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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1919
Page
2
Notice is hereby given that licenses for vehicles dogs motors and cycles within the Board districts must be taken out on or before January 21 1919. The licensing officer will attend on Fridays and Saturdays between 9 and 6 to issue licenses. Any person using a vehicle on the roads or keeping a dog after January 16 1919 without a license will be prosecuted. FW Evans licensing officer.
Reported deaths aboard a ship from San Francisco to Welling due to lemon squash containing cyanide. Also notes escape of 17 native prisoners at Wyndham during a heavy storm and other local items including Foundation Day in Australia and political developments in Perth.
Two Australian veterans, Private Ber enger and Private Eli Dewhurst, arrive home after fighting on the Western Front and the Turk and German fronts. Local mining activity continues with a new block find near Une Alana siding. a syndicate including Gallagher Phillips Hutchinson and W Harvey applies for rights. An accident at Mailways Totel injures George Maguire minor. Senator Needham visits Northampton and addresses Federal politics. Mother Margaret Mary leads a major convent expansion at Northampton, overseeing a large new two storey wing, water system, and ongoing school improvements with jubilee celebrations and a concert tribute to the bishop and sisters.
The Geraldton Express reports a Monday issue dated January 97 1919. Information unspecified due to fragment. Reads as a historical newspaper snippet with no clear event or names other than the title.
MiT Chesson MLA reported the Mines Minister’s reply on erecting a state mill at The wire stall and work on a Coolgerdie plant should finish by end of March, then the battery at Cue will be tackled. Sheep stats noted a farmer’s big wool clip and strong prices, with potential returns for veterans. Also covered: yacht results, reopening of a regular Australian service, social postponement due to illness, ex Kaiserin retirement talk, Municipal Markets trading details, and price listings for staples.
Perth MLA and Sunday Times manager Mr McCallum Smith and Mr Patterson of the North-West visited the Cagle Down Station on the Murchison to inspect and consider purchase prospects. The tour extended as far as the North Maretseau, by motor car, touching mining centres and pastoral properties. The piece notes other local appointments and returns including Justice of the Peace Mr Magnet and ex-Legislative figures.
On Tuesday January 21, 1804, Mother Aloysius Geraldton and Mother Mary of Northampton marked silver jubilees at the Presentation Convent. The ceremony, held in the old convent, was followed by reflection on the Order’s progress and the sisters’ contributions to education and spiritual leadership across Geraldton, Greenough, and surrounding areas.
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