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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1914
Page
2
The Bon Marche announces fresh GentS Boots and Shoes in latest shapes. It stocks Marshall's and Bostock's best grades. A special window display and prices below city house for the same quality goods. Be with us at our boot sale.
Figures show assisted immigrants to the Commonwealth totaled 51 0019 by 191 end, with seven year totals averaging 2 144 monthly. The annual intake rose to 46 712 in one period, while last year saw 4 740 arrivals, about six percent higher than before. Authorities seek selective intake of able migrants rather than wholesale influx from Britain.
TENDERS are invited for excavations and silings for the Avon River Improvement from the Electric Light Station to Avon River Bridge. Tenders must include cash or cheque to a stated value and reach by March 1. Specifications may be inspected at the Town Clerk’s Office during weekdays and Saturday mornings. The lowest tender need not be accepted.
The piece argues Britain’s farm laborers gain wage power, but migration to Australia offers opportunity to own land and seek independence. It urges government action on bulk grain handling, cheap transport, tariff reform, and land value readjustment to attract European settlers while guarding workers’ living standards. It cites economic trends and calls for a broad immigrant program and policy urgency.
A man named Thos. Bic key alias Brown alias Jones was charged at Northam Power Court with possession of a bicycle suspected as stolen linked to the Grand Hotel theft. Mickey pled guilty, fined £2 plus costs, 21 days in default. Also reported are moral fragments, Aboriginal pleas, and various public notices on health, rivers, concert plans, creditor meetings, school board appointments, and land selections near Esperance.
Postal vote officers William Robert OBrien of Grass Valley and Walter Heywood McCay of Northam are gazetted. Meckering-Holiday named a Jaink holiday on Monday at Meckerine. Goomalling townsites 4733 4732 defined as valuation areas for annual value. Goomalling Road Board adopted valuation system. Justices of the Peace Chas Ede ward Hyde of Dalwallina and William John Thorne of Swabakine noted.
Northam Municipal Council met to discuss river improvement work between Tessups and Gairdner street requiring 1865 yards of excavation and 380 sewer yards of stony fill. Tenders were invited within a week from March 4. Debate arose on assessing filling costs for adjoining landowners. Council also handled tar shipment rejection and related legal matters with Messrs Tijon Co. and Durston.
In a police court yesterday the Licensing Act case against James Walker for being on licensed premises at the Shamrock Motel was dismissed after independent sworn evidence showed he did not drink there. The magistrate noted the charge against the licensee would be dismissed if Walker’s case concluded similarly, as issues were the same.
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