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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
2
This week in the Warcery Department offers Men s Woollen Tweed Trousers in sizes 11 to 13/6 and 1/0, Boys Tweed Norfolk Suits at 10/6 and 1/0, Three Garment Suits, and Duke of York Suits. Also available are Harvard Shirts at 2/0 1 and Men s run shirts and a few job lots.
Church of England Fifth Sunday after Trinity plans multiple services with lessons prayers and sermons for all ages. The Salvation Army lists daily meetings including morning drill holiness and salvation sessions with varied times.
This week features pillow cases 5 cents each, crank cushions covers 1 7 this week, white H O toilet covers 10 cents this week, 30 inch white twill shouting 1 shilling 6d this week, white and colored terry roller towel ling 6d this week four lots.
This week features prices for Pringad Traveling Mops 14/6 and This Nekling RSs 44 Grey Weal Blankets 13 6. White Wool Blankets priced at 14/11 with this week’s entry showing 12 11. Contains multiple item notes and dates in a compact torn-text format.
A jumble of agricultural notes and local developments reports sleek dairy trends, cattle markets, and forward wheat at Fr Pearson’s Padbury Street. It notes railway 48 hour week proposals, new motor garage openings, and public notices alongside background on war relief gifts and a Beacon Street serial.
The article reports on the Statistical Register of Western Australia, noting population changes from 1905 to 1914, births and deaths in a recent five month period, and wartime migration effects. It lists public works expenditure across years 1911 to 1914, bank deposits, and vessel arrivals at principal ports including Fremantle and Albany. It also details imports of oats, pollard, flour, and hay, with tax and revenue figures and land area totals.
Shipping notices detail numerous vesels departing Fremantle and Geraldton for Eastern States and beyond, with schedules to Albany Fremantle Melbourne Sydney and more. Vessels listed include Warilda Grantala Wollowra Dimboola Katoomba Charon and Narri Wert, with multiple July departures to Geraldton Albany Albany and Fremantle missions.
A Melbourne telegram dated June 2 notes soldier Richi O Halloran at Broadmeadows signallers school was knocked down near Flinders Street station and severely injured. He had walked long distances through rough Queensland country to enlist, with the nearest recruiting station 340 miles away at Dundah. Reports mention Victorian rally support and various wartime concerns, including public faith and religious tensions amid mounting casualties and recruitment pressures.
This entry lists a patchwork of department items across Ladies Underclothing Stockings and Corsets, Millinery and Children’s wear with fragmentary weekly pricing. Notable mentions include long hip corsets, trimmed welts, petor pans, and infant wool bonnets offered this week with sale notations and scattered dates.
A fragmented catalog entry shows grocery department items with odd spellings and prices. Mentions Australian Whity Pine Ud per tay fe Ed dun and Milky Sd per tins 749d dun, plus Ward's Fine Oatmen and Ward's Fluke Gutmpal. Cherry Blowum Kout Polish priced 4d tin 5 Md doz, Best Garden Peas 6d. Wy.
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