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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
4
March dates report British suffragette clashes in Hyde Park injuring several. Flames destroy a cottage near Cheam Surrey. Army corruption inquiries surface amid arms payments. Bulgarian Greek clashes continue near Ni Kita with casualties and anticipated reinforcements. Premiers call for calm as tensions with Turkey persist and allies seek continued support.
Athens reports panic among Turkish forces at Delivineki with abandonment of the town. Greeks routed the Turks and captured thirty officers and 1570 919. Dispatches note Turks deserting Adrianople in daily skirmishes. Constantinople refuses mediation terms and vows to continue the war.
Frederick Gordon, 32, timber worker, was killed in the home of his sister in law Annie Gordon at Leichhardt. Annie Gordon was arrested in connection with the stabbing after Gordon announced he was leaving. The incident followed a dispute over family ties and residence. Police and hospital reports confirm a fatal throat wound and resulting death in Sydney.
Perth reports a St Patrick Day celebration with a procession and afternoon sports at the show grounds. Also noted are bowls results against Victorians 65 to 68 and King's Park scores 18 to 46, plus a March 18 sentencing for Louis Sullivan on a serious offence involving a minor. An appeal notice and a weather note are briefly mentioned.
The article reports Governor Sir Marty Tae run arriving in Perth to a warm welcome with an address from the mayor and councillors, plus a fatal accident at the Tyanhive mine and ongoing concerns over the Tronto Australian railway strike.
The turf note from Perth records Avels Bain scratched for all engagements in Sydney with a brief Melbourne leg and snippets of betting market quotes for Doncaster Handicap and other runners. Names include Medoc Beggar Aleconnar Ratievo Newarra Aurile Embracer Vol Hoane Hallowmas Jacamar Abmissa Barrios Aurofodina Bernard Angelique and Uthere.
A fragment notes Stella Maris Geraldton College as a site for a gala performance and a junior commercial examination. It references Adelaide University Royal Academy of Music and Phonetic Institute affiliations, with certificates awarded in lower grades. Subjects include commercial shorthand Tynewriting and commercial French and German.
A Milong harvester tested at Yanawah demonstrates side draught removal and independent section control. The Titanane Co. machine, electric powered and tractor drawn, handles 30 combs across three linked sections, with a 26 ft platform and onboard thresher system. It cuts labor, speeds up harvesting, and could revolutionize farming though its size and cost remain drawbacks.
A reader reports Doan's Ointment cured a varicose leg wound and sores after months of pain and a hospital warning. The testimonial claims rapid improvement and complete healing, urging others with skin irritations to try the remedy sold by Foster-McClellan Co in Perth.
A dense list of mail and transport timetables covering Geraldion post office routes and nearby stations. Friday and Tuesday patterns appear on multiple lines, with early morning departures from Tibradden, Fremantic, Midland Junction, and districts including Narngull, Moora, Meekatharra, and Yuna. Various private stations and farms feature listed timings and service days.
A reflective essay questions if bygone eras truly existed as idyllic. It contrasts harsh premodern life with modern medical progress, detailing kidney and liver functions and warning of uric poisoning. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy restoring kidney and liver health and claims permanent results.
Insufficient legible material. OCR fragment shows unclear phrases about a raid and views but no identifiable names, places, dates, or events. Unable to extract coherent facts or entities from the readable text.
A long OCR list shows numerous business names across Western Australia including ADELAIDE and ARUNDEL and CO. Saddle, Wurn Gotha Factory, and Cesena Hariy. It mentions shipping agencies, drapers, hardware merchants, watchmakers, hotels, and forwarding firms in Geraldton, Perth, Fremantle, and surrounding towns, illustrating a dense local business directory.
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