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ITEMS OF .IEWS
Manganese Company's Railway. -.
It is stated that the West Australian
Manganese Company will commence
withlout delay the survey of the rail.
way line it intends building to con
nect the. mines with Meekatlharra.
Railway Excursions to the Coast.
--At a special meeting of the Kal
goorlie Municipal Council on Tues
day afiternoon, Cr. Elliott said iisat
the Railway Department had ia
ready advertised two special excur
sions for women and children on or
about December 6 and January 6
next. As the mines would not close
down till the 19th inst., and as the
schools would not break up for the
annual vacation till about the same
date, the majority of people going
to the coast would not be able to
take advantage of these cheap excur
sions. The council decided that a
wire be forwarded to the Commis
sioner of Railways. requesting that
t cheap excursion train be run
about December 22. Yesterday the
following reply was received from
the Commissioner of Railways:
"Ordinary excursions are arranged
ex KalgoorLie between December 14
and January 2 and special excur
sion to Albany on December 19.
'These in addition to women's and
children's trains provided for will
fully tax our resources and are in
conformity with previous years."
Wiluna Railway.-In the course
of a survey of the items contained
in the Loan Estimates, the Leader
of the Opposition, Sir James Mit
chell, speaking in the Legislative
Assembly Thursday, said that 12
months ago it had been stated in.
regard to developments at W;'una
that if the Mines Department c'n
firmed the reports as to the results,
of tests made of the lode there, the,
Government would immediately con-.
sider the question of building a rail
way. He did not know -yhthe" the
department had reported favaq.rabl3,
but he noticed that no )rovision ILad
been made on the estimates for
commencing the building of a line
during the next 12 months. He hloed.
Wiluna would be a success. He had
been informed that the prospects
were most favourable. He supposed
there would be a battle of rout's,
but that must not be .,ilow.-l to ro
tard the building of the line. On the
one l',nd they had the member for
Geraldt?n, the Minister ;oir ril
wavs. while on the other side they
had the Premier and tivo Honorary
Ministers directlyr interested. If the
Geraldton route were 'chosen fo," th
shinping of the products of the Feak
Hill manganese deposits and of Wi
lnina, it would be a good thing for
Gerealdton harbour: but that was a,
matter which could be considered
later.
Death of" Mr. M. Mandelstam.-.
Mr. Max Mandelstam, manager of
the Kalgoorlie branch of the Ade
laide Tailoring Company, died in
tragic circumstances at his resi
dence, Cohn's Buillings, Hannan-st .
early Thursday' morning. On Wed
nesday evening Mr. Mandelstam re
tired at his usual hour, apparently
in his ordinary state of health.
Shortly after 5 o'c!ock next morn
his daughter. Mrs. Band, was, awak
ened by a noise in her father's room,
and on rushing in found him lying
on the floor apparently struggling
for breath. She immediately sum
moned Dr. Thorn, but Mr. Mandel
stam expired before the doctor's ar
rival. 'Ihe acting Coroner, Mr. B.
Leslie, was notified by the police of
the occurrence, and he ordered a
post-mortem examination. • Later in
the day the District Medical Officer,
Dr. S. Matthews, reported that
death was due to natural causes.
The late Mr. Mandelstam was about
52 years of age. In the early days
lie was in business in Coolgardie on
his own account and was also inter
rested in various mining ventures.
After leaving Coolgairdie he spent
some years on the coast, and about
seven years ago he came to Kalgoor
lie to take charge of the local branch
of the Adelaide Tailoring Company.
He possessed a kindly, generous dis
position and was held in the high
est esteem by all who knew him
His tragically sudden death will be
mourned by a wide circle of friends.
He is survived by a widow and one
daughter, for whom much sympathy
is felt in their sad bereavement.
Pocket Boroughs and Leg'slative
flouncil.-The Perth "Daily News"
argucs that ihe Legislative Council
is a more ' "resentativa bodv than
the Legislative Assembly. It writes-l
"At the date of the lait Legisla
tive Assembly election, there were
189,809 electors on the roll. To 91,
000 -odd of these, twelve seats were
allotted. To the remaining 98,000
voters no less than 38. seats were
given. Among these are quite a
number of goldfields pocket
boroughs, each containing but a
mere handful of voters. There is
Menzies, for instance, with 483 elec
tors enrolled. The successful candi
date received 254 votes, and his
opponent 167. Cue where there was
no contest, had 634 electors en
rolled. Leonora 'with 781 electors
gave the successful candidate 408
votes and his opponent 149. Yil
garn with 923 voters gave 403 to
the holder of that seat. Coolgardie,
holds a seat w:th 1201 enrolled.
