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FREMANTLE. E DAY and FRIDAY Evonings at 7,30 ---- - - -- ---- - The .... The .... Minchinbury Minchinbury Cafe. JUST OPEN. Cafe. JU T OPEN. Hay=Street. Hay=Street. Grills Grills u~P~' Luncheons UPPERS Luncheons a peOlll.hty at Aftel'noon 0. peciality at any hour. any hour. Afternoon 'l'ea.s 'l'ea.s The o,uy "rolly select plnea ill 1'011'11. Thl' ollly renUy select pl[l"o in Towli. Pri\'nte upper Room. shortly to bo Registered for trnlllmi ion Primte npl",r Room , ,borHy to be opolled. 118 n Newsp"per. opened. A Wet!kly, Social, Commercial, Theatrical, and Literary Journal. NAT J. BARNET . EDITOR. PERTH [PRICE IXPENCE. R F ECTIO much merriment at the Council table-that he had no intention of • being a Councillor any longt:r, as he had got all the work done he ~- required, and if he were to remain in the ouncil for twenty Cr. Lyall Hall, in speaking at a social function during the years he could not get his property any more improved. By this weck, stated that the City Council is by no means a happy family; Cr. Lyall Hall will see that selfishness is the motive power of that, as a matter of fact, a dog in the manger spirit too much Councillors in other parts 01 the world besides Perth. inform the actions of too many of our City municipal representa­ tives, as he has found to his cost when striving to ha e certain • • necessary works undertaken in his ward. He averred that if it was The I.C parte actions of the W. .\.T.C. committee in having sought to have certain works carried out in a particular ward, elected their stewards from their own midst has, no doubt, tlVO representati ves of other wards were slow to assent to the work sides, but supporters and lovers of the" port of Kings " in its truest being done, becau e they were anxious to have the money spent and fairest ense will no doubt agree with our emphatic objection in their own wards. Herein, no doubt, lies the secret of Perth's to the practicl\1 union of two controlling powers of the Western backwardness, municipally considered. But it was always thus. Australian Turf, fnr duties of tewards and committee are as Councillors, the world over, get it into their heads that their distinct as that of P Jlice },Iagistrate and Chief Justice Honour mission is to have as much money spent in their own wards as and equity is the essence of racing law, and therefore, surely no possible. The true function of a Councillor is surely not thus matter how just may be the decision of the stewards, It cannot described. The general good is what they should look to, and in be said to be tqUlty, if from thei r decision "there shall be no a city that is improving. 0 rapidly as Pel th a gi e-Ilnd-take spirit appeal." 'Ve have all seell the sentence of racing stewards re­ should be brought iuto play more than in cities of larger growth versed by the higher tribunal, and we have thoroughly agreed with and more settled population. Cr. Lyall Hall has gOt the right such reversion. We have: known sttwards to adjudicate on cases idea of things, and we have no doubt that, while naturally in which they have been both biased and interested, and surely, keeping a very watchful eye on the requirements of the North since there is nothing in the racing laws of VV.A. to prevent a \ ard, the interests of tbe city of Perth generally will ever be prominent owner acting as a steward, the greatest possible reason uppermost in his mind. exists that the committee f:o houid be entirely distinct from * • • stewards, and we trust the committee of the \v.A.T C. will The news from New Guinea is not of a particularly re­ endeavor to rectiJ), so !!Tievous an error in practice and justice to assuring character. But it takes a very great deal to scare the the racing public and supporters. seeker after gold. He will brave almost any danger, he cares not • * a jot about comfi rt, and will allow hims If to g t as thin as a rake \ ESTERN TABLE TALK will give a fr e year's subscription to for want of food, and" droughty" for want of water, if he believes the man or woman who can mention a city in the British pos­ that there are rich stores of gold before him. ew uinea, how­ sessions \ here vehicular traffic is more disorganised than in the ever, is a field that the most daring treasure trove hunter would City of erth. Apll rt from the fe," miserable 'busses, which are do well to avoid. It is said to be a jungle·covered, rai n-sodden, more miserably appointed, and still more miserably driven, there fever-producing country, with the reputed goldfields in the midst is absolutely no c m eyance (unless one pays a special fare), to of a wild congeries of mountains running up to altitudes of take one home from the city. It is acknowledged that Perth is 10,000 feet and 13,000 feet. Addcd to this is the warlike ripe for cable cars, but faillllg these, why is it we have no three· character of the nati\·es. The man who will adventure into such a penny waggonettes, and how is it the 'busses don't run more country as that rather than try his luck in West Australia, must be frequently? People ' living over the line" have to wait half-an­ particularly anxious to cut shorr his earthly existence. L et them hour for a 'bus with tbe off chance " that the 'bus is crowded. The look at the gold remrns for the past six months. They run very sooner the cables are laid and the cars are set in motion, the better close up to what they were for the whole of last year, and by the the peopl of Perth will be satisfi d, and the higher will be the end of the year who will say that they will not overtop the returns price of suburban property. of any other of the Australian olonies. • * * • It is saudening to hear that close on three million pounds of .tlpl'OpO of the selfish spirit that animates Municipal English capital has, during the last ten months, been sunk in the Councillors commented upon by Cr. Hall in a brief speech at the gold mines of British Columbia. It is saddening to Western Opening ceremony of the Queen's Hotel, Highgate Hill, there Australians, inasmuch as we must be convinced that this large recurs to our mind an incident that occurred in one of the sum of money would have come to us had we kept faith with the sUburban municipalities of Melbourne. Mr. O'Dwyer came to English speculator. It is Iitt! speculation to venture the reside in the dis~rict, he became a property holder, and made assertion that the 'wild cats" have be n the cause of robbing us things generally "hum" in the neighbourhood. As the annual of the three millions which ha e gone to British olumbia We municipal elections approached, he was r quisiti ned to allow don't assert that we r.nv)' our Canadian friends their good luck in himself to be nominated for the Normanby \ ard. The favor obtaining this capital j it is a matter of " not that we love resar shown him by the ratepayers gave b.im weight in the ouncil's less, but that we love Rome more. We do, however, think it is deliberations. By degrees he had the r ads made, the streets sad to contemplate, and we wish a law existed which would put a phalted, and lamps erected round his property. H had all this , behind the bars f ju tice those who have caused the "slump" . done within the term of his office. When his seat became we are experiencing at present. vacant by cffiuxion of time, he did not announce himself for re­ election. _\.s the day of nomination drew nigh, a deputation of • * * his friends waited upon him to kn w if he intended placing his The people of Perth should congratulate themselves upon services at their disposal f r anuther term of thr e years. He having in the Police ourt a magistrate who would grace the replied in a full rich brogue-a brogue that had frequently caused bench in any country. 1r. J, C. H. J ames has an abundance of 2 WESTERN TABLE TALK .JULY 10, 1 97. qualities which just exactly suit his position, and to say that he is case, howeve" was tbat she had found a publisher who was willing "to the manner born" is simply asserting what has heen said by to launch her book. But he made the proviso, as do most pub­ the m~jority of those gentlemen who have watched his short lishers, that she should pay for the printing. Ladies now-a-days magisterial career. A magistrate should, before all else, be a man bitterly complain of the extreme difficulty they experience in without reproach; he should be a scholar, a gentleman, a man of securing good domestic servants. But certainly this action shows the world, shrewd, yet not cunning, and a judge of human nature. that the evolution of the domestic is likely to run on intellectual Mr. James is an this. If it becomes necessary to talk French to lines rather than that of dress, jewellery and such like.
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