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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 26, 1910
Page
3
A bizarre notice from a local district describes a sensational event about a mysterious advertisement and a haunted doorstep mystery tied to a missing youth. Rumors swirl of an advertisement’s impact on residents and a dramatic home fire tied to the mystery.
The 12 room wooden and iron house at Hin ton owned by Sir Edward Wittenoom burned in a blaze reported around 2 PM. Two small outbuildings remained, while the kitchen and lumber room adjacent were damaged. Residents and workers implicated two men seen near the property during the fire, with conflicting accounts of the events and cause.
The readable fragment presents a garbled question about Wolfe Scanavps and spite. No clear people, places, or events are identifiable. insufficient concrete facts to summarize into a coherent news item.
Public attractions include swimming and diving events, yacht races, and barrel riding. Prizes of 12s 6d and 2s 6d. Gates open with ample seating and music. children under 11 admitted free. Neck to knee costumes required for competitors over 10. costumes rented at the baths with deposits.
A York meeting covered the Country Party lineage to the National League with Labour nemesis talk. Sir John Forrest figures, discussions by Wilkinson and Munger, and a York meeting with Lyih fen and Frazer, plus a future dissolution plan after April. A brass fund and Avon Park white elephant debt, a proposed new police station, and marriage notices amid Lenten protests.
Dalgety and Company Lui report weekly wheat and local market conditions. European markets show brighter sentiment with cargo demand steady. export prices and imports discussed, including Arraxdate price 98/0 per quarter and anticipated Argentine supply. Wheat, oats, and bran trends noted with mixed prices, shipments, and freight effects amid global influences.
The article notes a Monday Autumn meeting at North Murchison acts Club with seven bookmakers present. It lists several handicaps including the Flying Handicap at five furlongs and the Nannie Handicap at one mile, with sparse names and unclear outcomes due to damaged text.
The meeting includes trials at six furlongs with Aladdin Corey Bin Newn and Little Corporal among entrants. Six furlongs plus seven furlongs offerings feature Light of and Candicap entries with Coal Queen and Rumtateer. Additional events list horses such as Wendy Forrester Navy Blue and Le Grande across five furlongs races.
The Albany launch Perry was heavily damaged yesterday while at the jetty. Estimated loss runs to 2500 pounds as the vessel broke apart or sank. The incident harms the vessel and its reputation amid the local scene.
Massive lava from four Mt Fitna craters joins forming a deep flow endangering Capricio and Borrell while warnings spread of Relpusso. Mt Etna records twenty three earthquakes at the observatory as public fear grows. A shooting incident in Baltimore underscores rising tension amid global unrest and political attacks on Roosevelt.
A reader branded as Hayseed criticizes a council member for urging voters to back an agreement with Western Australia. The letter argues the electorates deserve clear facts and warns that better choices exist, urging independent reasoning. The correspondence ends with local notices and a community raffle summary unrelated to the letter.
A distressed patient details severe neuralgia attacks and partial relief after taking Dr Williams' Pine Pills. The narrative lists pain patterns, remedies attempted, and eventual benefit from two boxes, urging readers to obtain from the Dr Williams' Medicine Co. of Australasia Ltd in Perth.
A ragged note from the campaign shows RM and Cochrane urging farmers to grow diverse crops while warnings swirl about district influence on wheat. Mahon is the lone Parliament candidate to travel north to Broome and Derby as campaigning continues. The piece drifts through odd vignettes from Nantucket to civic figures, with remarks on a “physical entrée correspondence” school and a discussion of Peter Tree williary’s shaping, all amid unsettled local chatter and a federal candidate reference in a Southern Times note.
Reports from Adelaide and Sydney describe a deadly blaze. In South Terrace a woman and two children died, another child and a man badly burned. a woman and two children perished, and a servant was seriously injured while masked intruders ransacked the home. In Sydney a violent night at a Dulwich Hill meeting and church incident are noted, with police arrest and a cathedral disturbance.
Kalgoorlie reports no progress toward settlement of the slaughtermen's strike as Boulder butchers close shops. Kalgoorlie shops also shut to meet demand, with a master and man conference planned this afternoon. In Perth, farmer William Pretty of Wanneroo suffered a fractured skull after a fall from a horse, transferred to Perth Hospital in a serious condition.
Fragmentary notice outlines candidates and ward results for a roads board election in Nebiwah. Names and party affiliations are garbled but indicate North Ward and Contint Ward contests with listed hopefuls and an election date near the end of the month.
A garbled report notes a veterinary surgeon representing RASC on a hearing about rabbit tracks found at Yakobia station. Investigations by the Gascoyne Vermin Board suggest the tracks may belong to a similar class of animals, possibly linked to Yuna Dongarra and Yath eta torent.
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