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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
2
Holiday excursion tickets are available for return travel to all stations until January 1, 1913, with different validity based on distance. Tickets up to 60 miles and up to 150 miles for one month, and over 160 miles for three months, priced per station. Details at stations. reminder departure on December 20 2012 from Gopal town at 8 15 pm.
For sale a nearly new brick residence in a high and healthy position with possession in a week. It lies four minutes from Lederville and 50 feet by 60 feet deep with a low right of way. For particulars apply to the owner at 5 C el Sect, West Ledervr.
A notice announces public sale of the Yandanooka estate stock and gear. Items include merino ewes and progeny, wethers, lambs, cattle, draught horses and mares, harness, saddlery, farm tools, a windmill, and household furniture. Breakfast and meals provided at Yandanooka Homestead. travel details for Perth Geraldton buyers and conveyances on offer.
The shipping report lists Mosers Daliety and Co Ltd routes from Geraldton to Fremantle and Nor West ports, Java and Singapore with January sailings. Adsieda Steamship and Burns, Philp movements show Allinga and Warilda schedules, Fremantle departures, Fremantle to Geraldton, and Dimboola, Kapunda, Kurnalpi itineraries with dates in December 1918 to February 1919.
The Geraldton Express announces a Christmas Day departure with promotional conena of the Express on Friday December 27. The notice is dated December 20 1912 and references holiday events and service.
Notices from Geraldton cover transport, meetings, and legal matters. A quarterly meeting of the United Ancient Order of Druids is set for the Druids Hall at 8 PM, with attendance required. The 3:10 train to Yuna departs Geraldton on business days at 6:15 PM. A death inquiry reports James Rowan’s passing near Yalgoo, with evidence given by Alice Rowan and others. verdict notes a horse accident with no blame. Government Savings Bank operations shift as federal agencies withdraw, with a full agency list to follow. A police court case convicts one man for serving drink to an intoxicated patron at the Commonwealth Hotel, with penalties imposed.
Exposition items to attract interest in a large shipment for the eastern states. The display targets Nana customers and New York buyers, aiming for broad appeal and practical presentation of novelties and puzzles.
fragmentary ad requests secondhand steam engine and tools, listing a Clap ton and Shotteford Steam, a Reid and Gay casil cate, and a doble burger. Also seeks to buy a gees vo Ha Cotter. apply CLUTTERRUC.
A report from a recent municipal shiveo at Wagin highlights promising harvests north of Wagin with excellent wheat crops. It mentions ex legislator CJ Moran and his land holdings, local figures, land board actions, and fundraising events for the Roman Catholic Church, with satirical notes on political figures and rural life.
Boxing Day fixtures loom as Muschison faces Garaldton with possible second game if needed. Carter leads visitors in a 10 49 am start. lineups include Carter Seward Hamilton Hall Fulton Flanigan Cummings Champion Watson Munster Pustscu tion Caspelly Bell Barton. Local side lists Maley W Stokes Overheu Meschrvey Rock Post F Kidd Healey Munroe Lyons W Groessler Vickers Holmes. Non selection of Nobby Howell draws criticism for bat and ball. Gneing the Sturchison trip delayed. Mullewa trip postponed. Victor Trungen scored 127 in 70 minutes. Trumper captains U S W in Adelaide. Australia- South Australia match notes cite Crawford Moyes Chamberlain and others. New South Wales score details listed.
Geraldton Rifle Club schedules an October firing range event starting at 4g with multiple ranges. Winners receive trophies and points count toward final standings for the club’s major trophies and cups. A long list of participant names and affiliations is provided in the readout.
A long, fractured letter-like article critiques the Labor Party for large public spending and debt in Western Australia. It discusses mining and agriculture, argues against excessive state expenditure, and comments on farmer critics, economic growth, and regional prosperity. The piece contrasts mining districts and farming vigor, praising West Australia’s expanding industries and potential wealth from gold and grain while warning against unsustainable debt.
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