaia
Masay
Gusitsdio Paianeng and Aging 2
Assae Oe
Gay Gordon Pipe Band
Gwatta
Hey
Sceen
J.G
Geraldton Orchestral Society
Masonic Hall
F. Snell
Sedgwick Ltd
William Street
Cricket
Northern Cricketing Association
Freemasons
F. C. Overhet
U.G
Oliver’s Clothing Company
Marine Terrace
A.S. Kent
Oregon, Jarrah, and
Baltic Timbers, &c
Avenarius
Coburn
Wellbach Light CO
Powellized Timbers
J. M. Ferguson, Ltd
The
Victoria District Turf Club
H. S. MacKenzie
Boxing
W. Broomfield
J. Conway
Louis Eskell
R.D.S
Collins-street
Vic
Adelaide
Manive Terrace
Greenough Farmers’ Club
R. J. Knox-Peden
John
Teakle
Inglewood
Tescka Suing
Frank E. Davis
E. Lee-Steere & Co
General Commission
Goldfield
National Mutual Life Asociaon of Australasia, Limited
Orient Royal Mai
Stemers
South British Insurance Co
Swen Briwer Co. Ltd
Prize Ale & Stout
Spirits
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