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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
4
A fragmentary report details a fatal accident at Ot Mins Jack with chaotic mangled text. The piece mentions Sabra Payne, a pistol, and an exploded charge, then diverges into unrelated musings about a dance, teachers, and local figures with unclear connections or outcomes.
A government plan to help inexperienced farmers learn lamb growing runs through an appointed instructor system. With South, Northcote, and other districts involved, officers will visit farms for a week or more, holding meetings to discuss local problems and explain the program in detail.
In Cue Police Court Williamson faced charges for attempting to take his own life on January 22. Emma Wilkinson testified the husband returned drunk after 2:30 pm, later shot himself, and was found bleeding. Medical witnesses said a bullet entered near the mouth and exited below the left ear. Williamson claimed it an accident and noted no weapon was known to be loaded. He was remanded to the Quarter Sessions. bail set at £25.
The Queensland Government office in London reports cotton samples from Queensland varieties free of boll worms. A prominent Queensland grower reportedly produced 2200 bales of clean fibre from one acre, suggesting large futures for farmers. The expert valued the hybrid samples town Egyptian and Sea Island at 3d per pound, with potential earnings from 20 acres up to 2600 pounds annually.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox delivers a plea for shared wealth and equality. The fragment criticizes privilege and urges workers and neighbors to resist exploitation. It envisions a society where all toil benefits all, condemning greed and idleness alike.
A vintage advertisement extols Zam-Buk Medicinal Soap as essential for mothers seeking strong, healthy children. It argues common soaps dry and blemish skin, while Zam-Buk cleanses, penetrates the inner skin, dissolves surface oil, and improves circulation, urging purchase from chemists or Zam-Buk Mfg Co in Sydney.
Beulah Logan Tuthill, a Methodist missionary born to missionary ancestors, recounts her peril on a voyage from Caroline Islands to Sydney. A violent storm, a shipwreck near New Ireland, and a cannibal island siege left eleven sailors dead while she and others fled toward a German station aided by a German gunboat that finally delivered safety.
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