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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
2
An antique style promotion for The Economic Stores Limited lists numerous fabric items and garments with bold claims of value and price. It invites skeptical readers to visit The Economic Store in Perru to compare prices and quality against rivals, emphasizing wide selections like tweeds coats skirts ribbons and blankets.
Public notice states that the rating rate of one penny farthing on the £, set May 15, 1909, by the Upper Chapaan Roads Noord was rescinded at a meeting on June Lith, and it was resolved that the General Rate be joined out the ratable value of all rateable property within the district for the year 1909 10 in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Act 7 0. Gaker, Chairman.
Presbyterian Church schedules address and sermon topics with morning and evening services led by Rev W F Stannon. Methodist Church lists services at 9 am and 7 pm with Rev J Titer and notes on devotionals. Church of England details morning and evening prayers and vestry notices with Kilw Maumilers mentioned.
FPPENDERS are invited to noon on Thursday at Towerthy for extensive additions to the warehouse of Charles Huruunn, Eleanor Buech, Germidton, Joe Mesten, Dalgety & Co. The lowest lender proposals with specifications and contract conditions must be provided.
Public works contract bids for Geraldton Geol Renovations and Facing will be received by the allotment office. Under Secretary for Fabs Wo Gerald J. Sthunagh sets a June 29 deadline for submissions.
Thank you note from NRSC and 8 Palmle and Family expressing sympathy for a bereavement. Gratitude extended to Bir, Mer. W Lucas of Railway Street, Northampton. Ms W Drage of Mount View. Mr Avorge Brand of Lynton. and friends of the Tare Charliee beymour Yr.
Messrs Dalgety and Co shipping agents report steamer movements timetabled for late June and early July. Ship Minderoo will call Fremantle Geraldton Carnarvon Onslow Macksack Java and Singapore on July 3. Riverina departs Sydney June 19 Melbourne 28 Adelaide 20 Albany 29 for Fremantle with tran shipping to Geraldton.
A dated 1900 notice from Md Logug restricts shooting or running on leases at Mt Hill by agents for WA, Malloch Bros Perth Hera snd A 6O and all others until written permission is granted. The directive specifies no payment and applies to the date shown, June 16, 1900.
Palmer Geraldton district resident dies at Victoria Hospital after a long illness. He leaves a widow and five children, with family notes naming his wife and children. Obituary notes his service as a captain and his ties to Warmeeshire, England, with mention of his elder son and extended family.
Fragmentary ad text from a 19th century page noting sorrowing parents A and E Kings and a medical confection or remedy for coughs and colds. The readable fragment references soothing children and a product claiming original ingredients.
On Saturday the chairman of a public meeting said the Premier pledged, under conditions, to endorse in his professional speech a proposal to build a railway from Leonora to Lawlers. The government must be supplied with information to proceed.
In a persisting dispute over railway policy, critics argue against a Leonora to Lawlers link favoring a Sandstone to Lawlers connection. They accuse centralization, citing historical losses to Geraldton and stressing that a near port should not be burdened by crystalized regional choices. The debate references past proposals, geographic distances, and the potential impact on Lawlers, Mantle, and Fremantle trade routes.
An OCR fragment from a local page mixes place names such as Edinburgh Dunedin Kimberley and mentions barowehtare, agriculture, tropical agriculture, and press critique. It references universities, voters, and a halted sentence near the word barbarisi, with tangential notes on crops and markets.
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