Kanowna had- $418 "electors, but
only 968 voted. Hannans with 1334
voters was also uncontested. It is
from these constituencies that the Go
vernment derives its majority and
claims that it represents the people
to an extent that its legislation maust
be dotted or crossed by the Legis
iativo Council. Take another view.
In. the contested elections Labour
majorities totalled 4430 and oppo
nents' 7277. But, according to the
critics "1of the Council, no step should
be taken to hold in check idealistic
legislation. Surely before such can
be held to be sound the people must
be properly and fairly represented
in the Legislature, and their major
ity voices made possible of being1
heard. So long as practically half
the electors are represented -by 12
members only and the other half
by 39 members, it is suerely the duty
of the Council' to function with
strength and determination. It is
indeed the very purpose for which
the constitution created it.- True,
the franchise for the Counc'l is a
household qualification. On this ac
count is is essentially a people's
House. It is a House designed by
the -Constitution to prevent the tax
ing of others by those who pay no
taxes-a House to protect the free
dom and property of those who are
law-abiding and who are endeavour
ing to provide for a rainy day
against those whose inclinations are
in the direction of destruction and
tyranny, and who would hesitate to
translate meialm and tuum as the
dictionary prescribes. A threat is
being held out that at the next
Council election in May a strlong,
effort will be made by Labour to
compel the retiring members to
change their attitudes. To this it
may be replied that the salvation
of these members lies solely in their
strength to resist further experilien
tal and dangerous legis.atiof until
they are satisfied it is the will of
of the people that they change.
And be it remembered that the will
of the people is not to be ascer
tained by a chance vote at an As
sembly election as was recently the
case, nor is it to be accepted on the
votes of a majority .composed of six
or eight members who represent poc
ket boroughs with only a few hun
dred electors in each."
Expulsion of Extrcmists.-Socme
time ago Mr. G. Ryce and Miss C.
Shelley, secretary and organiscr re
spectively of the Hotel, Restaurant
and Club Employees' Union, Were
expelled from the Australian . I
bo;ir party. The union has how
ever, continued to have its office
at the Perth Trades Hall. At a
meeting of the Perth Trades Hall
Association on Thursdlay night, how
ever, it was decided to give Mr.
-yce and Miss Shelley a aeek's no.
tice to vacate the office they o:cupy
at lthe hall. .
The Weaflher.--The following
notes on the weather during the week
ended Wednesday, D1ecombcr '. have
been issued by the Weather Bureau,
Perth :--The weather during the past
week has been dominated for the
most part by a north-west depires
sion. It first influ,.nced the Gas
coyme. then the goldfields, and agri
cultural districts, and finally west
and south-west coastal areas, where
high r~eadings were experienced on
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. A
slight respite was afforded coastal
areas on the 2nd December but it
remained very sultry, and it was not
until the morning of the 3rd that a
definuite cool change made its appear
ance. The only rain recorded dur
ing the week has been a few scattered
ithunuder showers in the Kimberley,
and one or t-.w very liwht sha~m,' jI
'the extreme south-.west cornae. From
the daily maximum readings of selec
ted stations given below a very fair
idea of the temperature for the week
may be obtained :-November 26:
Marble' Bar, 106; Cue, 94; Kalgoor
li9, 86; York, 92; Perth. 75: Rott
nest 70; Albany 78. _ November 27.;
Marble Bar, 105; Cue, 101 ; Kal oo -
lie, 97 ; York, 91; Perth, 75 ' Rott
nest, 72; Albany. 73. November 28 :
Marble Bar, 110' Cue, 105; Kalgoor
lie, 94; 'York, 9b; Perth, 87 Rott
nest, 76 Albany, 70. November 29:
Marble Bar, 112; Cue, 106; Kalgoor.
lie, 94; York, 98; Perth, 99; Rott
nest, 90, Albany, 74. November 30:
Marble bar. 113; Cue, 105; Kalgoor
neet. 96; Albany, 78. December 1:
Marble Bar, 114; Cue, 107; Kalgoor
lie, 105; York, 105; Perth. 92; Rott
nest, 82; Albany 86. December 2:
Marble Bar. 113; Cue, 110; Kalgoor
lie, 107; York, 102; Perth, 87; Rott
nest, 76; Albany, 68.
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