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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1906
Page
4
The report lists a long jumble of exam answers and definitions, including aged terms like ortogenarian and various word puzzles. It also preserves an anecdote about a family from Carlton, Vic, noting a three month whooping cough case and a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, with a local dealer named.
Fragmentary dialogue portrays a business setting with an applicant asking to join and a man claiming to do all the work. The exchange hints at excuses for not working and a terse conscience sense, but the text is garbled and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Incomplete OCR text shows scattered cricket scores and player names, with multiple garbled terms and broken phrases across East Ward event coverage. The fragment mentions Hines, Me Sard, Mahon, MeCach, and other names amid an unclear score sequence and event references.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a weekend event at South Greenotg Wand with references to a race or match on Saturday last. Mentions include participants such as Wilh and Wes, with unclear places and stakes described in error-filled text. No coherent outcome or clear entities emerge.
Fragmentary OCR text appears from a historical page with scattered names and numbers. The readable items mention individuals such as Parienire WT Stites and Gilmore, and partial references to medals, dates, and totals, but no coherent event or clear narrative.
Fragmented and phonetic reportage from Bangemall describes ore claims near Mount Augustus, worker movements, and suspected violence or killings connected to the Alluvial Gold rush. Names like Willan Jackson and Charlie appear with references to wells, water, and a staged death or disappearance. a Geraldton ad for Wolfs Schnapps closes the note.
A mangled verse about McCarthy’s funeral depicts a drunken wake at Mt Sir Sarguel with references to a makeshift coffin, a gravedigger, and revelry. The text blends mock seriousness with chaotic imagery, mentioning brands, places, and a burst of laughter as the scene unfolds.
The notice outlines Crown Lands free homestead options for adults over 18, up to 100 acres, with deposits and residency requirements. Applicants must build habitable homes, clear and crop land, fence portions, and meet staged improvements within set years, with differing terms for South-Western division allocations.
Land may be acquired in small mocks for gardens vineyards or orchards with prices not less than £1 per acre up to 50 acres. A 10 percent deposit on application, balance in three years via half yearly instalments. Fencing required in three years and portions cultivated with vines fruit trees or vegetables. Additional terms cover land in Sarger Mocks with rents, licenses, and staged payments culminating in a Crown grant after full payment and compliant fencing and improvements.
The notice outlines pastoral lease rentals for Ki and Gascoyne in blocks of not less than 20 000 acres at 19 per 1000 acres, Eucla at 2s per 1000 acres, and Eastern at 2s 6d per 1000 acres for seven years then 5s. South-Western requires 1 per 1900 acres with no tenure security against free selection, and conditional purchasers pay improvements. Goldfields mining districts follow same terms up to 20 000 acres with limits.
The Agricultural Bank offers monetary help to settlers improving fenced land. Land selectors can obtain information, plans, and guides from the nearest land agent at no charge. Refunds of railway fares are possible if the land deposit exceeds the fare by 50 percent, with government verification. Railway terms aid new selector families, and selectors of 500 acres or more may get railway tick ets and freight by Lands Department order, repayable with interest. land transfer or mortgage is restricted until debts are cleared.
An excerpted dispatch details cattle and wool sales, station actions, and flood impacts across Northern pastoral districts. It notes purchases by Mr Mackay, shipments of wool, and weather effects including a hurricane wind and rising rivers affecting stations such as Miniya and Tyan. Names include Mr Mackay, Mr Yon, Mr Trowbridge, and Mr Burt, with dates cited from January.
In a social scene a vegetarian argues against meat while a stranger counters with quips about eggs and diet. A Scotsman visits a London dentist amid a pocket-counting moment and a comic miscommunication leads to misheard phrases. The era’s humor tone persists as the piece recaps a light, stray exchange.
A Colonial Secretary Department note outlines assistance for settlers including stock imports and repayment terms. Agencies are named across multiple towns including Menzies Coolgardie Kalgoorlie Southern Cross Coomal, Northampton Geraldton York Northam Goomalling Beverley Newcastle Bunbury Katanning Albany Bridgetown Busselton Narrogin Wagin Pingelly.
Northern Railways lists daily Geraldton to Perth departures at 6 am plus a Friday 8 pm mail special. Mixed services run Geraldton to Cue on Mon Tue Thu at 6.25 am, Friday 7.45 am, Sat 8 am, and Tue at 11.50 pm. Geraldton to Walkaway offers daily 6 am mixed, Saturday afternoon 3.30 and Friday 8 pm, plus a Walkaway 10.10 pm daily train. Geraldton to Northampton runs mixed Mon Wed 9 am, Fri 9.30 pm, and Sat 5 pm.
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