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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented text fragment appears to describe a short story with unusual wording and possible garbled language. No clear people places or events emerge for a full summary. The piece resembles a chaotic prompt fragment rather than a coherent narrative.
In a tense scene Brenda and Eric drift through a music session as Brenda wrestles with emotion. A thunderstorm looms while a hidden threat rises. Sergei Gulbakin surfaces in the confusion. Eric confronts Brenda about an impossible choice and a perilous past.
Dalgety and Co reports market quotations for cattle sheep and pigs. Bullocks and cows range from £5 to £19 with quality weights and mid weights noted. sheep say merino wethers crossbreds with prices from 25s to 37s. lambs hoggets and suckers listed with varying shillings. pigs and baconets priced by weight and grade. Midland Junction figures included.
The report lists port date August 15 quotations for cattle sheep and pigs. Bullocks cows and lighter weights show prices from 11 to 19 pounds with variations by quality. Sheep quotes cover merino wethers crossbred and lambs, while pigs include prime market weights and store hogs.
From our London cables the market is quiet and in active, with prime samples firm at £6 to £7 2s 6d, average quality £5 10s to £5 17s 8d, good medium £5 to £5 15s, mediums £1 to £4 1s. Supplies of fodder samples short, demand strong at £5 2s 1d to £5 7s 1d, average £5, good medium £4 10s to £4 15s. Oats supplies meet demand, good heavy feeds £2 0s to £2 7d, tight leeds £? to £? 6d.
Mrs Te Comben of South Fremantle recalls her husband’s severe kidney pain before using Temn's Backache Kidney Pills. She says twelve bottles brought relief and he was cured, with no relapses five years later. Dean's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by chemists at 2/9 per bottle. ensure you get Dial’s.
Wise's Bien Post Office Directory is promoted as a widely circulated reference covering Western Australia and other states including Victoria New South Wales Queensland and more It promises comprehensive listings of towns suburbs and businesses and urges circularising to expand trade across Australia with advertising rate quotes available.
A fragment discusses chasing crooks and promotion while roaming at all hours. It notes drunks are easy to pick up but offers little promotion for taking in such targets, implying it is better to avoid them if possible.
A compact directory listing multiple firms in Geraldton and surrounds. Includes Atlas Engineering Co, Ashton & Parsons, Angier Chemical Co, Ayers Sarsaparilla, Beechams Pills, Dalgety Co, Crooks & Brooker, Doan's Proprietary, Fisher Co, Green Frank and Co, Gollin & Co Proprietary, Hormann Wool Buyers, KIDD James C Auctioneer, Nuskett Bros Central Fish Saloon, Melbourne S.8 Co, Sestos Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk, Nathan Veterinary Surgeon, Hearn’s Essential, Peps Proprietary, Vacuum Oil, Victoria Hotel, Venus Tobacco, Zipal Furniture, and others in the maritime Geraldton district.
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