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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
4
Mr M T Mow MAL C roasts the Council on Tweeday night during the second reading of the Bankers Bar. The event drew maid and similar filth before Federal Parliament as reported in the fragment.
A fragment notes the Geraldtos Express published at 122 Od to press forward with an advance. Limited readable details suggest a local notice or transit reference.
Report on Calxtonian mining shows expected 15 dwt per t oz not reached. Ore returns mixed with unstable weights and plan to crush all ore raised. Workers sluice at the old Champion battery with promising amalgam yields.
Inspector Gale reports 1816 ton catch, 287 vessels and 504 workers in the fishing sector. Prosecutions for fishing on closed waters rise. councils to control trade under the Municipal Corporations Act 1908. Fremantle selects Cliff Street jetty for new fish markets and sale shelters, aiming to unite producers and consumers. Proposals include licensing hawkers within municipal districts to reduce hawker activity and improve distribution.
An advertisement promotes Barry's Tri-coph erous as a scalp nourisher to promote hair growth by feeding the scalp with vital nutrients. It claims the remedy rejuvenates a rundown scalp, removes the cause of baldness, and notes its long establishment since 1801, touting the product as a trusted older treatment.
Dr I N Love told the Medical Board that nourishing hair roots without irritation could solve hair loss. He approved the Evans Vacuum Cap, saying it would confirm his earlier observations. Dr W Moore endorsed the invention and the descriptive book will be mailed post free by Evans Vacuum Cap Co Ltd in Regent Street London.
The document compares sponge quality from various sources and notes Sharks Bay sponges as lower value than Nor West varieties. Customs data show pearl shell exports from Sharks Bay reaching 1 ton cwt with value £1874, marking an increase from 1905. The industry’s total value rises to about £200,800 for the year, with 25 vessels licensed and 2500 male workers employed.
A Kalgoorlie resident on Collins Street reported by Mrs Nelson that Richard Eaton attempted self harm with a block of gelignite wrapped in a towel. Police found the device and Eaton at large toward the Tower Hotel, later locating him. Authorities plan no action.
Trafalgar, a thoroughbred stallion by Torpedo from Lady, will stand at Mill Farm Strawberry from 15 August. Bred from noted lines including Newmaster and Primrose, Trafalgar is described as a champion with strong Western Australian performance history. Owners invite mare inquiries to S. I. Watson, Warm Strawberry.
Mise N Challis of Cartert on New Zealand writes of chronic indigestion finding Chamberlains Tablets highly effective. He recommends them to others with confidence as the best medicine he has used and notes they are sold by chemists and storekeepers.
A report from Australasia notes a contagious stock disease called surra dowine among camels in Western Australia. The disease prompts investigations by the Agricultural Department and a Western Australia inquiry. The matter follows eased import controls to South Australia and moves toward a departmental veterinary review in the North-West Port Hedland area.
Northern Railways operates Geraldton to Northampton on select days with services on Monday and Wednesday at 3.80 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. The service runs Fridays excepted and excludes other days.
A fragment recalls a patient tied to a bed at midnight as the clock struck the hour. He hopes to rid himself of a dour cough and is given hot grass and slops, but rejects them. The only remedy mentioned is Woods 2P Great Peppermint Cure.
A notice inviting correspondents to submit reports on public and social events, marriages, deaths, meetings of public bodies, cricket matches, and other items of general interest for publication in the paper.
A garbled OCR fragment references a remedy for coughs and colds and mentions a pheasant and a dubious claim of reliability. The readable bits suggest a medicinal product but provide no verifiable names, dates, or entities to anchor a factual summary.
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