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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
2
Auctioneers offer well built bungalow and villa estates in Drumcondra and Aberdeen Street. Properties include 4 room bungalow with modern fittings, sewered, with garden paths, terrazes, and copper fittings. Terms described as easy with established amenities and well maintained surroundings.
Fragmentary records detail Moorabool Street Geelong properties and a 150 acre parcel with stables, machinery, and outbuildings. Mentioned are living quarters, pantry, bathroom, and water access with adjoining land likely priced near £1250.
Reported prices show wheat and barley offerings with pounds 5 per onser grade, mentions lower grade variants and prime barire. References £215 suggests a premium or benchmark, and £2 10 percent indicates a discount or rate. Context appears to be market chatter on grain quality and pricing.
The Melbourne grain and produce market shows little overall change with good milling oats and barley marginally firmer, feed oats weak to fair, and maize subdued. Peas sell steadily with limited demand, and Western District and local prices vary amid dull truck trade and cautious buyers.
The obituary items record the funerals of Willis Harbiting of Ballarat and Elizabeth Mulcahy, widow of Mergesni b. F. Malrols formerly of Geelong. Details include burial at Eastern cemetery Catholic portion and services conducted by local clergy, with mourners and pallbearers named from Melbourne and Geelong.
Gurr Frier Collins advertise property and land for sale at 157 Ryce Street including blocks in Geelong East Newtown and Belmont. Listings feature building allotments with price per foot, views and proximity to tram and bus, with several sites in Newtown and other suburbs presented as prime residential blocks for immediate purchase.
Reid and Baxter advertise a well built new bungalow at 20 Malop Street East Geelong. The property features two living rooms, lath and plaster walls, pantry, bathroom, gas and electric stoves, and a apart garden. Inspections encouraged as properties here sell quickly with good terms offered.
Splendid corner allotment on the east side of the city. Modern villa with wide bath porcelain bath and heater. Includes motor garage, electric wash-house, wood shed, and neat fittings. Owner going into business. genuine seller, inspection highly recommended.
Sworn valuer and auctioneer firm advertises a Geelong suburban residence on a tram route. Four bedrooms a maid’s room and kitchen with front dining and drawing rooms plus motor garage. Land about 160 by 40 feet with gardens, asphalt street, electric power, and sewerage. Owner away and determined to sell at £1400 per cent per 8. The home needs painting and some renovation.
South Geelong advertises a very natty modern bungalow with four rooms and kitchen, bath heater, gas and sewerage, lawn and gardens, asphalt path, and all amenities. Priced at £775, includes loan terms and location near 2 106f Pernery.
Fragmented ad copy details rental options at 116 Ryrie Street Geelong dating to 1853. Mentions prices from £309 to £865, deposits up to £35 per foot, multiple locations near city and rail, and mentions rooms, allotments, and transport routes.
Shipping notes show high water delays with ships from Melbourne to Sydney and Adelaide. General cargo operations resume with the Camera Cruiser and Kintyre bound for Adelaide and port discharge operations continuing at Yarra River Pier. Financials mention a total of 559 pounds 7 shillings 10 pence.
Fragmented OCR text describes a woodware salesman and a customer inquiry with garbled dialogue and missing context. It mentions meeting on a legal matter and a quick exchange before an implied departure.
Geelong stock traders report a mixed session with Commonwealth Government, Aust verses, and various mining and metal stocks. Notable items include Commonwealth per cent 1925 and 1930 issues, Duvlop and Broken Hill Tin shares, and copper stock activity with multiple bid and ask figures. The list also notes Brewoys and Deways sales, with trading in goldbearing and electrum-related stocks.
Notices detail mail dispatches from Geelong to Melbourne Ballarat NSW Queensland and Tasmania with times dates and frequencies. It lists overseas routes to United Kingdom Europe and America with specific ship names and arrival dates. Dated Melbourne May 7 and London May 12, the long timetable outlines onward connections via Fremantle and Derby with weekly Perth sailings starting Thursdays.
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