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Newspaper

Geraldton Express

Location

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Aug 18, 1913

Page

6

Debate on timber sales and railway sleepers policy WA

Proceedings cover timber questions Powellising sleepers supply jarrah vs karri, government contracts, and rail construction costs. Colonial Secretary defends policy, cites patent issues, land and housing programs, and fiscal results while MPs press on prices, competition, and project timetables.

Lowe New South Wales Colebatch Gereaht Jarrah Folebairh Prion Western Australia Kingamii Colonial Secretary Moore-Wiliat Moore-Wileem Powellising Agresmen Mareemh Moore-Wilcon Powellising Company Rave Zealand Hot Glen Bilett Ain Grenaie Culchiol Bern Anathis Goledaiehs Sue Volebaivhy Kingamiil Amy Sis Parrick Patrick Marri Leo

Buttercup Poultry Show Draws 10000 at Bristol Exhibition

A large Bristol poultry exhibition attracted about 10,000 attendants including Mr. Wilenn a leading American agricultural organizer. The event featured extraordinary Buttercup varieties praised for their beauty and rarity. A notable Englishwoman bought new French wheats for farm use showcasing women’s role in agriculture.

Bristol Wilenn Bief Staneton Alan Conauls Severs Uitrr Sielly Sicily England

The Metropolitan Clock Nickname Debate in New York

An English observer ponders American affection for clock nicknames beside the Metropolitan Building tower. He contrasts British restraint with New Yorks chatter about the Met clock named and loved as a familiar character, noting locals peppered with named epithets amid city noise.

Shor Metropolitan Jan New Yorker Metropolitan Tower Permanu Wenerre Tomer London New York

Homely Warrior Rumor Baffles Town

A garbled note describes a local figure accused in vague terms and hints at a forthcoming confrontation. Citizens discuss a possible encounter near Nuxville as Colval Diznk makes another appearance, stirring chatter about danger and bravado.

Scrappy Friendship Amid Weird Garden Banter

In Connaueh Fald and Mehtins country, a fragmentary note recalls poppy gardens and friendly exchanges among distant peers. The text reads as a diary like skit about enduring bonds and playful mischief within a family setting.

Naare Connaueh

PRESERVED GINGER AND FAMILY PRIDE IN BLOOMFIELD TALE

A fragment from a local page features a strange exchange with preserved ginger and a neighborly visit to see a century plant. It also recounts a humorous misunderstanding over plant ownership and a moral mentor scene in a smoky saloon showing card game banter and a sharp quip about enjoyment without a ledger.

Phipps Phinpe Bloomfield Tally Tin Rooney Gememen Rand Aulil

Family Memoir Of Misused Words In A Dreakfax Tale

A Cleveland man sternly reads a rotale of misused words to his son and daughter at a home gathering. The tale recounts the Laird of Lanstkahire and a barter over payment of twenty pence, highlighting stubborn resolve and social humor in a rustic exchange.

Cleveland Lanstkahire Donald China

Unselfish Unto Death at Aboukir Battlefield

A fragmentary account recalls Sir Ralph Abercromby mortally wounded at Aboukir. Amid pain a soldier’s blanket was placed under his head. He asked whose blanket it was and named Duncan Roy as the man. The scene honors steadfast military care and loyalty.

Ralph Abercromay Aboukir Srinty Duncan Rois Ralph Chant Duncan Roi

Vagrant Sermon Sparks Confusion and Alleged Threats

A fragmentary report describes a chaotic scene near a rotunda during a Sunday sermon as a woman shouts about a minister and a man named Jenkins. Witnesses Peter Simpson and Riley Brown recall tense remarks and an accusation of drug use prompting alarm among attendees.

Bumiay Sway Peter Shmpson Riley Brown Tenliet Tamthewy Brown

The Mongol Ambassador Plot At London Dinner

In a tense London dining room Ned Smith and Lorimer discuss Ned Smith’s true identity while Ambassador Lee and Ambarendar Lee scheme around a plan to retrieve crucial papers. A telegram triggers a dangerous twist as the ambassador’s guards close in and Lorimer confronts the scheme with menacing implications for exile and power.

Ira Smith Lorrie Mer London Lorimer Net Fmith Tim Ned Smith Kieuprimon-house Mi Lee Lorrimer Emden Paris Willem Ned Bmith

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