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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
4
The Heraldion District Roads Board held a session with warrants for the inspection work and winter maintenance discussed. A quarter was read for district supervisors, with a motion to proceed on a swath work plan and a site visit scheduled.
The readable parts describe a garbled account mentioning names and places in a confusing way. It references a rug task and various names, with no clear event or outcome to summarize into a coherent report.
A severely burnt forehead and arm are described with multiple OCR errors and unclear context. The piece references a date and medical actions but lacks coherent details or names.
Proceedings detail electoral revision, budget payments, and board meetings. Items include taxation tallies, loan figures, and payment plans while committees discuss reserve lands, road works, and eradication of thistles on town roads. Officials note crossing repairs, public notices, and signatures for declarations.
The tongue color reveals a child health state. A bright clean tongue is good, while a yellow coating signals trouble from the intestinal system. California Syrup of Figs is presented as a timely remedy to cleanse and restore the child to a happy, healthy condition.
Minutes recount the Secretary reporting that the Chairman arranged with Mr. Blayney to conduct necessary road works. Discussions cover road clearing requests, gate access to railway reserves, and a proposed transfer of district portions between boards.
A fragmented report from the local board describes spraying and health inspections related to contagious diseases. Names such as Goren MeO Tien and Andrew Kopseh appear in the broken text alongside references to remedies and medical practitioners.
Amended postal schedule lists numerous train and mail routes with listed stations and service days across regions including Gree, Perth, Midland, Walkaway, Dongarra, Mingenew, Yalgoo, and Moonyoonoaka with varying times. Notes indicate private lines, substitutions, and biweekly mail flows including Yuin and Pindar connections.
An overview of The Geraldton College highlighting its Tudor Tower and Gothic turrets overlooking the Bay. It details the building’s medieval style, spacious roof gardens, and buttresses, plus the Presentation Nuns and a tradition of excellence with 130 certificates from Adelaide University Royal Academy Trinity College Lyndon College of Murte and Phonetic Institute. It notes many distinctions in junior and senior subjects across arts, commerce and languages, including first places in arithmetic French and music with numerous certificates and honors, and lists training in shorthand typewriting bookkeeping and architectural drawing.
A dense listing of firms and agents across Geraldton Fremantle and Perth including Aarundel and Co Atlas Eng working Victoria road Fremantle Boans and Co Nursing Arizona stores and many merchants Drapers hardware timber shipping and advertising agencies noted with multiple streets Marine Terrace and Esplanade Hostel Geraldton firms trading in goods services and professional listings.
London Wisboreat annually lists export merchants goods and ships, colonial and foreign markets, steam lines under their routes, and provincial trade notices. Copies available by post. advertisements offer rates for dealers seeking exposure.
Europe as Agehly offers a wholesale catalog listing diverse goods from stationery to druggists’ supplies, hardware, jewelry, and millinery. William Wilson & Sons, established 1414 in Aberdeen Street London, promote direct directories and sample consignments with discounts and special quotations.
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