Mining notes and political chatter in Western Australia
Dated account mixes mining hopes at Edna May Bullfinch with parliamentary debates on State Implement Works and Labor policies. References to Clarke and Liberal figures critique funding, while local insolvency cases and Northam electoral events are noted alongside social comment on press satire and a poem-like closing toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Elliott
Geraldton
Eliott
Filiott
Clarke James
Teague
Chamber of Mines Journal
Revelation in Motor Power from Wool Plant
Report claims a wool based gas plant at State Implement Works nearly powers all shop machinery at about 4/6 per day with minimal fuel. Manager Davies cites full combustion, lower cost, and potential revolution in motive power. Inventor is George Aten, a Fremantle engineer who has patented the design worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo Men
Davies
George Aten
Fremantle
General Election Arrangements and Voter Procedures
The general election is set with polling from 8 am to 7 pm and doors closing promptly at 7 pm. Postal voting is allowed for those far from polling places or ill, with strict limits on where officers may collect ballots. Voters must cast one vote per person and ensure correct district enrollment. New rolls under the 1907 Electoral Act, directed to July 8, come into operation on the stated date for each district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Assembly
War Poem Urges Men to Face Call of Duty
An exchange on the duty of men to respond to war calls, evoking France and brotherhood as the nation faces sacrifice. The speaker questions what a man loses when his peers march, seeking to rally youth to courage and public support. The piece includes a call for wider publicity from authorities.
Public examination of Witgat Williams at Northam Bankrupt Court
Witgat Williams formerly ran the Club Hotel Northam and faced bankruptcy with liabilities to 41 unsecured creditors totaling 824 and assets of 454 leaving a deficiency of 375. He admitted no books or accounts during possession, misused hotel takings, and failed to pay rent though a 12 month lease was implied. The McCarthy family, former owners, retained furniture insurance and later repossessed the hotel, with Williams's examination ordered closed after settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Witgat Williams
Wwan
Northam
T. F. McCarthy
Wcarthy
Club
J.P. Dwyer
M'Carthy
Percy Warthy
Censee
McCarthy
England
McArthys
McCarthys
Percy M'Carthy
Himsell
M'Carthys
Bardens Listed Westy and the Kidney Pain Cure Ad
An old advertisement-style notice touts Dean's Backache Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney pain. It cites a testimonial from a Mr. Pember and praises a successful cure after using the pills, with pricing and vendor details in Perth. It ends with a promotional request to send six bottles via Tattersalls agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westy
F. Pember
6Th Avenue
Dogn
Dean
Foster-McCrellan Co
Murray-atrost
Perth
Imian
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Cocaigne
Clarke
Tmes
Trobe
Valle
Moss
Bankruptcy
Hugh Sergeant
J. W. Williams
A. W. Sinclair
Joh Malstaff
W. AG. Walter
Kalgoorlie
Cue
Labor
Kalgoorle
House of Representatives
Messrs. Yates
Mgrath
Anstey
Burns
Tatts
Fisher
J.J. Kenneslly
TH Rath
Tattersall’s Corner
Kenneady
Nogdara
Bath
Allerives
Str
Bathaulso
Landa
Muth
P. Colfay
Alf. Counci
Railway Institute
P. Coffey
Willan Charles Curtyon
West Northam
Gocu Sueds
Tim
Harold Begbie
Sonny
Tob
France
Sonay
Rowland
Arthur Hee
Owe Admiralty
J. J. Kenneally
Wil
Tollow
Town Hall
Avon
F. L. Membrey
Membrey
C. L. Bernard
Country Party
Amessrs
T- Hannaysa
A. FE. Dudfey
R. Hitchcock
H. Hitchcock
Cecil Throssell Peel Terrice
Ron
Northam District
Northam Town Hall
Grass Valley
Trishtown
Jennapullin
Malabaine
Seabrook
Southern Brook
Spencer's Brook
West Northam—Railway Institute
John PL Camn
Trustrated
Mustrated
Bardens
Jack Cody
Tattersabe
Dowerin
Walker’s Book Store
Walker’s
Union Bank
B.A
Henry Wills & Co. Wool, Skin and Hide Merchants
Stockholm
Henry Wills & CO
Throssell, Son
Stewart
Fitzgerald Street
Ronmongery
Harry Hyde
A. J. Sendy
Terme
Peel Terrace
Little’s Pheryle
Kliues Commorure
al Wholmals Housss
Rotherham
Rotherham’s
London
Stewart Dawson
Hay ST
Pertabearne
Sydery
Brisbane
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