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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
2
Read all about E Snell's grand Xmas display filling shelves with rifles of glassware jewelry and numerous gift lines. The page highlights Christmas presents from clocks watches and artist materials through to leather goods and toys with extensive stock and prices. Numerous named items and brands appear across the ad heavy retail roundup urging holiday shoppers to visit for gifts in the season.
A long, reader scroll of telegraph style notes mixes names, ministries, and tax reminders with local society updates from Geraldton. The piece mentions British and Australian figures, tax deadlines for 1910, church services, Christmas celebrations, yacht club races, boxing rounds, and civic events. It blends government and community items with theater, concerts, and public notices.
A dated wartime pleasantry extols unity and sacrifice of Australia, urging endurance and faith. It lauds Britain and allies, notes the toll of war, and expresses hope for peace and a merry Christmas to readers who stood by through thirty eight years of change.
Lona and General A Sensational Yiell-Messrn Legg s and Madigan claim owners of a Mt Olin prospecting area on the Murchison show a yield of 181 ounces of gold from 2 tons of ore. Nearby, the Victory Tease area records 30,407 lbs of butter produced in November by the Sumbury Butter Co. Monthly dairy payments include October distribution of £1,735 12s 6d to dairymen in the southwest and November £1,878 4s 6d.
A private monitor notifies that Major T A Kidd, with a long military record since leaving Geraldton over two years ago, will be a passenger by tomorrow night’s train. Mrs Kidd will accompany him after meeting him in Perth last week. Private Worthington is now listed as 4X wounded, having returned to duty after earlier reports of severe wounds. The Church of England notices outline Holy Communion, Mattins, and Christmas services at Christ Church, with special plans and absences noted for the Christmas period.
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