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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
4
Magnificent Xmas Stock arrives featuring watches clocks jewelry silver mounted ware brushware and leather purses. Fancy goods include Wedgewood Portmail china and electro plate. Grand opening Wednesday December 11 invites all to inspect the new line and bargains.
A consolidated list of Geraldton merchants and service providers appears with entries for PURVEYORS, grocers, hardware, drapers, tobacconists, tailors, hotels, shipping agents, ironmongers, and general stores. Notable names include Baird’s Co, Meccano-like machinery firms, Clarke Tobacconist, Victoria Motel, and Miners Arms Hotel, among many others serving Marine Terrace and Geraldton districts.
The Geraldton College is described with Tudor Tower Gothic turrets and medieval styling adding beauty to the campus overlooking the Bay. The Presentation Nuns are highlighted for their longstanding educational leadership with certificates from Adelaide University Royal Academy Trinity College and Bath Phonetic Institute. Distinctions include top placements in Arithmetic French Geography and Music plus advanced honors and many certificates across public and commercial exams. Students prepare for Adelaide University exams Federal Public Service and other institutions with emphasis on commercial training such as bookkeeping shorthand typewriting and business correspondence.
Special accommodation for art students outlines model perspective geometrical and architectural drawing oil and water color painting stencilling woodwork plain and art needlework terms begin January 20 April 2 July 22 and Oct 7 private lessons 2 guineas per term typewriting with shorthand half guinea extra for machine use 10 percent reduction for family members class tuition in theory of music 6 per term prospectus from the Reverend Mother.
London Directory offers a complete commercial guide to London and suburbs listing export merchants and goods, steamship lines, provincial trade notices, and agency adverts. It promotes current edition by mail for 20 shillings with paid freight, advertising rates from one to three pounds.
A terse notice states a courier plan involving a parent of Drapery Of Os and freight routes to UT near railway station and a pricey wye in Perth. The communication references an establishment Peale al and discusses a cannot buy stance.
Large attendance for WA Tattersalls Club Meeting on the Perth course features trial stakes and plate races. First-class plates go seven furlongs with winners including Newmarracista Atlas Mary and First Wave. WATTERS AGL CLAS LEP and Welter Handicap indicate diverse events and entrants like Percival and Lady Silver Lady.
From multiple city and colonial sources in 1910s Australia and New Zealand, testimonials praise Warner's Safe Cure for rheumatism sciatica and kidney liver detoxification as providing rapid relief, improved appetite and strength, and lasting remission after trials, with individuals detailing back pain, joint stiffness, and sleep restoration.
An article extols the defense against ill health through bowel regularity. It recounts pain and disease from constipation, praises Dr Moeme’s Tasian Root Pills via testimonials from John Indhres and others, and notes a family use in relieving rheumatism and digestive issues. The text emphasizes timely operation of bowels and praises the remedy’s effectiveness.
London papers report tense peace conference expectations amid war weariness as Turkish officers desert and bread rations drop in Belgrade and Salonika. Allies claim Turkish fears and vast Indian atrocities prompt Royal Commission scrutiny while imperial debates weigh dreadnoughts and Australia’s political fate.
Sydney reports a merger of the Thired Labourers Protective Society of New South Wales and the Railway Workers General Labourers Association forming the United General Labourers Society with eighteen thousand members. The new union consolidates unskilled workers including railway city and road maintenance labourers across regions.
Perth reports January 11 arrangements set for the first feet of the Tran-Australian railway milestone at Kilgoorlie. The ceremony February 12 will be conducted by Prime Minister Fisher, marking a notable national event.
The Burbury Municipal Council considers an experimental land clearing method for the new cemetery to reduce native timber with acids. Fireman Mr Styles supports the acid approach, noting lower cost and potential faster results. The council plans to discuss the proposal at a future meeting led by Mr Myles.
In Perth a serious incident occurred at Viking House on William Street when David Carlson, a 42 year old former Customs Department employee, was reportedly killed after sticking his head through a lift opening during a 11 o clock morning event at the MA story building erected by Strelite Hros. The bell rang as the tragedy happened leaving details incomplete.
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