27 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
1
An urging call to pursue education and night study at the Geraldton Business Academy to gain double-entry bookkeeping and commercial law skills. It emphasizes knowledge as power, promising better employment, higher earnings, and escape from menial clerical work. Ring phone 108 for details.
Joseph Hindley, now in Perth, promotes his bulk grain elevator for ships at Victoria Quay Fremantle. The device, designed to load wheat and superphosphates directly onto bulk carriers, could cut shore-to-ship handling and return bags to farmers. Hindley seeks railway and Wheatgrowers Association support, with tests planned in February.
A shipment from New Zealand arrives for breeding power at Males, featuring twelve high quality sires and mares. The purchase, led by Masel t King and the Derrinion firm, highlights intense activity by Western Australia breeders as seven stud farms were tapped for top animals.
The readable passage lists numerous horse names, stalls, and possible breeders or owners across scattered locations. It mentions mares, foals, sires like Pride of Soto and Tom SM Win Charis, and references a stud farm or sale context with multiple regions and dates implied. The fragmentary OCR resembles a racing or breeding ledger entry with uncertain details.
Published annually this directory enables traders to contact manufacturers and distributors across the kingdom. It lists export ships rail routes ports and principal industrial centers with freight paid delivery on receipt of postal order. Dealers can advertise from £3 and £1 for trade cards.
January notes provide calculated times for sunrise and sunset in the Geraldton District, with references to Telegraph time and monthly lunar phases including Full Moon on January 15. The text lists January 1 as the start of the period and mentions rate calculations and timetables for the month.
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