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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
4
In a bustling storefront scene Mrs. McLardy pockets three stull Lingos worth of meat as a box of twine bursts its seal. The twine trails from the tin, drags the counter loot into the Moor street, while Mr. Pennycook and a bashful message boy react with astonishment and farce. Suspense grows as a crowd gathers and chatter swirls about blame and manners.
The Upper Irwin Roads Board held its February 18 1919 meeting with Chairman E A Field and Messrs Darling Wetoon and Broad present. Minutes were read and adopted. correspondence noted. The board invited reports on Thomas’s complaint about a reinforced well and decided to appoint a Vermin Board secretary and inspector at £200 per year. Reports on map updates and options for sinking a well at Abrino were considered, with authority to accept if favorable. Offers to loan mill assets at The Springs and work on Grant’s road were discussed. Pneumonic influence relief and thanks to the Hed Crom Society were noted. Revisions to the stock route weather and water testing at Secreation Ground were ordered. A March 5 revision court and a special meeting were scheduled to consider Vermin Board business.
A hawker pitches a patent hair restorer offering a £600 forfeit if no new hair grows in six weeks. A skeptical old man questions the claim, recalling a past sale in another town. The scene ends with the fraudster mocked and dismissed as townsfolk jeer at the bogus product.
A fragment describes a young housekeeper applying for a position. She explains she left her last place because men mistook her for the mistress, highlighting social expectations and perceptions of appearance. The text also quotes a cryptic stanza about possessions and ambition, ending with a brief reference to Lady Java Campbell.
Hiperimenta at the Pasteur Institute Paris by M Kayser indicates Lamia oil digitata seaweed could yield alcohol. Seaweed was either washed or unwashed, then processed, treated with water containing sulfuric acid, heated to 122 degrees C, and the sugary liquid refined to about one percent acidity with occasional nitrogenous additives.
An investigator reports fermentation of seaweed using brewer's yeast neutralised to one percent nitrogenous material produced about six litres of alcohol per 100 litres of dry seaweed. He believes lighter pressure could increase yield and that residue could be used to extract minerals and potash as by products.
The report lists French losses totaling 14,006 tons while Germany endured about 380,000 tons and Austria 65,000 tons. The war caused France to lose 3,000,000 inhabitants.
Owing to rising demand for horsemeat for human consumption in England the Food Controller in Britain has approved prices. Hindquarters fetch 6d per lb, fore-quarters 4d, rump and round ranges noted. Retail prices for the round rump and sirloin vary from low to higher rates per pound, with bone tenon and other cuts listed at several pence per pound. Hearts tongues and liver priced from 6d per lb upward. Capes or whole sides show fixed figures.
The Department of Public Health notes pneumonic influenza differs by sudden onset and severe prostration with high fever and rapid spread through coughing, sneezing, kissing, and shared utensils. It advises immediate isolation, bed rest, mask use, hygiene, boiled or disinfected items, ventilation, temperance, and public aid plans. quarantined individuals to stay home under health authority supervision.
The Wise and Co directory offers extensive Western Australia Street and Alphabetical Directories for Perth Fremantle and regional towns with a state wide Alphabetical Directory and Trades Directory. Advertisers are urged to contact St George's Terrace Perth Sydney and Ming offices for rates and stations.
Victoria District Veterinary Hospital offers services at 4 H Street Geraldton Walkaway and Oakabella with per day and part day charges, living and traveling expenses, medicines, and new methods from 7 shillings 6d per head. General and special cases include insured options, ordinary and special work, and correspondence invited.
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