The Mirror 8 October 1938, page 1 Facing a Murder Charge Soon after the death of a girl of 19 in the Kalgoorlie Hospital, on Wednesday. Det Sgt Findlay, Det Cannon and P.C. Gamble arrested Lillian Pearson, a married woman and boarding housekeeper, 41 years, of Kalgoorlie, who was charged with having murdered Margaret Ellen […]
Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.
27/01/2024 By Leave a Comment
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) – 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having lately been transferred to that rising port, from the goldfields, and there are branches […]
James Webster Berry – Anzac Hero
30/12/2023 By 1 Comment
I was recently sent the following story by Peter Davidson about his relative by marriage, James Webster Berry. He tells me that the widow of James Berry later married Claude Albo de Bernales. James Webster Berry (Reg 4207) was the son of George Berry who was born in 1838 in Fife Scotland and Mary Berry […]
Jim The Hatter’s Christmas Party
16/12/2023 By 3 Comments
Old Jim the “Hatter” lay in bed half asleep. At least he reckoned himself half asleep, although he knew well enough that it was Christmas morning and time to get up. But he had dreamt such a wonderful dream and the illusion, the charm of it, so persisted that he hated to open his eyes. […]
Left Waiting at the Church –
11/11/2023 By 1 Comment
WAITING AT THE CHURCH. PLIGHT OF A PAIR IN PICCADILLY A Brace of Boulderites Kept Waiting at the Matrimonial Starting Barrier— For the Parson who ” Forgot.” 11th April 1909 A NOW HAPPY PAIR (since they are married) who, for the best part of an hour, on Wednesday afternoon last, feared that their chance of […]
