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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary text mentions hospital, numbers, names, and dubious products including a poison reference. Content is unclear. no coherent event, date, or concrete parties to identify. Summary reflects unreadable OCR fragment with scattered proper nouns and potential brands.
Senders invited to bid up to noon on Wednesday February 26 1908 for multiple properties including the Maninga Marley Hotel 6 miles east of Nungarra on Black Range-Lawyer's road with billiard room and cellar drapery shop and stock adjoining hotel four pony team and stables exclusive or combined bids with 10 percent deposit to accompany each tender marked Marley Property details available from J V Spence mining and commission agent Mack Street and the note listing Victoria Building Mack Street Laundrette for drapery clothing boots shoes and fancy goods opposite Best Office Victoria და.
An auction notice lists goods to be sold at Mason Hall on Thursday January 23 1965 at 11 AM. Items include fresh fruit vegetables and groceries such as lemons melons apples pears apricots pumpkin turnips beetroot carrots tomatoes. Also mentions tins meats bacon beef and other provisions with reference to a nation board at the office for private sale.
Public Works tender notices received by noon February 4 at the Warden's office in Geraldton. Also a letter of thanks from M M Ronan and family. Wording warns trespassers after property with dogs or guns will be prosecuted. Also notice of the Mow Depot Hill Coal Prospecting Syndicate Ltd shareholders meeting on Thursday 23rd at 4 pm in Town Hall Committes Room to transact business and receive reports.
January 25 Geraldton against Mercantile leads the third round with February matchups: Geraldton v Wootacarra and Wootacarra v Mercantile in successive weeks. The fourth round runs February 29 to March 7 with Gerakiten facing Mercantile and Geraldton versus Woote, followed by March 28 to April 4 Wootacarra against Mercantile.
The schedule lists four tests at Melbourne from February 7 8 40 and 11 and five tests in Sydney on February 21 22 24 and 95. The note seems to mix dates with numbers, indicating venue shifts and unclear day references for the series.
Detailed freight and passenger movements include Burrumbeet captain J Waldron sailing to Nor West and 120 tons cargo arrived from Fremantle, Venus steam tender purchased for Geraldton Port Gregory and Abrolhos service, Dalgety and Co reporting Sultan Paroo Riverina sailings from Melbourne and Adelaide toward Fremantle and Geraldton with transshipments to Nor West ports and Singapore.
The post office closes Friday at 10 PM for United Kingdom and Continent mail via R.M.S. Victoria with a late fee at 5.30 AM Saturday. Eastern States and New Zealand mails close Tuesday at 10 PM via R.M.S. Orontes with late fee at 5.30 AM Wednesday.
In a Geraldton Express report dated January 1 1908 the Health Board is urged to keep vigilance high after past plagues. Dr Mountain's warning follows efforts that left Geraldton the cleanest port in the state, but readers note the lone inspector now carries multiple duties. The piece calls for restoring dedicated sanitary inspection time and resisting petty council tasks that hamper public health work.
Farm for sale detailing 200 acres freehold, 320 acres cloaked, 1000 im Lrave leasehold, 300 acres fenced and divided into nine paddocks. Includes well, stock water tank, 4 room cottage with kitchen, stone and wood buildings, stable, formings plant optional, 900 acres for agricultural use. Further particulars from NORRIS, forth Chapman. a. J
A Fire Brigade Board meeting is set for Friday evening at 1 o'clock. A Water Board letter to the under secretary urges a £833 expenditure for a new abatement site, provoking protest from Mr Carson who contends the £1000 is mischaracterised. Municipal Council notes finance limits lead to potential staff cuts affecting water, streets, and drainage work, with a postponement. A leading article urged quarantine of weekly bread loaves and steam treatment for freight from Fore Hedland. Ameks to be returned to Geraldton and steamed on arrival. Mercantile U.C. chartered the Whileaway Sunday with unspecified appurtenances.
In a calm Bundsy night a military band played on the Feplarnedli jetty amid small attendance. Local reports cover weather, a shopfront dispute, a lorry incident on Marine Terrace, fruit and vegetable prices, and an extensive executors sale. A Works Committee report recommends town repairs, while Mr. Troy answers a request to recognize bravery with a Royal Union medal for Kennedy. Weather records show a cool morning and rising temperatures, with town notices and a forthcoming Geraldton Week celebration.
A telegram reports Mr Pickering, a Colreavy party member, is believed murdered by Kayke. Earlier in the month a canoe with a waterbag drifted near Balfour Downs. tracks were followed for 21 miles before a thunderstorm erased them. A rabbit-proof fence path was later pursued toward Nutlagun with other named locals referenced.
A jumbled OCR listing appears to record stock and commodity quotes with numerous unreadable terms. Names, prices, and instruments include references to British items, commodities like copper, tea, and assorted firms, but the fragmentary nature leaves most entities ambiguous and the overall meaning unclear.
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