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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1915
Page
4
A fragmented and eccentric cookery column describes making a banana and nut dessert with mashed banana pear nusp and orange juice. It then details a Wilshire Pudding style recipe with milk lemon sugar and custard steps, including baking times and serving hot.
A long public health notice outlines a fruit fly suppression program. It details zones southerly of a latitude line with restricted fruit entry, inspection requirements, and drastic measures to quarantine infested areas. It describes bait formulas, inspection regimes, and penalties for noncompliance to prevent spread to Perth and other regions.
A garbled OCR passage mentions a song and cryptic lines, hinting at a dialogue or lyric fragment. Names and clear facts are largely unreadable, yielding only disjointed phrases about a tale or chant and unsure references.
The readable text mentions extremely thin metal sheets resembling visiting cards, estimates of the Atlantic Ocean's height, a charity figure in Landuth Raghivetive, and strange notes on creatures and bread digestion. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors.
Fragmentary advert note lists agents Measry E Smell A J Je Davies Geo Rowum and Co We Le Clas Geo Laing for obtaining the Gerlnton Express with garbled text suggesting promotional content and multiple names.
The notice lists mail dispatch times for numerous districts and stations around Geraldton, Fremantle, and beyond. It covers regular and private bags with schedules chiefly at 5 to 7 am on various weekdays and includes towns such as Murchison, Northampton, Moonyoonooka, and Naraguia with specific days noted for departures and routes.
The London Directory lists exporters and the goods they ship, steamship lines with ports and sailings, provincial trade notices, and agency advertising options. It promotes direct communication with English manufacturers and dealers and notes subscription and advertising prices from £1 to £3. The publisher is The London Directory Co. Ltd, 23 Whehured Lane, London.
The Geraldton College stands on an elevated site overlooking the Bay, featuring a Tudor Tower and Gothic turrets. Its spacious grounds and medieval-style battlements add beauty and health benefits for students. The Presentation Nuns have long upheld high standards, with 130 certificates across Adel wide University Royal Academy Trinity College London College of Music and Phonetic Institute Bath. Distinctions include top marks in arithmetic geography and music, with numerous honors and 100 lower-grade distinctions. Commercial training offers and private lessons at various fees, with courses in shorthand typewriting book keeping and drawing. For prospectus apply to Reverend Mottinr.
European Agency offers wholesale access to Britlab and Continental goods including books stationery boots shoes leather chemicals drugs stores china earthenware glassware cycles motor cars and accessories drapery millinery perfume hardware machinery jewelry plate watches photographic optical goods provisions oils and more. commissions 2 to 5 percent trade discounts on demand special quotations. sample cases from £10 up, consignments of produce sold on account. William Wilson and Sons established 1814 Abchurch Lane London.
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