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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
4
A literary note lists works including The Love Spell by Lady Troubridge, and references to The Flaw in It and Pauls Stepmothe Woman Thou Gavest, with mentions of blackmail and breach of promise, published by special arrangement.
In a dim garden Monckton presses Veronie to accept his advances while Meredith arrives and declares a claim to Veronie's promised dance. Veronie explains she cannot escape Monckton’s attentions and seeks relief from her mother while Meredith offers quiet friendship, promising to stay.
Meredith faces Veronicas memory as they talk of trouble and distant plans. She fears future hardships while he contemplates a deeper offer of help amid social pressures and a looming private interview with Lady Studholme about a charitable home for distressed women.
A stern figure questions a child about future ambitions while others conjecture paths from farmer to minister. The dialogue shows hopes and idle bravado as a playful mentor-like line of adults quizzes the growing generations.
An old notice from Geraldton Coffee House invites patrons to the Railway Palace tenancy and outlines advertising deadlines and alteration rules. The ad lists contact details and hints at maintaining patronage through attentive service and kitchen control. Also mentions Hean's Essence as a cold remedy touted by a Sydney labor committee secretary in 1815, sold by chemists and stores for two shillings per pint equivalent.
The Northampton District Road Board minutes record legal opinions on referendums, a halt on certain goods, and approval of a new road tie. Key motions involve funding, management directives, and boundary demarcations for the northeast and western limits, with notes on drainage and future maintenance plans.
The Upper Chapman Roads Board held a long session with Chairman and secretary reporting on correspondence, plans for a survey of roads, tender invitations for works at Routs Brockham to Marsfal, and five months leave for Thomison. Accounts totaling £2538 60 were approved and the meeting concluded after a strenuous day.
Government railways timetable details from October 30 covering multistation routes to Ajana Sandstone Perth Walkaway Meekatharra Wongan Hills and Northam with listed 5 pm 12 noon and 2 45 pm departures for various lines and perishable urgent services and weekend timings for the Sandstone line and multiple stations including Meekatharra Cue York Yonga and Walkaway with notices of different days and times
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